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With Loft Orbital, Pierre‑Damien Vaujour offers self‑service satellite access

Loft Orbital, a Franco‑American NewSpace company and one of 2025’s rare unicorns, offers a self‑service platform that lets customers deploy and operate payloads aboard hosted satellites. Founder Pierre‑Damien Vaujour is featured in Challenges among a gallery of successful industry leaders sharing advice.

2025-12-25T07:21:04.656811-08:00

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U. of Illinois 3D-prints flat carbon-fiber composites that self-morph into curved satellite parts in orbit

2025-12-25T06:06:40.044949-08:00

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Europe’s Top 5 Space Moves of 2025: Sovereign Tech, New Partners and Dual‑Use Hardware

2025-12-25T05:35:31.747178-08:00

European Spaceflight

Avio to launch four FORMOSAT Earth‑observation satellites for Taiwan aboard Vega C

2025-12-24T21:03:36.644311-08:00

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With Loft Orbital, Pierre‑Damien Vaujour offers self‑service satellite access Loft Orbital, a Franco‑American NewSpace company and one of 2025’s rare unicorns, offers a self‑service platform that lets customers deploy and operate payloads aboard hosted satellites. Founder Pierre‑Damien Vaujour is featured in Challenges among a gallery of successful industry leaders sharing advice.

2025-12-25T07:21:04.656811-08:00

With Loft Orbital, Pierre‑Damien Vaujour offers self‑service satellite access

voxelmatters.com

U. of Illinois 3D-prints flat carbon-fiber composites that self-morph into curved satellite parts in orbit University of Illinois researchers have 3D-printed flat carbon-fiber composite structures that self-morph into curved satellite components in space. The work demonstrates a pathway to manufacture complex curved parts as compact, flat forms on the ground and transform them after launch.

2025-12-25T06:06:40.044949-08:00

U. of Illinois 3D-prints flat carbon-fiber composites that self-morph into curved satellite parts in orbit

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Europe’s Top 5 Space Moves of 2025: Sovereign Tech, New Partners and Dual‑Use Hardware In 2025 Europe accelerated its drive for sovereign space capabilities, investing in homegrown technology, building new international partnerships, and reclassifying commercial systems as dual‑use hardware suitable for defence roles. The shifts reflect coordinated policy and industrial moves to reduce reliance on non‑European providers.

2025-12-25T05:35:31.747178-08:00

Europe’s Top 5 Space Moves of 2025: Sovereign Tech, New Partners and Dual‑Use Hardware

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Avio to launch four FORMOSAT Earth‑observation satellites for Taiwan aboard Vega C Taiwan Space Agency has contracted Avio to launch four FORMOSAT Earth‑observation satellites aboard Vega C rockets. The order commits four dedicated remote‑sensing spacecraft to Vega C flights and advances Taiwan’s space‑based imaging capability through a multi‑satellite launch campaign.

2025-12-24T21:03:36.644311-08:00

Avio to launch four FORMOSAT Earth‑observation satellites for Taiwan aboard Vega C

Yomiuri Japan News

H3 rocket failure strands Michibiki No.5, disrupts Japanese QZSS timeline Japan's H3 rocket failed Monday while carrying Michibiki No.5, a Quasi-Zenith Satellite System navigation satellite, preventing orbital insertion and disrupting the schedule to complete a high-precision regional positioning network often dubbed 'Japanese GPS.' The loss is a setback for national navigation autonomy.

2025-12-24T20:23:22.480256-08:00

H3 rocket failure strands Michibiki No.5, disrupts Japanese QZSS timeline

Space.com

NASA flies space‑grade sensors at 60,000 ft to map minerals needed for EVs and clean energy NASA flew space‑grade sensors aboard a high‑altitude aircraft at 60,000 ft to map Earth mineral deposits critical for electric vehicles and clean‑energy technologies. The instruments, similar to those used on spacecraft to study distant worlds, aim to demonstrate airborne mineral‑mapping capabilities.

2025-12-24T11:10:25.313125-08:00

NASA flies space‑grade sensors at 60,000 ft to map minerals needed for EVs and clean energy

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Hughes converts Anderson Connectivity into rapid‑prototyping hub for inflight connectivity hardware Hughes is positioning Anderson Connectivity as a rapid‑prototyping hub for new inflight connectivity (IFC) hardware, supporting a raft of in‑house IFC projects as well as independent work packages. The facility will shorten development and testing cycles for cabin connectivity equipment and hardware integrations.

2025-12-24T10:27:53.614368-08:00

Hughes converts Anderson Connectivity into rapid‑prototyping hub for inflight connectivity hardware

spacecoastdaily.com

SpaceX targets Jan. 3 Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral to deploy 29 Starlink satellites SpaceX's Falcon 9 is targeting Jan. 3 liftoff from Cape Canaveral to deploy 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. The launch — announced by Space Coast Daily — will be broadcast on Space Coast Daily TV and continues the company's steady constellation deployments.

2025-12-23T21:28:40.199328-08:00

SpaceX targets Jan. 3 Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral to deploy 29 Starlink satellites

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With Loft Orbital, Pierre‑Damien Vaujour offers self‑service satellite access

U. of Illinois 3D-prints flat carbon-fiber composites that self-morph into curved satellite parts in orbit

Europe’s Top 5 Space Moves of 2025: Sovereign Tech, New Partners and Dual‑Use Hardware

Avio to launch four FORMOSAT Earth‑observation satellites for Taiwan aboard Vega C

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