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Exolaunch to Deploy 22 Sats on SpaceX 'Twilight' Sun‑Synchronous Mission

SpaceX will deliver customer payloads into a twilight sun‑synchronous orbit — flying over the Earth’s terminator — on a Falcon 9 rideshare that Exolaunch has nearly filled with 22 small satellites. The booking underscores continued market demand for specialized SSO insertion and dedicated terminator deployments.

2025-12-22T05:41:00.569084-08:00

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Japan's H3 rocket fails to place Michibiki navigation satellite into orbit; JAXA opens investigation

2025-12-21T21:13:08.036271-08:00

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NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026

2025-12-21T23:50:01.079496-08:00

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SpaceForest pushes for permanent launch site in Poland to support domestic suborbital rockets

2025-12-21T22:05:37.907548-08:00

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Exolaunch to Deploy 22 Sats on SpaceX 'Twilight' Sun‑Synchronous Mission SpaceX will deliver customer payloads into a twilight sun‑synchronous orbit — flying over the Earth’s terminator — on a Falcon 9 rideshare that Exolaunch has nearly filled with 22 small satellites. The booking underscores continued market demand for specialized SSO insertion and dedicated terminator deployments.

2025-12-22T05:41:00.569084-08:00

Exolaunch to Deploy 22 Sats on SpaceX 'Twilight' Sun‑Synchronous Mission

SpaceWatch Global

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026 NASA confirmed the four-person crew for SpaceX Crew-12: a multinational team from NASA, ESA and Roscosmos set to launch to the International Space Station on a long-duration science expedition with liftoff targeted as early as Feb. 15, 2026. French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will make her first orbital flight.

2025-12-21T23:50:01.079496-08:00

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026

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Musk likens Starship's importance to the origin of multicellular life on podcast On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk said SpaceX’s Starship is on par with the origin of multicellular life, framing the rocket as a transformational platform for human expansion. The remark reinforces Musk’s long-standing narrative tying Starship to the company’s strategic priorities.

2025-12-21T23:14:25.945415-08:00

Musk likens Starship's importance to the origin of multicellular life on podcast

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SpaceForest pushes for permanent launch site in Poland to support domestic suborbital rockets Polish rocket builder SpaceForest is advocating for a permanent national launch site to support several domestically developed suborbital rockets and their test campaigns. The proposal aims to provide dedicated infrastructure for Poland’s emerging suborbital launch activity and enable regular flight operations from home soil.

2025-12-21T22:05:37.907548-08:00

SpaceForest pushes for permanent launch site in Poland to support domestic suborbital rockets

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Japan's H3 rocket fails to place Michibiki navigation satellite into orbit; JAXA opens investigation Japan's flagship H3 launcher experienced a second‑stage anomaly and engine cutoff that prevented deployment of a Michibiki navigation/geolocation satellite, resulting in loss of the payload. JAXA confirmed the launch failure and has convened a special task force to investigate the incident.

2025-12-21T21:13:08.036271-08:00

Japan's H3 rocket fails to place Michibiki navigation satellite into orbit; JAXA opens investigation

newspaceeconomy.ca

Polaris' Mira advances spaceplanes with aerospike‑powered, runway‑operable reusability Spaceplanes combine aircraft‑style horizontal takeoff and landing with rocket propulsion to provide reusable, runway‑operable access to orbit. After early setbacks, Polaris Spaceplanes' Mira program — developing aerospike engines — has reached new test milestones, renewing commercial interest in spaceplane architectures as an alternative to vertical launches.

2025-12-21T16:28:16.255226-08:00

Polaris' Mira advances spaceplanes with aerospike‑powered, runway‑operable reusability

The Hill

SpaceX IPO, space-based AI and the commercialisation of Mars A potential SpaceX IPO, coupled with fast-developing space-based AI capabilities, is accelerating the commercialisation of off‑Earth activity — from expanded orbital services to ambitions for Mars. The opening of space to human commercial activity, the article argues, is a prospect to be welcomed eagerly.

2025-12-21T08:58:22.337170-08:00

SpaceX IPO, space-based AI and the commercialisation of Mars

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Rocket Lab closes 2025 with 21 Electron launches and 100% mission success after Dec. 21 Japanese SAR deployment Rocket Lab's Electron lifted off Dec. 21 from Māhia, completing a record 21-launch year and achieving 100% mission success after deploying Japan's iQPS radar-imaging satellite. The flight closes the company's most-active annual cadence to date and delivers the latest asset for Japanese Earth-observation capability.

2025-12-21T06:43:29.694279-08:00

Rocket Lab closes 2025 with 21 Electron launches and 100% mission success after Dec. 21 Japanese SAR deployment

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Exolaunch to Deploy 22 Sats on SpaceX 'Twilight' Sun‑Synchronous Mission

Japan's H3 rocket fails to place Michibiki navigation satellite into orbit; JAXA opens investigation

NASA confirms multinational crew for SpaceX Crew-12; Sophie Adenot to make first orbital flight, launch targeted Feb. 15, 2026

SpaceForest pushes for permanent launch site in Poland to support domestic suborbital rockets

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