Today In Space
Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 AM PDT
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European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Avio Approves €400M Capital Increase; Board Authorized to Pursue Further Fundraises
By European Spaceflight: Avio shareholders have approved a €400 million capital increase and granted its board the power to pursue a future raise without further shareholder approval.
SpaceNews.com
The next space race will be won at night
By SpaceNews.com: The first space race was about getting to the moon. Today’s race to the moon and Mars is about staying there.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
Nyxara develops space‑based laser communications to pierce cloud cover for satellite internet
By Payload: Nyxara is creating a space-based internet service built on laser communications hardware capable of transmitting through cloud cover.
Reuters
• Giulia Segreti
European aerospace groups unveil preliminary satellite manufacturing merger to counter Starlink
By Reuters: A deal to forge Europe's answer to Elon Musk's Starlink was reached on Thursday as the continent's top space firms agreed to combine their satellite manufacturing and services businesses.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
ArianeGroup Awards €1.5M Contract to Réaltra for Ariane 6 Video Telemetry
By European Spaceflight: Dublin-based Réaltra Space Systems Engineering has secured a €1.5 million contract to supply seven video telemetry systems for future Ariane 6 rocket launches.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Ion‑X to supply upgraded electrospray thrusters for Univity’s planned 1,500‑satellite VLEO 5G constellation
By SpaceNews.com: France-based propulsion startup Ion-X announced Oct. 23 it will provide an upgraded version of its electrospray thruster to Univity, a three-year-old French venture planning 1500 small 5G broadband satellites in VLEO.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Sentinel-4 Offers First Glimpses of Air Pollutants After Launching in July
By SpaceWatch Global: The Sentinel-4 mission has delivered its first images, highlighting concentrations of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and ozone.
