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India’s GSLV Rocket Successfully Deploys $1.5B NASA-ISRO NISAR Earth Radar Satellite

India’s ISRO placed the NASA-ISRO NISAR Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite into orbit aboard its GSLV rocket, marking the launch of a first-of-its-kind $1.5 billion Earth science mission set to scan the planet twice every 12 days for climate and disaster monitoring.

2025-07-30T05:43:45.505224-07:00

Space Intel Report

EchoStar orders 100 satellites in $1.3B first tranche of $5B S-band D2D constellation

2025-08-01T07:20:49.057122-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX’s 94th Falcon 9 Launch of 2025 Deploys 19 Starlinks from West Coast

2025-07-31T11:53:08.468589-07:00

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NASA and ISRO Set to Launch Most Advanced SAR Satellite NISAR on July 30

2025-07-28T03:19:20.557638-07:00

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Australia Picks Amazon’s Kuiper Over Starlink for Remote Broadband Australia’s state-owned broadband provider has tapped Amazon’s nascent Project Kuiper satellite service to reach remote and unconnected communities, bypassing Elon Musk’s established Starlink network. The agreement, secured before Kuiper’s full constellation is deployed, highlights Canberra’s wager on emerging satellite broadband entrants.

2025-08-05T01:21:56.089590-07:00

Australia Picks Amazon’s Kuiper Over Starlink for Remote Broadband

Reuters

Eutelsat beats full-year forecasts as Ukraine war drives government satellite broadband demand For the year ended June 30, French satellite operator Eutelsat posted revenue of €1.24 billion, up 0.8% year-on-year, driven by surging government and corporate adoption of its satellite internet services as Europe seeks home-grown alternatives amid the Ukraine conflict.

2025-08-04T23:03:04.269303-07:00

Eutelsat beats full-year forecasts as Ukraine war drives government satellite broadband demand

spaceanddefense.io

Xona to Integrate Astroscale Docking Plates for LEO PNT Constellation Astroscale Ltd has agreed to supply next-generation docking plates to Xona Space Systems for integration into Xona’s expanding low Earth orbit positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) constellation. The partnership will equip Xona’s Pulsar satellites with standardized interfaces to support on-orbit rendezvous and docking capabilities, reinforcing Xona’s push into resilient PNT services.

2025-08-04T18:28:00.014293-07:00

Xona to Integrate Astroscale Docking Plates for LEO PNT Constellation

Runway Girl

EchoStar CEO: Hughes wins inflight connectivity contracts with two large airlines On its 2Q 2025 earnings call, EchoStar president and CEO Hamid Akhavan disclosed that Hughes Network Systems has been selected by two large airlines to equip their fleets with its inflight connectivity solutions, underscoring the unit’s ongoing expansion in the competitive IFC market.

2025-08-04T16:12:40.867043-07:00

EchoStar CEO: Hughes wins inflight connectivity contracts with two large airlines

The War Zone

US Space Force to Launch GMTI Satellites within a Year for Indo-Pacific Command The US Space Force’s deputy chief, Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, said the service will field its first ground moving target indicator (GMTI) satellites within 12 months to support Indo-Pacific Command, and expects to complete an analysis of alternatives for space-based airborne moving target indication by this fall.

2025-08-04T12:10:53.779870-07:00

US Space Force to Launch GMTI Satellites within a Year for Indo-Pacific Command

Times of India

Dhruva Space to launch LEAP-1 AI and hyperspectral imaging satellites on 2025 Falcon 9 Indian spacetech startup Dhruva Space will launch its first commercial LEAP-1 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2025, carrying AI and hyperspectral imaging payloads from Australian firms Akula Tech and Esper Satellites on its indigenously developed P-30 platform, space-qualified in January.

2025-08-04T10:52:54.448456-07:00

Dhruva Space to launch LEAP-1 AI and hyperspectral imaging satellites on 2025 Falcon 9

Space.com

Space hurricanes found to disrupt Earth's magnetosphere and scramble satellites Researchers have confirmed the existence of space hurricanes—persistent cyclonic storms of plasma and charged particles in the polar ionosphere—that can shake Earth's magnetic shield and scramble satellite electronics without any preceding solar storm. The phenomenon unveils a hidden threat to LEO operations and adds complexity to space weather forecasting.

2025-08-04T06:01:04.485311-07:00

Space hurricanes found to disrupt Earth's magnetosphere and scramble satellites

Space.com

JUICE Hones Life-Detection Sensors during ‘Earthrise’ Crater Flyby During a rare lunar flyby, ESA’s JUICE spacecraft scanned the famous crater immortalized in the ‘Earthrise’ photo to calibrate its spectrometers and imaging instruments. The maneuver refines the probe’s tools ahead of its search for biosignatures on Jupiter’s icy moons.

2025-08-02T09:01:37.606547-07:00

JUICE Hones Life-Detection Sensors during ‘Earthrise’ Crater Flyby

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