Reuters
• Eduardo Baptista
LandSpace, a Chinese commercial launcher, is positioning itself to compete with SpaceX in the global commercial launch market. The startup has openly modeled elements of its strategy and vehicle design on SpaceX, seeking to capture share as China’s private launch sector scales up.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s new military constellation Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s military constellation.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as part of the “mega-constellations” currently under construction, are intended to burn up in the atmosphere.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet that's got everyone talking, 2025 has been jam-packed with astronomical excitement and revelation.
collectSPACE
• Robert Pearlman
By collectSPACE: A 100-foot tall rocket rolled into Houston last week to join the small collection of very large launch vehicles populating the rocket park at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Texas.
By Spaceflight Now:  Update Dec. 27, 5:56 p.m. EST (2256 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch due to a ground issue, targeting Sunday, Dec.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Solar sails have some major advantages over traditional propulsion methods - most notably they don’t use any propellant. But, how exactly do they turn? In traditional sailing, a ship’s captain can simply adjust the angle of the sail itself to catch the wind at a different angle.
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: Along Florida’s Space Coast, two ambitious aerospace companies are rapidly transforming historic launch sites into….
