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UNOOSA 2025: Dark and Quiet Skies workshop — experts map scientific harms and legal responses to protecting the night sky

At UNOOSA's Dark and Quiet Skies workshop in Vienna, Prof. Aaron Boley and UNOOSA lead Rosanna Hoffmann detail scientific threats to optical and radio astronomy from terrestrial and orbital developments, and outline legal and policy measures under consideration to preserve dark, radio‑quiet skies for research.

2025-12-14T09:45:51.039832-08:00

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Falcon 9 launches Starlink batch and completes SpaceX's 550th booster landing

2025-12-13T22:12:05.923564-08:00

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Chinese-launched spacecraft came within ~200 m of Starlink‑6079 at 560 km, SpaceX says

2025-12-12T21:14:12.257374-08:00

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Megaconstellations could permanently contaminate space‑telescope observations by late 2030s, scientists warn

2025-12-12T03:06:45.877546-08:00

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Runway Girl

Avianca rolls out SES multi‑orbit Wi‑Fi on 10 A320 Family jets Avianca is installing SES’s multi‑orbit inflight connectivity across its Airbus A320 Family and has activated Wi‑Fi for passengers on 10 A320 twinjets via the carrier’s Avianca On Air portal. Installations are ongoing as the airline expands onboard broadband across the type.

2025-12-14T10:07:36.233253-08:00

Avianca rolls out SES multi‑orbit Wi‑Fi on 10 A320 Family jets

SpaceWatch Global

UNOOSA 2025: Dark and Quiet Skies workshop — experts map scientific harms and legal responses to protecting the night sky At UNOOSA's Dark and Quiet Skies workshop in Vienna, Prof. Aaron Boley and UNOOSA lead Rosanna Hoffmann detail scientific threats to optical and radio astronomy from terrestrial and orbital developments, and outline legal and policy measures under consideration to preserve dark, radio‑quiet skies for research.

2025-12-14T09:45:51.039832-08:00

UNOOSA 2025: Dark and Quiet Skies workshop — experts map scientific harms and legal responses to protecting the night sky

Space.com

ULA Atlas V launches 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites — Dec. 15 United Launch Alliance's Atlas V lifted off at 3:49 a.m. ET Monday, Dec. 15, carrying 27 Amazon Project Kuiper broadband satellites to low Earth orbit. The mission advances Kuiper’s constellation deployment as Amazon continues scheduled launches to build in-orbit capacity for its planned broadband service.

2025-12-14T09:09:23.321293-08:00

ULA Atlas V launches 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites — Dec. 15

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Rocket Lab launches JAXA RAISE‑4 tech demo, marking Japan's pivot to commercial launches Rocket Lab's Electron successfully launched JAXA's RAISE‑4 technology demonstration to sun‑synchronous orbit Dec. 13/14, deploying a 110 kg satellite (RAISE‑4) carrying 15 experimental components. The flight — Rocket Lab's first dedicated mission for JAXA — underscores Japan's move from the delayed Epsilon to commercial access to space.

2025-12-14T05:52:51.958339-08:00

Rocket Lab launches JAXA RAISE‑4 tech demo, marking Japan's pivot to commercial launches

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Falcon 9 launches Starlink batch and completes SpaceX's 550th booster landing A Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:49 a.m. EST on Dec. 14, deploying another group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. The booster returned to complete SpaceX's 550th successful landing — almost ten years to the day after the company's first stage recovery.

2025-12-13T22:12:05.923564-08:00

Falcon 9 launches Starlink batch and completes SpaceX's 550th booster landing

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Rocket Lab launches JAXA's RAISE‑4 tech demo, signalling Japan's pivot to commercial launch services Rocket Lab's Electron has launched JAXA's RAISE‑4, a 110 kg technology‑demonstration satellite carrying 15 experimental components into sun‑synchronous orbit. The flight underscores Japan's move away from the delayed Epsilon toward commercial access to space for in‑orbit testing and smallsat deployment.

2025-12-13T19:25:31.858349-08:00

Rocket Lab launches JAXA's RAISE‑4 tech demo, signalling Japan's pivot to commercial launch services

Space Daily

NASA selects Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins APL to develop CINEMA smallsat fleet to probe Earth's magnetotail NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to begin developing the CINEMA smallsat fleet, a mission concept to probe Earth's magnetotail. The awards fund initial development and concept studies for a multi‑satellite mission to characterize magnetotail dynamics and improve understanding of near‑Earth space.

2025-12-13T19:20:16.396715-08:00

NASA selects Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins APL to develop CINEMA smallsat fleet to probe Earth's magnetotail

Seeking Alpha

Rocket Lab’s reusable Neutron fairing, 500–1,000 kg market push and rising space‑systems revenue make RKLB worth watching Rocket Lab is advancing reusable Neutron fairing technology and broadening its addressable market to 500–1,000 kg satellites while growing higher‑margin space‑systems revenue — developments investors say underpin a bullish view on RKLB’s commercial trajectory. The moves reshape its competitive position in medium‑lift launch and payload services.

2025-12-13T16:53:23.155428-08:00

Rocket Lab’s reusable Neutron fairing, 500–1,000 kg market push and rising space‑systems revenue make RKLB worth watching

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