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Sam Altman explored building or buying a rocket company to compete with SpaceX

Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, explored assembling funds to either acquire or partner with an existing rocket company to build a launch business to compete with SpaceX, according to exclusive reporting — a potential new entrant that would alter competitive dynamics in commercial launch.

2025-12-04T00:27:24.272969-08:00

SpaceNews.com

Ubotica, NASA JPL and Open Cosmos win 2025 SpaceNews Icon Award for Space AI Breakthrough

2025-12-03T03:54:58.335159-08:00

Space.com

Cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev removed from SpaceX Crew‑12 for violating U.S. national‑security rules

2025-12-02T15:12:30.898134-08:00

Ars Technica

LandSpace's Zhuque‑3 reaches orbit; reusable first stage catches fire and recovery fails

2025-12-02T15:24:25.776154-08:00

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Wall Street Journal

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Sam Altman explored building or buying a rocket company to compete with SpaceX Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, explored assembling funds to either acquire or partner with an existing rocket company to build a launch business to compete with SpaceX, according to exclusive reporting — a potential new entrant that would alter competitive dynamics in commercial launch.

2025-12-04T00:27:24.272969-08:00

Sam Altman explored building or buying a rocket company to compete with SpaceX

Space Daily

Gilat wins ~$10M order for transportable Earth‑observation direct‑downlink system Gilat Satellite Networks has secured an approximately $10 million order for a customized, transportable Earth‑observation direct‑downlink system, to be delivered over the next 12 months. The unit provides on‑site reception capability for satellite imagery and data, enabling immediate local downlink operations for the contracting customer.

2025-12-03T23:32:06.740405-08:00

Gilat wins ~$10M order for transportable Earth‑observation direct‑downlink system

Payload

Isaacman: my ties to SpaceX were 'strictly business' Jared Isaacman said his ties to SpaceX were 'strictly business', arguing the relationship was transactional rather than personal. "In that respect, my relationship is no different than that of NASA," he said, drawing a direct comparison between commercial and institutional partnerships.

2025-12-03T19:44:00.304389-08:00

Isaacman: my ties to SpaceX were 'strictly business'

CNBC

Istari, led by ex‑ASAF Will Roper, says AI can turn lunar regolith into batteries for Blue Origin Istari, led by former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Will Roper, says it has developed an AI‑driven process to convert lunar regolith into battery material for Blue Origin. The technology aims to enable in‑situ resource utilization to produce energy storage components for Blue Origin's lunar infrastructure.

2025-12-03T13:49:55.309380-08:00

Istari, led by ex‑ASAF Will Roper, says AI can turn lunar regolith into batteries for Blue Origin

Space.com

Blue Origin's NS-37 to fly first wheelchair-using tourist; ex‑SpaceX engineer Hans Koenigsmann aboard Blue Origin's upcoming NS-37 suborbital tourist flight will include the first wheelchair user to fly as a tourist and former SpaceX rocket engineer Hans Koenigsmann among its manifest. The mission underscores accessibility advances in commercial suborbital operations and brings a high‑profile engineering figure into Blue Origin's crewed cadence.

2025-12-03T13:08:22.594869-08:00

Blue Origin's NS-37 to fly first wheelchair-using tourist; ex‑SpaceX engineer Hans Koenigsmann aboard

biz.chosun.com

South Korea pledges full government backing for domestic space‑launch system‑integrator after Nuri success Science Minister Bae Kyung‑hoon pledged full government backing for South Korea’s domestic space‑launch system‑integrator following last week’s successful Nuri launch, saying Seoul will continue support for the nascent launch sector. The commitment signals state intent to accelerate commercial launch capabilities and industry integration.

2025-12-03T12:40:05.895437-08:00

South Korea pledges full government backing for domestic space‑launch system‑integrator after Nuri success

Space Intel Report

Eutelsat CEO presses EU talks on IRIS² duplicate, GEO support for Ukraine, OneWeb competition and case for Falcon 9 From Tupper Lake, NY, Eutelsat says it has opened negotiations with the European Commission as its CEO pushed for a duplicate IRIS² capability, proposed using GEO capacity to support Ukraine, framed competition with OneWeb, and made the commercial case for Falcon 9 launches.

2025-12-03T09:24:36.233752-08:00

Eutelsat CEO presses EU talks on IRIS² duplicate, GEO support for Ukraine, OneWeb competition and case for Falcon 9

Ars Technica

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NASA: Half‑Million Planned LEO Satellites Could Contaminate Nearly All Space Telescope Images A NASA study and simulations show the exponential growth of low‑Earth orbit constellations — potentially ~500,000 satellites by the 2030s — will sharply increase optical "light pollution," contaminating and severely degrading images from Hubble and other space‑based observatories.

2025-12-03T08:42:40.926999-08:00

NASA: Half‑Million Planned LEO Satellites Could Contaminate Nearly All Space Telescope Images

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