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Payload • Jacqueline Feldscher

2025 Wrapped: How 'Golden Dome' Won $25B and Catalyzed a Year of Space Investment

Payload reports: In 2025, Golden Dome captured the attention of the space industry. It drove hundreds of millions in venture funding, sparked the creation of new hardware (or at least new marketing specifically targeting the program), and secured $25B from Congress.

2025-12-16T05:01:06.184980-08:00

Today In Space

Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, 5:08 AM PST

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Space Daily

Southern Launch to host INNOSPACE missions from South Australian spaceports

By Space Daily: Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 - Southern Launch has signed a contract with South Korean launch service provider INNOSPACE to conduct space missions from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex and the Koonibba Test Range in South A.

Also: SpaceWatch Global and asdnews.com
2025-12-15T21:35:31.469514-08:00
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SpaceNews.com • Andrew Jones

China Conducts Three Launches: Experimental Cargo Craft, Classified Tech-Demo and Remote-Sensing Satellite

By SpaceNews.com: China launches experimental cargo spacecraft, opaque tech demo mission and remote sensing satellite China conducted a pair of launches in recent days, sending a commercial cargo spacecraft and tech demo into orbit, followed by a remote sensing satellite.

2025-12-16T03:24:42.789608-08:00