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Rocket Lab lands three dedicated Electron launches for iQPS, adds JAXA missions from New Zealand as stock rallies

Rocket Lab has signed a multi-launch deal with iQPS for three dedicated Electron missions to deploy the company's Earth-imaging constellation, and has won JAXA missions set to launch from its New Zealand Launch Complex 1. The flurry of contracts has coincided with a sharp uptick in Rocket Lab's share price.

2025-10-10T03:04:45.536829-07:00

Space Explored

SpaceX moves reused Super Heavy to pad for Starship Flight 11, will attempt first booster reuse

2025-10-09T11:53:36.487625-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX delays KF-03 Kuiper launch to Oct. 11; 24 Amazon satellites moved to Cape Canaveral evening window

2025-10-09T09:29:35.715597-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Momentus wins multiple NASA tech‑demo contracts to fly COSMIC microgravity mission and thruster test on Vigoride

2025-10-09T13:51:11.035641-07:00

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insider.co.uk

Prestwick spaceport failure reflects wider problems in commercial launch infrastructure An expert report into the failed Prestwick spaceport says the site's collapse reflects broader shortcomings in commercial launch infrastructure across the UK and Europe, highlighting shared weaknesses that could undermine other nascent spaceport projects and the continent's domestic launch ambitions.

2025-10-11T12:38:58.776744-07:00

Prestwick spaceport failure reflects wider problems in commercial launch infrastructure

SpaceNews.com

Orienspace’s Gravity‑1 Y2 lifts off from sea barge, places three satellites into orbit Chinese commercial launcher Orienspace conducted its second flight Oct. 11, lofting the solid‑fuel Gravity‑1 Y2 from a sea platform off Haiyang in the Yellow Sea and deploying three satellites into planned orbits: an Earth remote‑sensing craft and two smallsats for imaging orbital debris.

2025-10-11T07:34:46.567404-07:00

Orienspace’s Gravity‑1 Y2 lifts off from sea barge, places three satellites into orbit

timesca.com

Danna Karagussova becomes first Kazakh woman in space on Blue Origin New Shepard NS4 On October 8, 2025, Kazakh citizen Danna Karagussova completed a suborbital flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS4, becoming the first woman from Kazakhstan and the wider CIS to reach space. The mission was New Shepard's 15th crewed flight and the NS4's 16th successful launch-and-landing.

2025-10-11T00:45:28.863708-07:00

Danna Karagussova becomes first Kazakh woman in space on Blue Origin New Shepard NS4

phantomspace.com

Phantom Space and Equatorial Launch Australia expand equatorial-orbit launch plans from Arnhem Space Centre Phantom Space and Equatorial Launch Australia said on April 19, 2023 they will expand plans for equatorial-orbit launches from the Arnhem Space Centre on the Gove Peninsula in Australia's Northern Territory, deepening cooperation established under an earlier, undisclosed memorandum of understanding.

2025-10-10T21:18:54.440101-07:00

Phantom Space and Equatorial Launch Australia expand equatorial-orbit launch plans from Arnhem Space Centre

Ars Technica

Putin approves Wagner-branded Soyuz mission President Vladimir Putin has approved a Soyuz mission that will carry Wagner Group branding, marking an explicit association between a Russian state-operated Soyuz launch and the private military organisation. The decision formalizes a public link between national space assets and a paramilitary actor.

2025-10-10T14:35:53.967401-07:00

Putin approves Wagner-branded Soyuz mission

SpaceNews.com

New Zealand outlines progress and plans to grow its domestic space industry New Zealand’s government is highlighting recent steps to expand its domestic space sector, outlining policy measures, investment and industry support aimed at growing launch, satellite and ground capabilities. Officials say the initiatives will attract private capital, scale local supply chains and position New Zealand as a regional space hub.

2025-10-10T05:28:55.858049-07:00

New Zealand outlines progress and plans to grow its domestic space industry

rocketlabcorp.com

Rocket Lab wins two dedicated Electron launches for JAXA; first mission slated for December Rocket Lab has signed a direct contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for two dedicated Electron launches from its Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, with the first mission targeted as soon as December. Both flights will carry payloads for JAXA's Satellite Technology Demonstration Program.

2025-10-10T05:12:50.483191-07:00

Rocket Lab wins two dedicated Electron launches for JAXA; first mission slated for December

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Rocket Lab lands three dedicated Electron launches for iQPS, adds JAXA missions from New Zealand as stock rallies Rocket Lab has signed a multi-launch deal with iQPS for three dedicated Electron missions to deploy the company's Earth-imaging constellation, and has won JAXA missions set to launch from its New Zealand Launch Complex 1. The flurry of contracts has coincided with a sharp uptick in Rocket Lab's share price.

2025-10-10T03:04:45.536829-07:00

Rocket Lab lands three dedicated Electron launches for iQPS, adds JAXA missions from New Zealand as stock rallies

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