Reuters
Reuters reports: No agreement has yet been reached between France's Airbus and Thales and Italy's Leonardo to create a major new European satellite manufacturer, a Thales spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, 3:48 AM PDT
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Bloomberg
• Min-Jeong Lee
By Bloomberg: After the Boeing Starliner flop, the Japanese aim to make the HTV-X a reliable option for resupplying the space station.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has awarded a contract to Ingegneria Dei Sistemi to design a reusable rocket stage recovery vessel as part of Avio’s €40 million reusable upper stage project.
By china-in-space.com: GuoWang has become China's largest mega-constellation effort too.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: To anyone worried about “militarizing” the Moon, Jim Bridenstine has some sage advice: get over it.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Commercial space station developer Axiom Space has replaced its chief executive after less than six months on the job.
smallsatnews.com
• SmallSatNews Staff
By smallsatnews.com:  A new contract for GomSpace—a smallsat company with a 75 satellite mission track record—has been received by the company, valued at 760,000 euros.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Five years after the first countries signed the Artemis Accords, a growing group of nations continues to work on how to implement the document.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
Space.com
• Brett Tingley
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
