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Last Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 3:03 AM PST
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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.
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.
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….
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.”….
NASA and Boeing cut Starliner contract missions from six to four
By Reuters: NASA on Monday slashed the number of astronaut missions on Boeing's Starliner contract and said the spacecraft's next mission to the International Space Station will fly without a crew, reducing the scope of a program hobbled by engineering woes and outpaced by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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.".
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.