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SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

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

Airbus

Airbus GSF: services demand to jump 10% in 2025 and reach $311bn by 2044 as digital connectivity and APAC lead growth

2025-10-09T07:32:41.376992-07:00

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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

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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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Orienspace's Gravity‑1 Y2 lifts three satellites from sea barge off Shandong Orienspace on Oct. 11 conducted its second Gravity‑1 Y2 sea launch from a barge off Haiyang, Shandong, placing an Earth remote‑sensing satellite and two debris‑imaging spacecraft into planned orbits. The liftoff occurred at about 10:20 a.m. local time, demonstrating commercial sea‑based solid‑rocket launch capability.

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

Orienspace's Gravity‑1 Y2 lifts three satellites from sea barge off Shandong

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Amazon's Project Kuiper signs MoU with Uzbekistan to expand high‑speed internet Amazon's Project Kuiper has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Digital Technologies to expand high‑speed internet access across the country. The government‑level agreement signals Kuiper's formal entry into Uzbekistan and opens a path for future LEO broadband deployments there.

2025-10-10T12:07:36.935774-07:00

Amazon's Project Kuiper signs MoU with Uzbekistan to expand high‑speed internet

Space.com

Four sun‑pointing spacecraft could speed space‑weather warnings by ~40% A new study finds four sun‑pointing spacecraft operating together as a small constellation could accelerate space‑weather warnings by roughly 40%, shortening the time between solar observation and alert issuance. The proposal suggests coordinated sun‑gazing platforms can materially improve lead times for space‑weather forecasting.

2025-10-10T12:03:03.967984-07:00

Four sun‑pointing spacecraft could speed space‑weather warnings by ~40%

Space Intel Report

Kratos warns LEO constellations routinely trespass on GEO spectrum and each other — risks grow as Kuiper and Chinese constellations arrive

2025-10-10T11:45:54.359477-07:00

Kratos warns LEO constellations routinel

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Semtech launches integrated cellular–satellite device‑to‑cloud IoT platform with Skylo Semtech has integrated Skylo’s satellite network into its IoT platform to deliver a single‑provider device‑to‑cloud solution that combines terrestrial cellular and satellite connectivity. The offering packages connectivity and cloud ingestion to simplify deployments that require both network types under one partner.

2025-10-10T11:10:29.934162-07:00

Semtech launches integrated cellular–satellite device‑to‑cloud IoT platform with Skylo

Universe Today

ESA's ExoMars TGO and Mars Express target interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during Mars flyby Between Oct. 1 and 7, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express turned their instruments toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it zipped past Mars. The orbiters collected complementary remote‑sensing data during the comet’s roughly 30 million‑kilometre close approach, adding in‑space vantage points to telescope observations.

2025-10-10T08:01:01.436335-07:00

ESA's ExoMars TGO and Mars Express target interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during Mars flyby

Space.com

Coronal hole to raise geomagnetic storm risk Oct. 11–12; satellites, HF comms and polar flights could be affected A returning solar coronal hole is expected to send elevated solar wind late Oct. 11–12, creating a heightened risk of geomagnetic storms and auroras that could disrupt satellite operations, HF communications and GNSS-dependent navigation, and lead airlines to impose polar-route operational restrictions.

2025-10-10T07:33:33.762830-07:00

Coronal hole to raise geomagnetic storm risk Oct. 11–12; satellites, HF comms and polar flights could be affected

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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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