U.S. Space Command’s push for “dynamic space operations” — the ability to maneuver in orbit without worrying about running dry — demands logistics the military has never had.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stage reached its planned orbit. The flight, conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, marked China's first orbital-class launch attempt with a stainless-steel methane-fueled vehicle designed from the out

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Chinese researchers have used a self-developed next generation Mars general circulation model, known as GoMars, to carry out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle spanning 50 Martian years. The work aims to capture how airborne dust evolves over time and to provide a basis for more reliable Martian weather forecasts and climate projections. The team at the Institute of Atmos

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
ICEYE has placed five new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, extending its commercial constellation and adding spacecraft for several national customers. The satellites rode to space on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare mission launched on November 26, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, after integration by Exolaunch. Each spacecraft has established communic

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
SSC has introduced SSC Go, a ground segment service built around a global network of 4 meter class antennas operating in S band, X band and Ka band for Low Earth Orbit missions. The service targets operators of small satellites and constellations that require frequent contact opportunities and rapid data return from spacecraft. Through SSC Go, customers can access a set of ground stations

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
An institute in Beijing plans to launch its first high-computing-power experimental satellites by late 2025 or early 2026 as part of a wider effort to move intensive data processing into orbit while easing pressure on power and land resources on the ground. Zhang Shancong, director of the Beijing Astro-future Institute of Space Technology and chief scientist at Beijing Orbit Twilight Techn

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Electric discharges have been detected inside dust devils and dust storms on Mars for the first time, using sound recordings from the SuperCam microphone on NASAs Perseverance rover. Scientists from CNRS, Universite de Toulouse and Observatoire de Paris PSL analysed these signals and identified them as the acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of electrical activity within Martian dust events.

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