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SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight

SpaceX will launch its Starlink 6-92 mission from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, carrying what the company counts as the 3,000th Starlink satellite. The flight will use Falcon 9 booster B1067 — the most-flown Falcon stage — on its record 32nd trip to low Earth orbit.

2025-12-07T12:27:30.565162-08:00

Universe Today

Accident at Baikonur destroys maintenance cabin, indefinitely halts Russia’s crewed and cargo launches to the ISS

2025-12-06T17:54:02.709431-08:00

Wall Street Journal

SpaceX seeks $800B valuation in secondary share sale, eyes late‑2026 IPO

2025-12-05T13:14:18.048353-08:00

satnews

Department of the Air Force approves conversion of Cape Canaveral SLC‑37 for SpaceX Starship‑Super Heavy operations

2025-12-04T13:24:59.768622-08:00

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Cost‑Driven Strategies for Orbital Data Centers As proposals for lunar and orbital data centres accelerate, this analysis examines the cost levers — launch and assembly, on‑orbit power and thermal management, hardware resilience and economies of scale — that will determine whether space‑based compute can be commercially viable versus terrestrial alternatives.

2025-12-08T06:06:09.574232-08:00

Cost‑Driven Strategies for Orbital Data Centers

European Spaceflight

Avio wins €35m defence contract; forecasts €600m+ in ESA awards after CM25 funding Avio secured a €35 million defence contract and said it expects more than €600 million in new ESA awards following CM25 funding commitments, a development that could materially expand the company’s funded space programme backlog while strengthening near‑term defence revenue visibility.

2025-12-08T03:33:05.902277-08:00

Avio wins €35m defence contract; forecasts €600m+ in ESA awards after CM25 funding

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SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight SpaceX will launch its Starlink 6-92 mission from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, carrying what the company counts as the 3,000th Starlink satellite. The flight will use Falcon 9 booster B1067 — the most-flown Falcon stage — on its record 32nd trip to low Earth orbit.

2025-12-07T12:27:30.565162-08:00

SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight

Space.com

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on Falcon 9 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:58 p.m. EST on Dec. 7, carrying the Starlink 11‑15 mission. SpaceX confirmed deployment of all 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low‑Earth orbit, adding capacity to its global internet constellation.

2025-12-07T10:22:28.065697-08:00

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on Falcon 9

Space.com

AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient — and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets AI-driven learning and optimisation is improving spacecraft propulsion efficiency — from refining chemical thrusters to identifying concepts for compact nuclear thermal and electric rockets. These tools accelerate design cycles, expose performance trade-offs and could materially change mission architectures for deep-space exploration.

2025-12-07T08:03:18.446230-08:00

AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient — and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets

Universe Today

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Accident at Baikonur destroys maintenance cabin, indefinitely halts Russia’s crewed and cargo launches to the ISS A severe accident at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome destroyed a maintenance cabin and has indefinitely halted the country’s ability to launch crewed Soyuz and uncrewed Progress cargo missions to the International Space Station. The incident removes Russia’s sole operable ground capability for scheduled crew rotations and cargo deliveries pending repair.

2025-12-06T17:54:02.709431-08:00

Accident at Baikonur destroys maintenance cabin, indefinitely halts Russia’s crewed and cargo launches to the ISS

ESA

Soyuz launches two Galileo satellites from French Guiana, expanding constellation to 28 Europe’s largest satellite constellation grew to 28 after a Soyuz launched two Galileo satellites from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 December. Galileo satellites 27–28 join the existing 26 to extend the system’s precise navigation services to more than 2.3 billion users.

2025-12-05T16:42:31.629291-08:00

Soyuz launches two Galileo satellites from French Guiana, expanding constellation to 28

Space.com

NASA completes assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now moving into integration and 2026 launch preparations NASA has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and will begin summer launch preparations as the observatory moves into integration and test. Now ahead of schedule and targeting a 2026 launch, the next‑generation telescope will survey exoplanets, supernovas, black holes and cosmological structure.

2025-12-05T14:07:45.836804-08:00

NASA completes assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now moving into integration and 2026 launch preparations

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