Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
A Senate staffer urged NASA to speed development of commercial space stations to guarantee continuous human presence in low Earth orbit and avoid a gap in crewed operations, saying private habitats must be ready to take over as the current orbital laboratory transitions.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: Managing an orbital economy as space grows more congested.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: CNES and the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, have launched a €1 million challenge for AI applications for analysing satellite data.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: TrustPoint demonstrates non-GPS navigation for LEO satellites TrustPoint demonstrates non-GPS navigation for LEO satellites.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Portal Space selects ‘Space Armor’ debris shield for 2026 mission Portal Space selects ‘Space Armor’ debris shield for 2026 mission.
SpaceWatch Global
By SpaceWatch Global: On December 18, 2025, the White House issued a landmark Executive Order titled "Ensuring American Space Superiority.".
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Vyoma has launched its surveillance satellite, Flamingo-1, to bolster the company's in-orbit surveillance of debris objects.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA says it is “very unlikely” the agency will be able to recover a Mars spacecraft that has been out of contact for more than a month.
SpaceWatch Global
• Blaine Curcio
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
