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Boeing Delivers Ninth and Tenth O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES, Expanding Constellation

Boeing has delivered the ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites to SES, bolstering the Medium Earth Orbit constellation for high-throughput global connectivity. The latest pair, featuring advanced digital payloads and hardware revisions addressing solar-storm-induced anomalies, joins the eight operational satellites to boost network capacity and resilience.

2025-07-02T05:31:26.813742-07:00

Space Intel Report

Planet Labs Secures €240M German Government Deal for Dedicated Defense Imagery Services

2025-07-01T07:47:50.309922-07:00

Payload

Skynopy Raises €15M to Build Global High-Throughput Ground-Station Network

2025-06-30T05:23:18.493462-07:00

NASA Spaceflight

Firefly Accelerates Eclipse Production, Readies Blue Ghost 2 and Ocula Lunar Imaging Service

2025-06-27T12:35:38.378368-07:00

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NASA Spaceflight

China advances lunar ambitions with back-to-back EVAs and reusable rocket milestones In the past two months, China’s Tiangong crew has completed two EVAs to bolster station systems, while domestic launchers achieved key reusable engine tests. These developments underscore Beijing’s accelerating timeline toward lunar exploration and in-orbit operations.

2025-07-05T11:55:23.876122-07:00

China advances lunar ambitions with back-to-back EVAs and reusable rocket milestones

The Telegraph

Unst Spaceport Clears CAA Approval as Seven Firms Target Autumn Orbital Launches The UK Civil Aviation Authority has granted approval for the Unst Spaceport in Scotland’s Shetland Islands to begin operations, paving the way for a possible full orbital launch this autumn. Seven rocket developers have expressed interest in the facility, marking a boost for the country’s nascent commercial launch sector.

2025-07-04T11:10:46.351517-07:00

Unst Spaceport Clears CAA Approval as Seven Firms Target Autumn Orbital Launches

European Spaceflight

Orbex to Challenge SpaceX Pricing with Medium-Lift Proxima Rocket Orbex CEO Phil Chambers said on June 23 that its upcoming Proxima medium-lift rocket will allow the UK launch provider to compete directly with SpaceX on price. Proxima’s streamlined design and scalable operations aim to narrow the cost gap in dedicated small- to medium-satellite missions.

2025-07-04T07:56:35.331107-07:00

Orbex to Challenge SpaceX Pricing with Medium-Lift Proxima Rocket

NASA Spaceflight

Progress MS-31 Poised for Launch as ISS Hosts Private Crew Ahead of Crew-11 Rotation Russia’s Progress MS-31 resupply spacecraft is set to launch to the International Space Station, which is currently hosting its first private astronaut team and preparing for NASA’s upcoming Crew-11 Crew Dragon handover. The overlapping cargo and crew activities underscore growing schedule complexity in low Earth orbit.

2025-07-03T10:19:09.775365-07:00

Progress MS-31 Poised for Launch as ISS Hosts Private Crew Ahead of Crew-11 Rotation

SpaceNews.com

Assessing the Business Case for Lunar Ventures As NASA’s Artemis program accelerates lunar missions and private players eye resource extraction, stakeholders demand robust financial models to justify investments on the Moon. This report outlines key revenue streams, cost drivers and risk factors shaping the economic viability of habitats, mining operations and logistics in cislunar space.

2025-07-03T09:07:25.656084-07:00

Assessing the Business Case for Lunar Ventures

European Spaceflight

Space Cargo Unlimited Lands €12.5M EIC Grant for BentoBox In-Orbit Manufacturing Platform Space Cargo Unlimited has secured €12.5 million from the European Innovation Council to advance its BentoBox in-orbit testing and manufacturing platform, enabling on-orbit assembly, materials processing and rapid prototyping for satellite and space components.

2025-07-03T08:05:00.302369-07:00

Space Cargo Unlimited Lands €12.5M EIC Grant for BentoBox In-Orbit Manufacturing Platform

SpaceWatch Global

Rocket Lab Clears Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta LEO Comms Constellation Rocket Lab National Security LLC has passed the Space Development Agency’s Critical Design Review for its Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta program, confirming the Lightning-based spacecraft meet all mission parameters and greenlighting full-scale production of an 18-satellite low-latency defense communications network.

2025-07-03T02:19:13.222670-07:00

Rocket Lab Clears Critical Design Review for SDA’s T2TL-Beta LEO Comms Constellation

indiatoday.in

India's Shukla Performs Brain-Computer Interface Experiment on ISS Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is testing a near-infrared brain-computer interface on the International Space Station to determine whether astronauts can control computers through brain signals in microgravity. The device uses light-based sensors to measure neural activity, aiming to enhance hands-free operations during long-duration missions.

2025-07-03T00:27:18.297759-07:00

India's Shukla Performs Brain-Computer Interface Experiment on ISS

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