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SpaceX completes 100th Space Coast orbital launch of 2025 as Falcon 9 logs 149th flight

On Nov. 20, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Florida's Space Coast — the vehicle's 149th flight of 2025 — marking the 100th orbital launch from Cape Canaveral/Kennedy this year. The mission, Starlink 6‑78, continues the company's high‑cadence Starlink constellation buildout and underscores sustained operational tempo.

2025-11-20T14:45:43.342523-08:00

SpaceNews.com

DARPA awards Redwire $44M Phase‑2 contract to advance Otter air‑breathing VLEO demonstrator

2025-11-19T06:28:07.165881-08:00

Space Intel Report

Eutelsat launches €828m reserved capital increase (≈$960m) to cut debt and secure ECA backing for OneWeb and Iris2

2025-11-18T08:10:15.191541-08:00

Space Intel Report

Canada pledges C$528.5M to European Space Agency — tenfold increase to deepen EU ties and boost domestic space sector

2025-11-18T14:12:17.687721-08:00

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Space.com

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on new Falcon 9 rocket from California

2025-11-23T09:11:03.052853-08:00

The Telegraph

Britons miss out on Musk’s Starlink internet because of rules to protect France

2025-11-22T23:32:00.340070-08:00

cosmicchroniclesnews.com

SpaceX Falcon 9 Achieves 150th Launch Milestone in 2025

2025-11-22T21:02:21.835536-08:00

Via Satellite

MSSA Issues Standards-Focused Recommendations to Advance Interoperable Non‑Terrestrial Networks The Mobile Satellite Services Association has published strategic recommendations to drive standards-based, interoperable non‑terrestrial networks (NTNs) across satellite and terrestrial ecosystems. MSSA's guidance outlines actions to advance standards, interoperability and regulatory coordination to accelerate commercial NTN deployment and cross‑network compatibility.

2025-11-21T10:42:40.880973-08:00

MSSA Issues Standards-Focused Recommendations to Advance Interoperable Non‑Terrestrial Networks

Universe Today

Mega-constellations: paper proposes on‑satellite control to offload ground‑station networks As satellite constellations scale into the tens of thousands, ground stations are struggling to keep up with the communications and command load. A new paper from Yuhe Mao and co‑authors proposes shifting control and network decision‑making onboard satellites, offloading ground‑station traffic and enabling more scalable operations.

2025-11-21T07:06:53.707083-08:00

Mega-constellations: paper proposes on‑satellite control to offload ground‑station networks

Payload

Orbit Fab wins ESA/UK Space Agency ASTRAL award to demonstrate in‑orbit xenon refuelling Orbit Fab has been awarded up to $3.8 million by the UK Space Agency and ESA to lead the first stage of the ASTRAL programme, building a European consortium to demonstrate in‑orbit xenon refuelling for electric‑propulsion satellites. The funding supports a technology demonstrator and partner integration work.

2025-11-21T05:42:38.707877-08:00

Orbit Fab wins ESA/UK Space Agency ASTRAL award to demonstrate in‑orbit xenon refuelling

Aviation Week

Britten-Norman Islander to test antenna for World Mobile stratospheric 5G platform Britten-Norman will equip a BN2T-4S Islander with an antenna to support a World Mobile Stratospheric demonstration, testing airborne 5G connectivity between the aircraft and a high‑altitude stratospheric platform. The flight trials will validate integration of a commuter aircraft into non‑terrestrial 5G networks.

2025-11-20T14:52:11.237331-08:00

Britten-Norman Islander to test antenna for World Mobile stratospheric 5G platform

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SpaceX completes 100th Space Coast orbital launch of 2025 as Falcon 9 logs 149th flight On Nov. 20, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Florida's Space Coast — the vehicle's 149th flight of 2025 — marking the 100th orbital launch from Cape Canaveral/Kennedy this year. The mission, Starlink 6‑78, continues the company's high‑cadence Starlink constellation buildout and underscores sustained operational tempo.

2025-11-20T14:45:43.342523-08:00

SpaceX completes 100th Space Coast orbital launch of 2025 as Falcon 9 logs 149th flight

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