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SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

ESA Astronauts Complete Bundeswehr Helicopter Training Ahead of Future Lunar Missions

SpaceWatch Global reports: Four ESA astronauts have completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany’s federal defense forces.

spaceanddefense.io • SnD admin

ESA astronauts complete helicopter training

2025-10-20T01:33:41.742086-07:00

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Last Updated: Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, 1:34 AM PDT

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Innospace cleared for first orbital launch attempt; government licence allows end-of-month window

By SpaceNews.com: South Korean launch startup Innospace says it has received government approval for its first orbital launch attempt as soon as the end of the month.

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2025-10-19T20:44:22.707727-07:00
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Universe Today • Andy Tomaswick

Constraints On Solar Power Satellites Are More Ground-Based Than Space-Based

By Universe Today: Space-based solar power has been gaining more and more traction recently. The recent success of Caltech’s Space Solar Power Project, which demonstrated the feasibility of transmitting power from space to the ground, has been matched by a number of pilot projects throughout the world, all of which are hoping to tap into some of the almost unlimited and constant solar energy that is accessible up in geostationary orbit (GEO).

2025-10-19T16:52:36.938201-07:00
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Florida Today • Craig Bailey

SpaceX launches Starlink 10-17 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida

By Florida Today: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink 10-17 mission at 1:39 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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