2025 10 News
31 Oct 2025
[edit]- Shenzhou-21 completes rapid docking with Tiangong space station 3.5 hours after launch
- Kyivstar prepares to expand Starlink Direct to Cell testing across Ukraine
- For clues to the future of military space, look in the air
- Blue Origin test-fires New Glenn ahead of second launch
- European Commission weighs inviting Ukraine to Europe’s GOVSATCOM platform
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 100th Starlink flight of 2025
- Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this”
- NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back
- New Glenn rocket has clear path to launch after test-firing at Cape Canaveral
- Rocket Report: SpaceX surpasses shuttle launch total; Skyroot has big ambitions
- SpaceX teases simplified Starship as alarms sound over Moon landing delays
30 Oct 2025
[edit]- Interest rate cut further fuels space investor optimism amid talk of returning SPACs
- EnduroSat raises $104 million to scale production of larger small satellites
- Golden Dome hype meets information vacuum as industry awaits Pentagon direction
- Pentagon turns to ‘government-owned, commercially-operated’ satellites amid conflict risks
- Momentus Vigoride 7 to fly DPhi Space hosted payload platform
- China targets 2026 for first Long March 10 launch, new lunar crew spacecraft flight
- Former NASA administrators call for changes in Artemis lunar lander architecture
- Quantum’s promise for near and long-term space applications
- Investors gravitate toward space firms with defense applications
- Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander
- An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit
29 Oct 2025
[edit]- ESA outlines plans for space security program
- Rising demand and falling costs clear path for satellite servicing
- Pentagon nominee: Closer Space Force-NRO integration ‘worth considering’
- NASA races to keep Artemis II on schedule, even when workers aren’t being paid
28 Oct 2025
[edit]- FCC proposes ‘licensing assembly line’ to accelerate satellite approvals
- Slingshot sells first sensors in UK deal as more nations seek space-tracking sovereignty
- Malaysia and the Philippines sign Artemis Accords
- Voyager Technologies acquires ExoTerra Resources
- Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026
27 Oct 2025
[edit]- Voyager Technologies Acquires ExoTerra Resources
- MTN carves out private networks for Starlink’s business users
- Iridium unveils chip to bring GPS protection to mass-market devices
- China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite
- HEO’s satellite-to-satellite imaging uncovers secrets of Chinese tech-test spacecraft
- 25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station
26 Oct 2025
[edit]- Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026
- Kymeta to supply flat-panel satellite antennas to U.S. Army
25 Oct 2025
[edit]- SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
24 Oct 2025
[edit]- Chinese launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy move toward IPOs
- SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
- Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to form new European company
- Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked
- Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House
23 Oct 2025
[edit]- SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
- China expands classified geostationary satellite series with Long March 5 launch
- Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to combine space businesses
- Ion-X to supply upgraded thruster for Univity’s VLEO 5G constellation
- Live coverage: SpaceX to expend Falcon 9 booster to launch Spainsat NG 2 communications satellite
- California startup to demonstrate space weapon on its own dime
- Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
22 Oct 2025
[edit]- Vantor satellites track space objects in ‘blind spots’ inaccessible to military ground sensors
- Musk criticizes Duffy amid NASA leadership debate
- Lynk Global and Omnispace to merge in race for direct-to-device satellite spectrum
- Startup takes on space-based missile defense — with its own cash
- SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission
21 Oct 2025
[edit]- Analysts question Germany’s request for defensive and inspector satellites
- Orion installed on SLS as Artemis 2 preparations continue during shutdown
- Starlink mini lasers to link Muon Space satellites for near real-time connectivity
- Landspace begins final preparations for China’s first orbital launch and landing attempt
- Belgian startup Nxgsat raises early funds for virtual 5G satellite modem
- Elon Musk just declared war on NASA’s acting administrator, apparently
- Satellite operators will soon join airlines in using Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi
20 Oct 2025
[edit]- Duffy says NASA will open Artemis 3 lander contract to competition
- SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign of slowing down
19 Oct 2025
[edit]- China resumes launches for Thousand Sails constellation, CAS Space launches new international payload
- Something from “space” may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah
18 Oct 2025
[edit]17 Oct 2025
[edit]- Planet Labs wins $12.8 million NGA contract for maritime intelligence in Asia-Pacific
- Europe outlines defense flagship programs and confirms European Space Shield by 2026
- German launch startup HyImpulse raises 45 million euros
- First Ariane 64 launch slips to 2026
- Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
- NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad
- Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship
16 Oct 2025
[edit]- iRocket turns to missiles to fuel reusable launcher ambitions
- ‘Space Armor’ to challenge traditional metal shielding on satellites
- Axiom Space replaces CEO
- SpaceX launches 21 Lockheed Martin satellites for ‘Transport Layer’ military network
- SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to
15 Oct 2025
[edit]- Beyond Gravity plans US push after fivefold boost in European solar mechanism output
- Polish space company Scanway Space secures U.S., European deals amid international expansion drive
- Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards
- Live coverage: Overnight launch planned for 28 more Starlink satellites
- Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
14 Oct 2025
[edit]- Viasat and Space42’s D2D joint venture finds first mobile partner in UAE
- K2 Space announces plans for three-orbit demonstration mission
- Impulse Space announces lunar lander plans
- Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates
- Announcing the finalists for the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards
- Rocket Lab launches 7th StriX Earth observation satellites for Japan-based Synspective
- SpaceX launches final Version 2 Starship-Super Heavy rocket
- SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
13 Oct 2025
[edit]- More layoffs at JPL
- Momentus and Solstar to offer communications, transportation and infrastructure in low-Earth orbit
- JAXA to launch tech demo satellites on Electron rockets
- Live coverage: SpaceX poised to launch 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites following days of weather delays
- Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space
- Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight
12 Oct 2025
[edit]11 Oct 2025
[edit]- French space defense startup Dark ceases operations
- Huge commercial Chinese solid rocket launches 3 satellites from barge in the Yellow Sea
10 Oct 2025
[edit]- Planet announces new line of satellites for daily Earth imaging
- New Zealand charts continued growth of its space industry
- Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards
- Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck
09 Oct 2025
[edit]- Momentus wins two NASA contracts to fly tech demo payloads
- SpaceX delays launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites amid backdrop of poor weather
- We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one
08 Oct 2025
[edit]- Blue Origin flies sixth crewed New Shepard flight of 2025
- Space Force sets up ‘working capital fund’ for commercial space services
- AST SpaceMobile gains Verizon ally amid SpaceX’s direct-to-device push
- Space Force taps Muon’s wildfire monitoring satellites for weather imaging
- Space infrastructure investments surge to five-quarter high
- Sateliot hails standards-based IoT connection from LEO to a commercial device
- Actually, we are going to tell you the odds of recovering New Glenn’s second launch
07 Oct 2025
[edit]- Blue Origin wins $78.2 million contract to expand satellite processing infrastructure at Cape Canaveral
- Senators spar over plans to move shuttle Discovery
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
06 Oct 2025
[edit]- Cubic targets military satcom market with ‘Vector’ terminals
- EchoStar clears key regulatory step for spectrum sale to SpaceX
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on 90th Starlink mission of 2025
- Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals
05 Oct 2025
[edit]04 Oct 2025
[edit]- SpaceX lands majority of U.S. national security launches awarded for fiscal year 2026
- Gilmour Space plans return to flight next year
- SpaceX to launch 4 Falcon Heavy rockets as part of newest U.S. national security missions award
- Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive
03 Oct 2025
[edit]- EchoStar clears key regulatory step for spectrum sale to SpaceX
- Starlab partners unveil full-scale mockup of commercial space station
- China and U.S. take initial steps toward space-traffic coordination
- Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half
- Rocket Report: Alpha explodes on test stand; Europe wants a mini Starship
02 Oct 2025
[edit]- Preparations on track for second New Glenn launch
- University of Western Australia unveils optical ground network
- How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up
01 Oct 2025
[edit]- What Germany’s $41B investment in space could mean for Europe
- Maxar retires its name, rebrands as Vantor and Lanteris
- Maldives plots $50 million fund for sovereign space capabilities
- Synspective purchases 10 additional Electron launches
- Australia and UK extend Space Bridge partnership
- Report argues NASA is illegally using President’s Budget Request to circumvent Congress’ budgeting process
- ViaSat-3 F2 satellite arrives in Florida ahead of late October launch
- In their own words: The Artemis II crew on the frenetic first hours of their flight