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China Executes Quadruple Launch Surge in 96 Hours

SatNews December 9, 2025 — Deploying assets ranging from the new Long March 8A to classified reconnaissance platforms, China has successfully executed four orbital missions in a span of 96 [&hell [...]

Rocket Lab Qualifies Neutron’s “Hungry Hippo”

SatNews December 9, 2025 — Rocket Lab has completed qualification testing for the Neutron launch vehicle’s “Hungry Hippo” fairing, a critical structural validation that clears the w [...]

FCC Opens Review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau has designated SpaceX’s modification application for a new 15,000-satellite Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) shell as “acc [...]


Lockheed Martin Taps Hadrian for Software-Defined Manufacturing Alliance

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — To accelerate the delivery of critical munitions and resolve supply chain bottlenecks, Lockheed Martin has entered a strategic alliance with manufacturing technology compan [...]

NASA Loses Contact with MAVEN Mars Orbiter

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has experienced a critical loss of situational awareness, triggering a safe mode event that threatens to disrupt da [...]

Astronomy on Tap (AoT)

December 8, 2025 – The global science outreach organization Astronomy on Tap (AoT) is expanding its operational footprint this week with the launch of a new chapter in Lubbock, Texas, […] [...]

IDS Cameras Redefine Planetary Imaging with Sony Starvis 2 Technology

OBERSULM, Germany — Targeting the extreme sensitivity and high frame-rate requirements of high-resolution astrophotography, IDS Imaging Development Systems has validated its uEye XCP camera serie [...]

Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

PROMONTORY, Utah — Targeting the critical supply chain bottlenecks that have plagued the defense industrial base, Northrop Grumman has successfully static fired a new solid rocket motor (SRM) dev [...]

LeoLabs Secures First Interagency Contract to Supply Orbital Data

MENLO PARK, Calif. — In a precedent-setting move for space domain awareness (SDA) procurement, LeoLabs announced today it has secured a joint contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) [ [...]