European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
CNES and the Île-de-France regional government have launched a €1 million challenge to solicit artificial intelligence applications for analysing satellite data. The competition targets AI methods to process and interpret Earth-observation datasets and is funded jointly by national and regional authorities.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: It comes up almost every time that I see him. Continuous human presence and no gap.".
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.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Scientists have finally identified where some of the most powerful radiation bursts from solar flares originate, solving a mystery that has puzzled solar physicists for decades.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
New York Times
• Erin Griffith, Lauren Hirsch
