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Spain doubles ESA investment, rises to fourth‑largest member ahead of UK and Belgium

At the ESA ministerial in Bremen, Spain pledged a twofold increase to its European Space Agency contributions, moving into fourth place among member states ahead of the UK and Belgium. The additional funding is earmarked for launchers, secure communications and low‑Earth‑orbit PNT capabilities.

2025-12-05T08:45:27.791921-08:00

Aviation Week

Korean Air and Hanjin Group to equip fleets with Starlink high‑speed in‑flight Wi‑Fi

2025-12-05T01:41:03.453023-08:00

SpaceNews.com

Ubotica, NASA JPL and Open Cosmos win 2025 SpaceNews Icon Award for Space AI Breakthrough

2025-12-03T03:54:58.335159-08:00

Ars Technica

NASA: Half‑Million Planned LEO Satellites Could Contaminate Nearly All Space Telescope Images

2025-12-03T08:42:40.926999-08:00

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Universe Today

China outlines four upcoming space missions, including survey telescope to hunt 'Earth 2.0' CGTN's Hot Take video lays out four Chinese space missions planned in the coming years, highlighting Beijing's push into new civil science and survey capabilities. One mission is a space-based survey telescope explicitly aimed at searching for an 'Earth 2.0' exoplanet.

2025-12-05T13:05:11.214618-08:00

China outlines four upcoming space missions, including survey telescope to hunt 'Earth 2.0'

Via Satellite

Viasat report: Direct-to-device satellite connectivity market holds vast potential Viasat's new report assesses the burgeoning direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity market and concludes the opportunity is vast. It outlines commercial pathways and technical requirements for satellite operators, spectrum aggregators and device ecosystem partners as consumer and government demand for direct satellite-to-handset links accelerates.

2025-12-05T10:06:50.374573-08:00

Viasat report: Direct-to-device satellite connectivity market holds vast potential

Space Intel Report

Spain doubles ESA investment, rises to fourth‑largest member ahead of UK and Belgium At the ESA ministerial in Bremen, Spain pledged a twofold increase to its European Space Agency contributions, moving into fourth place among member states ahead of the UK and Belgium. The additional funding is earmarked for launchers, secure communications and low‑Earth‑orbit PNT capabilities.

2025-12-05T08:45:27.791921-08:00

Spain doubles ESA investment, rises to fourth‑largest member ahead of UK and Belgium

SpaceWatch Global

SPACEBEL wins OHB Italia subcontract to deliver onboard flight software for ESA's RAMSES mission to Apophis Belgian systems house Spacebel will develop the onboard flight software for ESA's RAMSES asteroid mission after signing a subcontract with OHB Italia, the spacecraft prime. The contract assigns Spacebel key avionics and mission‑software responsibilities ahead of the planned Apophis flyby.

2025-12-05T04:27:07.213476-08:00

SPACEBEL wins OHB Italia subcontract to deliver onboard flight software for ESA's RAMSES mission to Apophis

Satellite Evolution

Pixxel partners with UP42 to distribute Firefly hyperspectral data to global customers Pixxel will make hyperspectral imagery from its Firefly constellation available through UP42’s platform, giving the latter’s global customer base streamlined access to spectral data and analytics. The partnership aims to accelerate commercial use cases for Earth-observation insights across agriculture, mining, environment and defense.

2025-12-05T04:08:01.792669-08:00

Pixxel partners with UP42 to distribute Firefly hyperspectral data to global customers

SpaceNews.com

Mobile networks push to repurpose satellite frequency bands vital for climate-monitoring satellites Telecom operators are lobbying to repurpose satellite radio-frequency bands currently allocated to Earth-observation and climate-monitoring satellites, a move that could reduce spectrum availability for space-based measurements and complicate international coordination on long-term climate data continuity and environmental monitoring, and raise new regulatory and commercial allocation debates.

2025-12-05T04:03:43.029428-08:00

Mobile networks push to repurpose satellite frequency bands vital for climate-monitoring satellites

Wall Street Journal

WSJ: Satellite images show rapid expansion of China’s military air power and reach A Wall Street Journal analysis of more than 100 satellite images shows clear evidence China is rapidly expanding its military air power and operational reach. The imagery documents measurable growth in air assets and supporting infrastructure that increases Beijing’s ability to project force across the region.

2025-12-05T03:24:29.196438-08:00

WSJ: Satellite images show rapid expansion of China’s military air power and reach

Aviation Week

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Korean Air and Hanjin Group to equip fleets with Starlink high‑speed in‑flight Wi‑Fi Korean Air will deploy SpaceX Starlink across its passenger fleet and extend the rollout to Hanjin Group carriers Asiana Airlines, Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul. Installations begin late 2026, with fleetwide completion targeted in 2027, improving transpacific onboard connectivity.

2025-12-05T01:41:03.453023-08:00

Korean Air and Hanjin Group to equip fleets with Starlink high‑speed in‑flight Wi‑Fi

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