Today In Space
Last Updated: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, 4:36 PM PDT
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Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
NASA and Lockheed Consider Launching Orion on Commercial Rockets, Signaling Major Shift in Artemis Strategy
By Ars Technica: “We’re trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy.”….
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
ESA Selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Build Large Multi‑Payload Cubesat Platform for In‑Orbit Demo
By Via Satellite: The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build a large cubesat platform for an in-orbit demonstration program that will host multiple European payloads.
Also:
Satellite Evolution
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Eutelsat Rebrands US Subsidiary as Eutelsat Network Solutions
By Via Satellite: Eutelsat is going to market in the U.S. with a new name, renaming its U.S. proxy company Eutelsat Network Solutions.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Gilat Secures $42M Order from Unnamed Satellite Operator for SkyEdge IV Multi‑Orbit Platform
By Via Satellite: Gilat Satellite Networks has received $42 million in orders from an unnamed satellite operator for its multi-orbit SkyEdge IV platform.
Also:
Satellite Evolution and
Seeking Alpha
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
3GPP’s Push to Integrate Terrestrial and Satellite Networks — Regulators Lag Behind
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The 3GPP standards body’s groundbreaking work in embedding satellite connectivity into tomorrow’s….
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
SpaceX Starship Flight 11: Block 2 and Pad 1 retire in successful send-off
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX completed the use of Block 2 and Pad 1 on a high note with….
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
Pulsars as Detectors: Using Spinning Dead Stars to Track Gravitational Waves from Black Holes and the Early Universe
By Space.com: Pulsars could be helping scientists distinguish between gravitational waves caused by supermassive black hole collisions and leftover waves from the Big Bang.
