Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Amazon Leo officials said the LEO broadband constellation will integrate closely with AWS, promising secure, high-throughput links for enterprise and airline customers and targeting initial service in 2026. The company signalled an accelerated launch push using what it called 'bigger, badder' rockets to speed deployment.
By washingtonian.com: Our Solar System contains tens of thousands of potentially dangerous asteroids that could wipe out an entire city, or worse. In Washington, a NASA office is leading efforts to spot and neutralize Earth-bound threats—before it’s too late.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those samples will be returned to Earth.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don’t have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out orbits in complex three-body systems, like those in Cis-lunar space, which is between the Earth and the Moon, they’d rather someone else do the work for them.
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: The year of 2025 was also the year of the super-heavy launcher.
Reuters
• Eduardo Baptista
By Reuters: Chinese companies developing reusable commercial rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy STAR market that exempts them from some financial requirements, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Friday.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown.
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: This year, Europe took major steps to break out on its own in space, including investing in sovereign tech, forging new relationships, and gaining an appreciation for dual-use hardware.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
