Payload
• Rachael Zisk
Space Forge said on Dec. 31 it generated plasma aboard its ForgeStar‑1 in low Earth orbit, heating its on‑board furnace above 1,000°C — a key condition the company says is required to produce semiconductor‑grade materials in orbit as it pursues on‑orbit chip manufacturing.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s astronauts complete cave training amid preparations for moon missions China’s astronaut corps has completed a near month-long underground cave training, conducted in part to prepare for future crewed lunar landing missions.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) has awarded 7 Japanese companies a public tender for a Satellite constellation project.
CNBC
• Dylan Butts
By CNBC: SpaceX's Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to the people of Venezuela through Feb. 3, amid the fallout of a U.S. military operation in the country.
Fox Business
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NASA Spaceflight
By NASA Spaceflight: In a strategic push to bolster launch infrastructure amid growing military and commercial demands for….
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: The first results on the iconic active galactic nucleus MCG–6-30-15 captured with the XRISM mission show the most precise signatures yet of its supermassive black hole’s extreme gravity and the outflows that shape its galaxy.
Reuters
• Mike Stone
By Reuters: The deal could provide AE Industrial with opportunities in space exploration and the Pentagon's emerging Golden Dome initiative.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: AST SpaceMobile has kicked off the launch campaign for its upgraded BlueBird satellites.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
