Today In Space
Last Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 3:03 AM PST
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SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Spaceflux Secures Three UK Contracts to Deliver Sovereign Space Surveillance Across LEO, MEO and GEO
By SpaceWatch Global: Spaceflux has won three UK government contracts to provide advanced space surveillance and tracking data across multiple orbital regimes.
rocketlabcorp.com
• Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Schedules First Dedicated Launch for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | Rocket Lab
By rocketlabcorp.com: Long Beach, California. November 24, 2025: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the launch window for the first of two dedicated Electron launches with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency….
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Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
Finding 40,000 Asteroids Before They Find Us
By Universe Today: Astronomers have just catalogued the 40,000th near Earth asteroid, a milestone that marks humanity's transformation from passive targets to active defenders of our planet.
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Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation
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Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
Competitors Challenge SpaceX’s Starship Florida Plans — Who’s Interfering With Whom?
By Ars Technica: “We’re going to continue to treat any LOX-methane vehicle with 100 percent TNT blast equivalency.”….
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Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
Senators Propose National Institute for Space Research to Safeguard U.S. Microgravity Programs as ISS Retirement Nears
By Space.com: As the International Space Station nears retirement, a bipartisan senatorial group proposed a National Institute for Space Research for U.S. microgravity research.
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Satellite News Network
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
Roman Space Telescope Reveals Unexpected Pre‑Launch Capabilities, Enabling New Science
By Space.com: "Asteroseismology with Roman is possible because we don't need to ask the telescope to do anything it wasn't already planning to do.".
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Satellite News Network
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Oman brings GEO orders level with 2024 as larger spacecraft regain traction
By SpaceNews.com: An order for Oman’s first geostationary communications satellite has lifted the global tally for this year to six, matching all of 2024 with a month still to go but still well below the industry’s former double-digit annual pace.
