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Last Updated: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, 1:36 PM PST
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BlackSky Sales Hit by U.S. Budget Cuts; International Orders Support Outlook
By SpaceNews.com: BlackSky hit by U.S. budget cuts, but international demand lifts outlook BlackSky hit by U.S. budget cuts, but international demand lifts outlook.
Starlink inks largest direct-to-cell deal with Veon, opening access to 150M potential users
By Reuters: Elon Musk's Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, secured its largest direct-to-cell deal yet with telecoms group Veon , granting access to over 150 million potential customers, both companies said on Thursday, as competition in satellite-to-smartphone connectivity intensifies.
China's Mars orbiter observes interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
By News.CN: BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The orbiter of China's Mars mission Tianwen-1 has successfully observed an interstellar object, coded 3I/ATLAS, using its high-resolution camera, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations
By SpaceNews.com: A company developing stratospheric platforms for telecommunications has won a NASA award to use that platform for environmental monitoring.
SES Fully Consolidates Intelsat and Posts Solid Results for 9 Months and Q3 2025
By Business Wire: SES S.A. fully consolidates Intelsat from 17 July 2025 and announces financial results for the nine months and three months ended 30 September 2025 with soli...
Power cut at Russian spaceport after operator fails to pay bills, risking launch delays
By Ars Technica: “If you increase the cost, you’ll get everything in two years. If not, I’m sorry.”….
Arc Orbital Supply Capsule Aims To Put Military Supplies Anywhere On Earth Within An Hour
By The War Zone: Deorbiting small cargo-laden spacecraft on demand to troops in need is the vision of Inversion Space and its Arc spacecraft. The U.S. military has a longstanding interest in concepts for transporting cargo payloads around the globe very rapidly.