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Korean Air to fit Starlink across all five Hanjin airlines, targeting fleetwide installs by end of 2027

Korean Air will equip its own fleet and those of Asiana, Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul with Starlink high‑speed in‑flight internet, initiating rollouts on selected aircraft and aiming to complete fleetwide installations across the five Hanjin Group carriers by the end of 2027.

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

SpaceNews.com

SLI commits more than $200M to lease two small GEO satellites from AscendArc

2025-12-03T06:03:39.487058-08:00

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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

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Korean Air to fit Starlink across all five Hanjin airlines, targeting fleetwide installs by end of 2027 Korean Air will equip its own fleet and those of Asiana, Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul with Starlink high‑speed in‑flight internet, initiating rollouts on selected aircraft and aiming to complete fleetwide installations across the five Hanjin Group carriers by the end of 2027.

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

Korean Air to fit Starlink across all five Hanjin airlines, targeting fleetwide installs by end of 2027

Reuters

India reviews telecom proposal for always-on satellite location tracking on smartphones; Apple, Google and Samsung object India's government is reviewing a telecom-industry proposal to require smartphone manufacturers to enable always-on satellite location tracking for enhanced surveillance. Apple, Google and Samsung oppose the plan on privacy grounds, according to documents, internal emails and five sources, and regulators are actively considering the measure.

2025-12-05T00:37:43.043436-08:00

India reviews telecom proposal for always-on satellite location tracking on smartphones; Apple, Google and Samsung object

Payload

Viasat unveils HaloNet to bridge near‑Earth comms gap as LEO constellations surge As low‑Earth‑orbit satellite numbers grow into the tens of thousands and NASA plans to retire its TDRSS relays, Viasat is pitching HaloNet — a holistic space‑relay network offering secure, multi‑band, multi‑path connectivity and data transport to plug ground‑coverage and spectrum gaps.

2025-12-04T21:06:28.802822-08:00

Viasat unveils HaloNet to bridge near‑Earth comms gap as LEO constellations surge

Space.com

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on Falcon 9 — 156th Falcon 9 launch of 2025 SpaceX launched 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 4, using a Falcon 9. The flight marked the company's 156th Falcon 9 launch of the year and adds another batch to Starlink's growing LEO constellation.

2025-12-04T14:09:14.410630-08:00

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on Falcon 9 — 156th Falcon 9 launch of 2025

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