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December 1st, 2025 — December 7th, 2025

Congress desires LEO, but threats are real

By Chris Forrester — Just before the holiday the U.S. Congressional Research Service (a non-partisan research operation) released a study which addressed the potential to bridge the ‘digital di [...]

SmallSat Symposium 2026 Agenda Targets D2D Engineering and Edge Compute; Early Registration Opens

Entering its 11th year, the SmallSat Symposium has released a 2026 agenda that signals a distinct shift from the “new space” experimental era to a phase of industrial maturity and integ [...]


BAE Systems, GlobalFoundries Partner in Chip Manufacturing for Space

BAE Systems and GlobalFoundries (GF) have formally entered a strategic partnership aimed at significantly advancing and streamlining the supply chain for high-reliability, radiation-hardened (rad-h [...]

ICEYE to Deliver First Direct SAR Satellite to Portuguese Air Force

HELSINKI, Finland — ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, and the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) have formalized a contract for the direc [...]

Arianespace launches KOMPSAT-7 satellite

On December 1st, 2025, Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission—VV28—used an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s  [...]

Blue Origin Announces New Glenn “Block 2” Upgrades

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – Blue Origin has publicized their plans for a substantial “Block 2” variant. This action signals the company’s intent to rapidly increase payload performance in order t [...]

Moody’s upgrades Eutelsat

Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Eutelsat Communications SA’s long-term corporate family rating to Ba3 from B2, the rating agency announced Monday.  [...]

Russia’s Space and Satellite Sector Under Strain

Russia’s space and satellite market is currently operating under intense strain, simultaneously prioritizing high-demand military launches while struggling to address significant infrastructu [...]

SpaceX Security Breach & Cosmonaut Removal

Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been abruptly removed from the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which is currently slated for a 2026 launch, following an alleged security breach involving highl [...]

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Samples Reveal Biological Precursors and ‘Space Gum’

HOUSTON — In a landmark finding for astrobiology and planetary science, researchers analyzing samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have identified a trifecta of pri [...]

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