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Last Updated: Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, 4:57 AM PST
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SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
'MONA LUNA', a European Lunar Rover, Completes Test Campaign at ESA's LUNA Center
By SpaceWatch Global: MONA LUNA, has successfully completed a test campaign at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) LUNA center in Cologne, Germany.
Payload
Payload Space — Space 2025: Coverage & Analysis
By Payload: Content from Payload Space regarding Space 2025.
Reuters
• Nathan Vifflin
STMicro has shipped 5 billion chips for Starlink in past decade; that could double by 2027
By Reuters: STMicroelectronics has shipped more than 5 billion radio-frequency antenna chips to Elon Musk's SpaceX for the Starlink satellite network, and chips delivered under the partnership in the next two years could double that number, a senior executive at the chipmaker told Reuters.
Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from Florida (video)
By Space.com: Liftoff occurred at 12:25 a.m. EST on Monday (Dec. 15).
Bloomberg
• Paul Richardson
South African Lawmakers Seek Halt to Easing Rules for Starlink
By Bloomberg: The parliamentary committee that oversees South Africa’s telecommunications industry called for the withdrawal of a policy directive that would enable Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other satellite-internet companies to operate in the country without ceding ownership.
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction complete, enters final testing ahead of 2027 launch
By NASA Spaceflight: At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space….
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
Scientists Find the Strongest Evidence Yet of an Atmosphere on a Molten Rocky Exoplanet
By Universe Today: Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system.
