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Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry

Rising defence budgets in North America and Europe are redirecting investment, procurement and industrial priorities across the space sector, accelerating demand for military-capable satellites, resilient constellations and dual-use capabilities while altering the competitive landscape for primes, startups and supply chains.

2025-10-08T15:12:41.183014-07:00

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Space Force awards $78.25M to Blue Origin to expand vehicle processing capacity at Cape Canaveral

2025-10-07T12:47:19.898663-07:00

Reuters

Firefly to acquire national‑security analytics firm SciTec for $855M

2025-10-05T13:48:15.873583-07:00

Space.com

Perseverance's potential biosignature sample raises stakes as China's Tianwen‑3 aims to return Mars material

2025-10-01T05:08:11.589447-07:00

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Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry Rising defence budgets in North America and Europe are redirecting investment, procurement and industrial priorities across the space sector, accelerating demand for military-capable satellites, resilient constellations and dual-use capabilities while altering the competitive landscape for primes, startups and supply chains.

2025-10-08T15:12:41.183014-07:00

Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry

NASA Spaceflight

Japan unveils new ISS cargo vehicle as three resupply ships arrive with experiments and hardware Three resupply spacecraft recently docked with the International Space Station, delivering experiments, station hardware and supplies, while Japan announced development of a new cargo vehicle to support future ISS logistics. The moves reinforce a crowded logistics manifest and growing national and commercial activity in LEO.

2025-10-08T13:40:30.664037-07:00

Japan unveils new ISS cargo vehicle as three resupply ships arrive with experiments and hardware

Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin rolls New Glenn booster to Cape Canaveral ahead of second flight carrying NASA ESCAPADE Mars probes Blue Origin rolled the 189‑foot first stage of its second New Glenn to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral on Oct. 8, moving the vehicle into pad operations for a late‑October or November launch that will carry NASA’s twin ESCAPADE smallsats on the rocket’s first interplanetary mission.

2025-10-08T09:07:52.608847-07:00

Blue Origin rolls New Glenn booster to Cape Canaveral ahead of second flight carrying NASA ESCAPADE Mars probes

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Blue Origin completes 15th crewed space tourism flight, sending civilians beyond Earth’s atmosphere Blue Origin flew its 15th crewed space tourism mission, sending civilian passengers beyond Earth’s atmosphere on a short suborbital hop and offering live footage of the liftoff. The flight extends the company’s commercial human launch operations amid plans to increase its launch cadence.

2025-10-08T07:44:40.485457-07:00

Blue Origin completes 15th crewed space tourism flight, sending civilians beyond Earth’s atmosphere

Payload

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on Artemis' Long‑Term Lunar Plans and Funding Cuts Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined long‑term plans for the Artemis lunar program and defended proposed funding cuts, declaring he wants Artemis to become a household name and vowing to align agency resources and messaging behind sustained lunar activities and future missions.

2025-10-08T05:45:39.311114-07:00

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on Artemis' Long‑Term Lunar Plans and Funding Cuts

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Space infrastructure investment hits five‑quarter high of $4.4B as U.S. satellite manufacturing breaks out Early-stage investor Space Capital reports global investment in core space infrastructure climbed to $4.4 billion in the three months to end-September — a five‑quarter high. The rise was driven by a breakout year for U.S. satellite manufacturing, which attracted outsized capital into production lines and component suppliers.

2025-10-08T04:05:52.390125-07:00

Space infrastructure investment hits five‑quarter high of $4.4B as U.S. satellite manufacturing breaks out

European Spaceflight

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Sabca wins €85m contract to supply thrust-vector control systems for 27 Ariane 6 launchers ArianeGroup has awarded Belgian firm Sabca a €85 million contract to produce thrust-vector control systems for 27 Ariane 6 launchers. The package covers nozzle actuation hardware for main and upper-stage engines to be delivered for the rocket's operational flight models.

2025-10-08T02:36:29.217312-07:00

Sabca wins €85m contract to supply thrust-vector control systems for 27 Ariane 6 launchers

GeekWire

Stoke Space reportedly raising hundreds of millions to accelerate Nova orbital rocket development Stoke Space is reportedly raising hundreds of millions of dollars, according to The Information, to accelerate development, testing and flight preparations for its Nova orbital launch vehicle and fund associated pad and ground-support upgrades as it moves toward operational flights.

2025-10-07T14:53:48.407212-07:00

Stoke Space reportedly raising hundreds of millions to accelerate Nova orbital rocket development

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