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Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back

Questions are growing over SpaceX's ability to field a Human Landing System (HLS) Starship after acting NASA administrator suggested reopening the contract to other firms. Elon Musk has launched a media offensive as SpaceX outlines a Block 3/HLS pathway to restore confidence in its lunar plans.

2025-11-01T14:45:07.512710-07:00

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SpaceX proposes simplified Starship HLS to speed Artemis III crewed lunar landing after NASA criticism

2025-10-30T12:11:20.136814-07:00

Airbus

Airbus 9M 2025 results: Space Systems revenue up 40%, report covers revenues, deliveries and outlook

2025-10-29T10:08:18.970678-07:00

Reuters

EnduroSat raises $104M from Google Ventures and EIC Fund, opens Space Center to scale small- and midsize-satellite production

2025-10-30T12:11:06.881833-07:00

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Space Intel Report

Launch providers, startups assess Starship's market impact and strategy Executives from ULA, Firefly Aerospace, Avio SpA and startups PLD and Stoke Space debated how Starship's emergence will reshape the commercial launch market, ranging from capacity and pricing to service models, and outlined strategic responses incumbents and new entrants are considering.

2025-11-02T22:15:26.333491-08:00

Launch providers, startups assess Starship's market impact and strategy

Space Intel Report

Ovzon posts sharply higher 9‑month revenue and profits; new loan boosts liquidity Ovzon, the Swedish fixed‑and‑mobile satellite operator and terminal manufacturer, reported sharply higher nine‑month revenue and profits, driven by stronger service and terminal sales. The company also secured a new loan that management says significantly boosts near‑term liquidity and financial flexibility.

2025-11-02T22:00:15.165792-08:00

Ovzon posts sharply higher 9‑month revenue and profits; new loan boosts liquidity

Runway Girl

Platinum Equity acquires Anuvu to accelerate aero growth and boost inflight connectivity Platinum Equity has acquired Anuvu as part of a broader aero growth initiative aimed at expanding inflight connectivity and media services. The transaction is pitched to accelerate investment and integration with airline customers and to improve the passenger experience onboard.

2025-11-01T14:54:48.044250-07:00

Platinum Equity acquires Anuvu to accelerate aero growth and boost inflight connectivity

NASA Spaceflight

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Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back Questions are growing over SpaceX's ability to field a Human Landing System (HLS) Starship after acting NASA administrator suggested reopening the contract to other firms. Elon Musk has launched a media offensive as SpaceX outlines a Block 3/HLS pathway to restore confidence in its lunar plans.

2025-11-01T14:45:07.512710-07:00

Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Bandwagon Falcon 9 to Launch Commercial Space‑Station Demo and Data‑Center Precursor (Nov. 1, 2025) SpaceX will launch Bandwagon on Nov. 1, 2025, carrying 18 payloads—including a commercial space‑station demo and an orbital data‑center precursor—into a mid‑inclination orbit. Falcon 9 lifts from Cape Canaveral SFS Pad 40 at 1:09 a.m. EDT (0509 UTC); payloads deploy over five minutes starting roughly an hour after launch.

2025-11-01T14:45:03.648100-07:00

SpaceX Bandwagon Falcon 9 to Launch Commercial Space‑Station Demo and Data‑Center Precursor (Nov. 1, 2025)

Wall Street Journal

SpaceX poised to win $2 billion Pentagon contract to build Golden Dome missile‑tracking satellites SpaceX is the preferred bidder for an approximately $2 billion Pentagon award to develop missile‑tracking satellites for President Trump’s Golden Dome space‑based missile‑defense project, a move reported despite the company’s public falling out with the president earlier this year.

2025-11-01T08:35:28.782377-07:00

SpaceX poised to win $2 billion Pentagon contract to build Golden Dome missile‑tracking satellites

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Thales Alenia Space clears preliminary review for Italy’s €235m In‑Orbit Servicing demonstrator Thales Alenia Space has cleared the preliminary review for Italy’s In‑Orbit Servicing (IOS) demonstrator, a €235 million ASI- and PNRR-funded programme. The milestone de‑risks system definition and moves Italy’s first national on‑orbit servicing vehicle toward integration and flight‑test phases.

2025-10-31T21:15:14.432919-07:00

Thales Alenia Space clears preliminary review for Italy’s €235m In‑Orbit Servicing demonstrator

SpaceNews.com

Startup to test on-orbit semiconductor fabrication using Falcon 9 booster‑mounted payloads A startup will test semiconductor fabrication in orbit using production payloads mounted on Falcon 9 boosters across a series of launches. The demonstrations aim to validate in-space chip production techniques by operating manufacturing hardware during ascent and in low Earth orbit.

2025-10-31T16:31:20.753162-07:00

Startup to test on-orbit semiconductor fabrication using Falcon 9 booster‑mounted payloads

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