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China’s Space Industry: Advancements and Strategic Directions (podcast with Blaine Curcio)

Analyst Blaine Curcio joins Space Café Radio to assess technological advances, commercialisation and Beijing’s strategic priorities reshaping China’s space industry. The discussion highlights rising launch cadence, reusable-rocket efforts and policy steps intended to propel private firms and expand international cooperation.

2025-12-29T04:10:32.769068-08:00

Stars and Stripes

Russia launches three Iranian communications satellites into orbit

2025-12-28T13:44:36.022305-08:00

Reuters

China’s LandSpace positions to challenge SpaceX in the commercial launch market

2025-12-28T17:37:25.947742-08:00

Universe Today

Design-for-Demise Dilemma: MaiaSpace paper flags unintended consequences of smallsat burn-up strategy

2025-12-28T07:44:42.241739-08:00

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China’s Space Industry: Advancements and Strategic Directions (podcast with Blaine Curcio) Analyst Blaine Curcio joins Space Café Radio to assess technological advances, commercialisation and Beijing’s strategic priorities reshaping China’s space industry. The discussion highlights rising launch cadence, reusable-rocket efforts and policy steps intended to propel private firms and expand international cooperation.

2025-12-29T04:10:32.769068-08:00

China’s Space Industry: Advancements and Strategic Directions (podcast with Blaine Curcio)

Reuters

China’s LandSpace positions to challenge SpaceX in the commercial launch market LandSpace, a Chinese commercial launcher, is positioning itself to compete with SpaceX in the global commercial launch market. The startup has openly modeled elements of its strategy and vehicle design on SpaceX, seeking to capture share as China’s private launch sector scales up.

2025-12-28T17:37:25.947742-08:00

China’s LandSpace positions to challenge SpaceX in the commercial launch market

Yonhap News Agency

Hanwha wins KRW103.3bn (US$71.5m) contract to develop propulsion for South Korea's first lunar lander Hanwha Aerospace has won a KRW103.3 billion (US$71.5 million) contract to develop the propulsion system for South Korea's first lunar lander. The award places Hanwha responsible for designing and supplying the lander's primary propulsion elements as Seoul advances its domestic lunar capability.

2025-12-28T16:34:19.907062-08:00

Hanwha wins KRW103.3bn (US$71.5m) contract to develop propulsion for South Korea's first lunar lander

Stars and Stripes

Russia launches three Iranian communications satellites into orbit Russia launched three Iranian communications satellites into orbit Sunday, Tehran state TV said — the second Russia-assisted deployment since July. Iranian media called the mission a step forward for Tehran’s space programme despite Western sanctions; officials gave no technical payload details.

2025-12-28T13:44:36.022305-08:00

Russia launches three Iranian communications satellites into orbit

Universe Today

Design-for-Demise Dilemma: MaiaSpace paper flags unintended consequences of smallsat burn-up strategy A paper by Antoinette Ott and Christophe Bonnal of MaiaSpace argues the Design-for-Demise principle — letting most small satellites burn up at end-of-life — creates unintended consequences for orbital sustainability and operations, calling into question disposal assumptions used for current megaconstellation deployments.

2025-12-28T07:44:42.241739-08:00

Design-for-Demise Dilemma: MaiaSpace paper flags unintended consequences of smallsat burn-up strategy

defenseandmunitions.com

Ursa Major raises $100M to scale hypersonic propulsion and solid-rocket motor production, secures $115M+ in bookings Ursa Major announced a $100 million funding round and more than $115 million in bookings to scale production of hypersonic propulsion and solid-rocket motors, aiming to expand manufacturing capacity and support delivery schedules.

2025-12-27T23:09:45.073612-08:00

Ursa Major raises $100M to scale hypersonic propulsion and solid-rocket motor production, secures $115M+ in bookings

Space Explored

Orbital Data Centers: Why the Space Industry Is Betting on In‑Orbit Cloud Infrastructure The concept of 'orbital data centers'—cloud computing and AI infrastructure hosted in Earth orbit—is gaining traction across the space industry as operators, cloud providers and satellite firms explore moving compute and storage off‑Earth to exploit near‑constant solar power, vacuum cooling and new on‑orbit assembly techniques.

2025-12-27T11:58:54.253611-08:00

Orbital Data Centers: Why the Space Industry Is Betting on In‑Orbit Cloud Infrastructure

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX to close 2025 with Falcon 9 launch of Italy's Cosmo‑SkyMed Second Generation FM3 from Vandenberg SpaceX will close 2025 with a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying Italy's Cosmo‑SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 (CSG‑FM3) Earth‑observation satellite, which is encapsulated in the rocket's payload fairing. The liftoff is scheduled as the company's final Falcon 9 mission of the year.

2025-12-27T06:00:25.663470-08:00

SpaceX to close 2025 with Falcon 9 launch of Italy's Cosmo‑SkyMed Second Generation FM3 from Vandenberg

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China’s Space Industry: Advancements and Strategic Directions (podcast with Blaine Curcio)

Russia launches three Iranian communications satellites into orbit

China’s LandSpace positions to challenge SpaceX in the commercial launch market

Design-for-Demise Dilemma: MaiaSpace paper flags unintended consequences of smallsat burn-up strategy

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