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Last Updated: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, 11:38 AM PDT
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SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Blue Origin retires New Shepard capsule after nearly eight years and 12 uncrewed flights
By SpaceNews.com: Blue Origin is retiring a New Shepard capsule that flew a dozen uncrewed missions over nearly eight years.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
PLD Space Wins ESA (ESTEC) GNC Contract to Develop 'HALCON' Hybrid Navigation for Reusable Launchers
By SpaceWatch Global: ESTEC has selected PLD Space for its first GNC contract to develop HALCON, a new hybrid navigation software for reusable launch vehicles.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
Hayabusa2 Heads to Smallest Asteroid Ever Visited — Comparable in Size to 2013 Chelyabinsk Meteoroid
By Space.com: The asteroid is of a similar size as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
Educating customers may be half the battle for nascent hyperspectral sector
By SpaceNews.com: Educating customers may be half the battle for nascent hyperspectral sector.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
How Startup Manufacturers Are Rethinking the Satellite Value Chain
By Via Satellite: PARIS — While satellite manufacturing startups are working to lower the cost of satellite ownership, there is wide debate about the best ways to bring.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Construction Officially Begins on Multi-User Launch Facility in French Guiana
By European Spaceflight: CNES has officially begun construction of its new multi-user launch facility in French Guiana, marked by a “laying of the first stone” ceremony.
Via Satellite
• Lauren Mccaffrey
Umbra’s Anjali Ramachandra on Commercial Radar Imaging and Business Strategy (WSBW Interview)
By Via Satellite: Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett interviews Anjali Ramachandra, director of Global Business Development for Mission Solutions and Remote.
