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Payload • Douglas Gorman

Exolaunch to Deploy 22 Sats on SpaceX 'Twilight' Sun‑Synchronous Mission

SpaceX will deliver customer payloads into a twilight sun‑synchronous orbit — flying over the Earth’s terminator — on a Falcon 9 rideshare that Exolaunch has nearly filled with 22 small satellites. The booking underscores continued market demand for specialized SSO insertion and dedicated terminator deployments.

Also: SpaceWatch Africa and Satellite News Network

2025-12-22T05:41:00.569084-08:00

China Space Policy & International Cooperation Space Defense & Militarization Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact Export Controls & Trade Compliance

SpaceNews.com • Elsbeth Magilton

It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China

By SpaceNews.com: It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China.

2025-12-22T06:19:04.919337-08:00

Satellite Space Exploration & Science Missions

Space.com • Robert Lea

NASA’s SPHEREx Completes First All‑Sky Cosmic Map

By Space.com: "I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it.".

2025-12-22T05:05:40.337418-08:00

Satellite Supply Chain Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Desert Works Propulsion; LLC

Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion‑propulsion manufacturing and test capacity via domestic partnership

By SpaceNews.com: Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth.

2025-12-22T05:06:25.069852-08:00

JWST Space Exploration & Science Missions

Universe Today • Andy Tomaswick

Five New Planets and the Battle for Their Atmospheres

By Universe Today: One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss out whether or not they could potentially support life.

2025-12-22T04:17:04.697156-08:00

Europe Commercial Space Space Policy & International Cooperation Space Defense & Militarization Policy & Regulation Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact

SpaceWatch Global • Torsten Kriening

Opinion: U.S. 'Ensuring American Space Superiority' EO — a Strategic Challenge for Europe

By SpaceWatch Global: When the White House published its executive order Ensuring American Space Superiority in December, it did more than clarify U.S. space policy.

2025-12-22T03:25:26.388017-08:00

Satellite Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Space Defense & Militarization Asia-Pacific (APAC)

english.kyodonews.net • KYODO NEWS

Japan’s H3 Rocket Fails to Reach Orbit, Satellite Lost — Science Ministry

By english.kyodonews.net: A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-orbiter geolocation system failed to deliver its payload into the target orbit after liftoff on Monday, the country's space agency said.

SpaceNews.com

Japan’s H3 rocket suffers second‑stage anomaly, Michibiki‑5 (QZS‑5) navigation satellite lost

Space.com

Japan’s H3 rocket suffers second failure in seven launches during navigation-satellite mission

Also: global.jaxa.jp, ABC News, news.ssbcrack.com, South China Morning Post, The Independent and global.jaxa.jp

2025-12-21T21:13:08.036271-08:00

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