Dubai / Male’ November 18, 2025 – ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS, a global space-technology company specializing in advanced mission design and in-orbit services operations, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […] The post ARCHE ORBITAL SYSTEMS Signs Strategic MoU with MSRO to Advance National Space Capabilities for the Maldives appeared first on SpaceNews.
A small but important change can be found at the end of President Trump’s sweeping December 18, 2025, Executive Order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority.” The Executive Order removes the requirement for the United States government to make basic space situational awareness data and space traffic management services available “free of direct user fees,” instead saying
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China’s astronaut corps has completed a near month-long underground cave training, conducted in part to prepare for future crewed lunar landing missions. The post China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Private equity firm to revive Rocketdyne name, L3Harris keeps RS-25 engine The post L3Harris to sell majority stake in space propulsion unit to AE Industrial appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The Department of the Air Force is planning upgrades across 14 Space Force bases under the “Base Infrastructure Modernization” IDIQ contract The post Space Force begins base network overhaul as cybersecurity demands grow appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Orbital launch activity set another annual record in 2025, although future growth may depend on factors different from those that fueled the recent surge. The post SpaceX, China drive new record for orbital launches in 2025 appeared first on SpaceNews.
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A Spanish military communications satellite launched in October was struck by what its operator described as a “space particle,” an incident that could jeopardize the spacecraft’s mission. The post New Spanish communications satellite suffers ‘space particle’ impact appeared first on SpaceNews.
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MILAN – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, successfully launched a second-generation satellite for Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed Earth observation constellation, on Jan. 2 at 6:09 p.m. Pacific time. The Falcon 9 deployed COSMO-SkyMed CSG-FM3, the third into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 618 kilometers at 2:22
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SAN FRANCISCO – Eartheye Space will pool data from hundreds of Earth-observation satellites to provide imagery and data to a customer in the Asia-Pacific region. “All Earth observation sensors, including both imaging and non-imaging sensors, are provided under the contract,” which promises multi-sensor tasking, according to the Eartheye Space news release. The contract covers imagery
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IRVINE, CA, Jan. 2, 2025 – Terran Orbital, a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced today that it has been selected by Lockheed […] The post Terran Orbital Selected by Lockheed Martin to Provide Satellite Buses for SDA’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer appeared first on SpaceNews.
