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Rocket Lab posts record 2025 as Neutron rocket readies for 2026 debut

Rocket Lab posted its strongest year yet in 2025, setting a company record for Electron launches and mission success while advancing work on its reusable, medium‑lift Neutron — whose inaugural flight has been pushed into 2026 as the company completes further testing.

2025-12-29T15:43:48.984769-08:00

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Russian air strikes leave Vyshhorod residents without power or heat for days, straining crowded 'resilience' shelters

2025-12-29T16:27:48.669966-08:00

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How a tech investment trust turned an early 2018 stake in SpaceX into a 950% gain — and what it means for space finance

2025-12-28T15:50:41.708157-08:00

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Gogo launches next‑generation 5G air‑to‑ground network after 30+ flight‑test hours; first airline customer onboarded

2025-12-29T05:04:36.496452-08:00

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Russian air strikes leave Vyshhorod residents without power or heat for days, straining crowded 'resilience' shelters After the latest Russian air strikes, residents of Vyshhorod, a satellite town 20 km north of Kyiv, have endured multi-day power and heating outages; Olena Pazhydaieva reported three days without electricity, forcing crowded municipal ‘resilience’ shelters to absorb displaced civilians and basic services.

2025-12-29T16:27:48.669966-08:00

Russian air strikes leave Vyshhorod residents without power or heat for days, straining crowded 'resilience' shelters

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Rocket Lab posts record 2025 as Neutron rocket readies for 2026 debut Rocket Lab posted its strongest year yet in 2025, setting a company record for Electron launches and mission success while advancing work on its reusable, medium‑lift Neutron — whose inaugural flight has been pushed into 2026 as the company completes further testing.

2025-12-29T15:43:48.984769-08:00

Rocket Lab posts record 2025 as Neutron rocket readies for 2026 debut

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Starlink withdraws satellite internet services from Papua New Guinea, cutting regional connectivity

2025-12-29T10:01:13.558468-08:00

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Volta Space tests 'LightGrid' satellite system to beam power to lunar landers Volta Space is flight-testing its LightGrid satellite system to beam electrical power to lunar landers, aiming to keep surface missions operational through the long, cold lunar night. The demonstration evaluates in-orbit power transmission and lander receiver integration to sustain survival and mission activities.

2025-12-29T09:45:34.757319-08:00

Volta Space tests 'LightGrid' satellite system to beam power to lunar landers

PaxEx.Aero

Gogo launches next‑generation 5G air‑to‑ground network after 30+ flight‑test hours; first airline customer onboarded Gogo completed more than 30 flight‑test hours to validate its next‑generation 5G air‑to‑ground broadband system, concluding formal flight testing and validation. The company says the network is now commercially available, onboarding its first airline customer and ready to serve paying passengers.

2025-12-29T05:04:36.496452-08:00

Gogo launches next‑generation 5G air‑to‑ground network after 30+ flight‑test hours; first airline customer onboarded

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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)

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French carrier Charles de Gaulle uses SES O3b mPOWER for secure, low-latency connectivity during Clemenceau 25 During the Clemenceau 25 deployment, SES’s O3b mPOWER service provided the French Navy’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with secure, low-latency satellite connectivity, marking a practical deployment of commercial satellite services in a major naval exercise and operational deployment at sea.

2025-12-28T20:04:11.016420-08:00

French carrier Charles de Gaulle uses SES O3b mPOWER for secure, low-latency connectivity during Clemenceau 25

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How Starlink became the world's internet alternative SpaceX's Starlink has emerged as a global internet alternative by delivering faster speeds, lower prices and by benefiting from its owner's close ties to Donald Trump. That combination has driven rapid uptake among residential customers and spurred airlines and business-aviation operators to adopt Starlink for inflight and private connectivity.

2025-12-28T20:03:45.220802-08:00

How Starlink became the world's internet alternative

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Rocket Lab posts record 2025 as Neutron rocket readies for 2026 debut

Russian air strikes leave Vyshhorod residents without power or heat for days, straining crowded 'resilience' shelters

How a tech investment trust turned an early 2018 stake in SpaceX into a 950% gain — and what it means for space finance

Gogo launches next‑generation 5G air‑to‑ground network after 30+ flight‑test hours; first airline customer onboarded

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