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SpaceX pins Starship setback on tile sealing; next‑gen orbital attempt pushed to next year

SpaceX says post‑flight inspections found Starship needs thermal‑tile sealing after its last flight and is targeting an orbital attempt with a next‑generation vehicle next year. The announcement highlights ongoing refinement of heat‑shield and integration work on the Super Heavy–Starship stack.

2025-09-09T12:51:10.366325-07:00

Space.com

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Reenters Earth After 53 Years

2025-05-10T05:32:40.367866-07:00

SpaceNews.com

ClearSpace completes second phase of UK debris-removal mission

2025-05-07T10:02:14.733586-07:00

Reuters

SpaceX Appeals to Mexico for Debris Recovery After Starship Explosion Amid Legal Threats

2025-06-26T15:47:59.760875-07:00

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SpaceX pins Starship setback on tile sealing; next‑gen orbital attempt pushed to next year SpaceX says post‑flight inspections found Starship needs thermal‑tile sealing after its last flight and is targeting an orbital attempt with a next‑generation vehicle next year. The announcement highlights ongoing refinement of heat‑shield and integration work on the Super Heavy–Starship stack.

2025-09-09T12:51:10.366325-07:00

SpaceX pins Starship setback on tile sealing; next‑gen orbital attempt pushed to next year

SpaceWatch Global

Dr Peter Martinez on space sustainability, policy shifts and rising space-security risks Dr Peter Martinez outlines emerging policy priorities for space sustainability, assesses regulatory and cooperative measures to manage orbital traffic, and evaluates how geopolitical tensions are reshaping global space security. He highlights practical policy levers and industry actions needed to preserve long-term, safe access to the orbital commons.

2025-08-28T01:58:39.111563-07:00

Dr Peter Martinez on space sustainability, policy shifts and rising space-security risks

SpaceNews.com

DeepSat wins AFWERX contract for very low Earth orbit monitoring

2025-08-25T12:42:30.787812-07:00

DeepSat wins AFWERX contract for very lo

Universe Today

ESA Advances CREAM Automated System to Avert Growing Satellite Collision Risk Amid a surge to over 11,000 active satellites and 1.2 million debris fragments in Earth orbit, the European Space Agency has unveiled CREAM, an AI-driven Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mitigation platform. The system promises autonomous traffic management to preempt conjunctions and safeguard vital space assets.

2025-08-13T07:04:03.806109-07:00

ESA Advances CREAM Automated System to Avert Growing Satellite Collision Risk

Space.com

US Patent Awards Distributed ‘Shepherding’ Tech for Multi-Object Orbital Debris Cleanup US Patent Office grants patent for a distributed architecture that ‘shepherds’ multiple large orbital debris objects into Earth’s atmosphere, offering a sustainable, economically scalable approach to mitigate escalating global collision and reentry risks posed by rapidly growing space junk.

2025-08-05T11:08:38.948900-07:00

US Patent Awards Distributed ‘Shepherding’ Tech for Multi-Object Orbital Debris Cleanup

Air & Space Forces Mag

Space Traffic Management’s Future: Smaller Sats, More Threats

2025-07-23T08:49:26.688361-07:00

Space Traffic Management’s Futur

SpaceNews.com

Global Space Council Urges Governments to Tackle Escalating Orbital Crisis In an open letter, the Global Space Council called on governments to establish binding space traffic management, debris mitigation and regulatory frameworks amid an unprecedented surge in satellite launches, warning that unchecked orbital congestion risks collisions, service disruptions and asset losses.

2025-07-15T06:08:34.413715-07:00

Global Space Council Urges Governments to Tackle Escalating Orbital Crisis

SpaceNews.com

Space sector sticks with single-use satellites despite on-orbit servicing breakthroughs Despite recent advances in on-orbit servicing and modular spacecraft design, most satellites still follow single-use profiles, reentering after mission completion. Operators cite integration complexity and higher upfront costs as hurdles, sustaining disposable hardware deployments and driving launch frequency, orbital debris and atmospheric contamination.

2025-07-10T09:09:52.346813-07:00

Space sector sticks with single-use satellites despite on-orbit servicing breakthroughs

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