Today In Space
Last Updated: Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, 1:23 PM PST
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Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
SpaceX’s Transporter-15 Successfully Deploys 140 Payloads; Customers Confirm Signal Acquisition
By Via Satellite: After SpaceX’s Transporter-15 rideshare mission launched 140 payloads to space last week, customers confirm successful signal acquisition.
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Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Italian minister backs proposed Airbus–Thales–Leonardo space merger as a model for European consolidation
By Space Intel Report: BREMEN, Germany — The proposed merger of the space divisions of Airbus, Thales Alenia Space and….
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
Voyager Technologies' Dylan Taylor: Why private space stations can be a viable business
By Ars Technica: Voyager Technologies Chairman Dylan Taylor checks in with Ars from the space station frontier.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
EPFD limits in the spotlight as ITU selects Shanghai for WRC-27
By Runway Girl: Will the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) relax the regulatory requirements governing Equivalent Power Flux-Density (EPFD) limits? That’s the question that many satellite stakeholders, including those serving the aviation market, are asking now that the ITU has confirmed that the next Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-27) and World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27) will take place in Shanghai, China, from 11 October to 12 November 2027.
Space.com
• Daisy Dobrijevic
X1.9 solar flare from sunspot AR4299 knocks out HF radio across Australia as giant AR4294 rotates into view
By Space.com: A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into view with more activity likely.
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Space Policy & International Cooperation
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Reuters
• Eduardo Baptista
Damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft to return to Earth uncrewed for inspection
By Reuters: China's first crewed spacecraft to be ruled unfit to fly in mid-mission will be sent back to Earth for experts to assess the damage it sustained more closely, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.
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Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation
Space Exploration & Science Missions
Human Spaceflight & Space Stations
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Space.com
• Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Cygnus XL makes first ISS cargo delivery, delivering 11,000 lb to station
By Space.com: 11,000 pounds of cargo recently arrived at the International Space Station.
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