SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA has selected the DAPHNE mission concept for development, using twin satellites to study how space weather and atmospheric dynamics affect the near-Earth space environment. The goal is to improve space-weather forecasting and better protect technologies including GPS, low Earth orbit satellites, and astronauts.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
By SpaceWatch Global: As COPUOS 2026 debates the future of space governance, a new ICAAD policy brief asks whether orbital access, space resources, and commercial expansion are creating a space economy that benefits all humankind.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Sanjai P R
By Bloomberg: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-controlled Jio Platforms Ltd. is weighing plans to build its own satellite constellation, as it seeks to cement control over the nation’s communications infrastructure while Elon Musk’s Starlink faces hurdles.
SpaceNews.com
• Tony Morrin
By SpaceNews.com: some, space is the final frontier. But the reality is that once you leave Earth’s atmosphere, you’re not entering a single, uniform void. There are several frontiers up there — distinct orbital zones — and each throws a very different set of problems at us.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: The 347th in Paris confirmed Rome as the venue for the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting on 15 December and signalled a fundamental repositioning of Europe's exploration strategy following NASA's downsizing of the Lunar Gateway.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA will reattempt the final full-scale Space Rider drop test no earlier than October 2026, after an anomaly aborted a previously unannounced test.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A startup has acquired an aircraft to offer commercial parabolic flight services even as NASA seeks to acquire its own aircraft for reduced-gravity flights.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Davide Barbuscia, Gowri Gurumurthy
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
