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Last Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, 10:49 AM PST
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SpaceNews.com
• Robert Brüll
Germany’s First National Space Strategy: Wins, Shortfalls and What It Means for Industry
By SpaceNews.com: What Germany got right (and wrong) in its first ever space strategy.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Max Space unveils plan for commercial space station designed to launch on a single Falcon 9
By SpaceNews.com: Max Space, a startup developing expandable module technologies, plans to build a commercial space station that could launch on a single Falcon 9 rocket.
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SpaceQ
• Marc Boucher
Mission Control awarded contract for iSPI+ instrument on Canada's Lunar Utility Rover
By SpaceQ: Mission Control was awarded up to $2 million by the Canadian Space Agency to provide its iSPI+ infrared sensing system for Canada's Lunar Utility Rover.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
Vast Solicits Microgravity Research Proposals for Its Commercial Space Station
By Space.com: "The opportunity to expand access to microgravity research upon the world's first commercial space station is historic.".
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ArianeGroup
Europe
ESA
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ESA
• European Space Agency
Galileo L14 liftoff on Ariane 6
By ESA: On 17 December, two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marked the 14th launch for Europe’s satellite navigation operational satellite programme, reinforcing Europe’s resilience and autonomy.
SpaceNews.com
Ariane 6 launches Galileo navigation satellites
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush; Kiel Porter
Eric Schmidt Takes Over Relativity Space After Cash Burn and 3D-Printing Setbacks
By Bloomberg: Relativity Space tried to build spacecraft with 3D printing. After a series of setbacks, Google’s former chief has taken the helm — and the old boss’s big idea is being left behind.
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Sustainability & Climate Initiatives
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ESA
Sentinel‑6B returns first sea‑level data, extending long‑term climate record
By ESA: Copernicus Sentinel-6B, launched last month, has reached its orbit and delivered its first set of data, which show variations in sea level in the North Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceWatch Global
The Copernicus 'Sentinel-6B' Satellite Returns First Data Images After Launching Last Month
Space Daily
