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Last Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 11:09 AM PST
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Rocket Lab Expedites Dedicated Electron Launch for KAIST Earth‑Observation Satellite; Liftoff Tomorrow
By rocketlabcorp.com: Long Beach, Calif. December 9, 2025: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it is expediting a dedicated Electron mission for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and is….
China launches new TJS reconnaissance satellite; commercial Kinetica‑1 deploys nine smallsats
By SpaceNews.com: China launches new TJS satellite, commercial Kinetica-1 lofts 9 spacecraft China continued a surge in launch activity with a pair of missions Tuesday, adding to an opaque satellite series and launching new remote sensing satellites.
Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts
By SpaceNews.com: Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts.
Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding
By SpaceNews.com: Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding.
Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains Gemma LLM on-orbit aboard Starcloud-1 — first AI model trained in space intensifies orbital data-center race
By CNBC: The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than a decade, collecting science data and serving as a communications relay.
Multi‑Agent AI for Space Missions: Enhancing Autonomy and Resilience Against the Unknown
By SpaceNews.com: How multi-agent AI can strengthen space missions against the unknown.