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Last Updated: Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, 1:34 AM PDT
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ESA Astronauts Complete Bundeswehr Helicopter Training Ahead of Future Lunar Missions
By SpaceWatch Global: Four ESA astronauts have completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany’s federal defense forces.

Innospace cleared for first orbital launch attempt; government licence allows end-of-month window
By SpaceNews.com: South Korean launch startup Innospace says it has received government approval for its first orbital launch attempt as soon as the end of the month.

Constraints On Solar Power Satellites Are More Ground-Based Than Space-Based
By Universe Today: Space-based solar power has been gaining more and more traction recently. The recent success of Caltech’s Space Solar Power Project, which demonstrated the feasibility of transmitting power from space to the ground, has been matched by a number of pilot projects throughout the world, all of which are hoping to tap into some of the almost unlimited and constant solar energy that is accessible up in geostationary orbit (GEO).

China resumes Thousand Sails launches; CAS Space lofts new international payload
By SpaceNews.com: China resumes launches for Thousand Sails constellation, CAS Space launches new international payload China conducted the first launch for the Thousand Sails constellation since March as the country continues its recent rapid rate of orbital launches.
China builds 15‑m submillimeter telescope on Tibetan Plateau, could transform space science by 2027
By prototypingchina.com: China quietly began building a 15-meter submillimeter telescope on the Tibetan Plateau to uncover cosmic secrets—and it could transform space science by 2027.
SpaceX launches Starlink 10-17 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida
By Florida Today: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink 10-17 mission at 1:39 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX to launch its 10,000th Starlink on Falcon 9’s record 31st flight
By Space.com: SpaceX extended its rocket-reuse record again today (Oct. 19).