NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
The final week of January features a packed manifest of orbital launches, including U.S. military GPS satellite missions, multiple SpaceX Starlink flights and Rocket Lab Electron launches. The concentrated cadence reflects continued constellation buildouts and accelerating small‑launcher activity across polar and equatorial trajectories.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: "This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far.".
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Ramon.Space CEO Avi Shabtai explains the concept of a distributed architecture data center in space, with satellites acting as nodes in a network.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Oman-based industrial conglomerate MB Group has ordered a small geostationary broadband satellite from Astranis that is slated to launch this summer.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: "Historical artifacts flying aboard Artemis 2 reflect the long arc of American exploration and the generations of innovators who made this moment possible.".
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: As the ISS nears its retirement date at the end of the decade, companies are vying to build its commercial successor under NASA’s Commercial LEO Destination (CLD) program.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: An H3 launch failure in December may have been caused by an unusual event that led to the satellite separating from the rocket prematurely.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Water exists across Mars in underground ice, soil moisture, and atmospheric vapour, yet most of it remains frustratingly beyond practical reach for future explorers.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
