Rocket Lab Expands Synspective Partnership with 10 Additional Electron Launches
Thursday, 02 October 2025 06:04
Rocket Lab has signed a new agreement with Japanese Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operator Synspective for 10 more dedicated Electron launches. The deal brings the total number of contracted Electron missions for Synspective to 21, marking the largest single-customer order in Rocket Lab's history.
The latest contract follows a June 2024 agreement for multiple launches, underscor Blue Origin teams with Luxembourg on Oasis 1 lunar resource mapping mission
Thursday, 02 October 2025 06:04
Blue Origin has announced Project Oasis, a multi-phase campaign to identify and utilize lunar resources. The first mission, Oasis-1, will work with Luxembourg partners to produce the most detailed orbital maps yet of water ice, Helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements, and precious metals across the lunar surface.
Oasis-1 will use neutron spectroscopy at ultra-low orbital altitudes to Chinese study suggests excess argon in lunar soil may come from Earth wind
Thursday, 02 October 2025 06:04
Chinese researchers have proposed that surplus argon-40 detected in lunar soil may originate from a stream of particles escaping Earth's atmosphere, a process they describe as Earth wind. The work, led by the Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published in the planetary science journal Icarus.
Argon, a noble gas found in Lunar Challenge Winner Tests Technology in NASA Thermal Vacuum Chamber
Thursday, 02 October 2025 06:04
One year after winning second place in NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of their prize opportunity to test their upgraded lunar regolith excavation and transportation rover in the center's 20-foot thermal vacuum chamber.
The technology startup headquartered in Hawthorne, University of Western Australia unveils optical ground network
Thursday, 02 October 2025 06:02
SYDNEY, Australia – The University of Western Australia (UWA) announced the completion Oct. 2 of TeraNet, which it calls “the first operational optical ground station network in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Exploration Company still studying Mission Possible reentry
Thursday, 02 October 2025 02:46
The Exploration Company is still studying what happened in the final phases of a test flight three months ago that resulted in the loss of the spacecraft.
China and U.S. take initial steps toward space-traffic coordination
Thursday, 02 October 2025 02:38
ExLabs wins Space Force contract for reconfigurable space platform
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 22:48
SYDNEY, Australia – The U.S. Space Force has awarded a $1.9 million contract to Southern California startups ExLabs for development of its reconfigurable spacecraft platform.
States have an obligation to warn satellite operators of cyber threats — IAC paper
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 22:08
SYDNEY, Australia – States have a responsibility to inform citizens, including commercial spacecraft operators, of cyber threats, Diane Howard, former commercial space policy director for the White House National Space Council, said at the International Astronautical Congress here.
Satellite radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor demo
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 21:20
The planned demonstration would use radio-frequency communications terminals to establish satellite-to-satellite links between a Starlink payload and a mock space-based interceptor
Starlink-compatible radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor satellite demo
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 21:20The planned demonstration would use radio-frequency communications terminals to establish satellite-to-satellite links between a Starlink payload and a mock space-based interceptor
Private mission study a step toward offering Orion as a service
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 20:51
An agreement to study a private astronaut mission using an Orion spacecraft is a step by Lockheed Martin in efforts to offer the spacecraft as a service.
What Germany’s $41B investment in space could mean for Europe
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 15:50
Germany will invest 35 billion euros ($41.1 billion) into defense space technologies within the next five years — an unprecedented amount for any European country.
European Space Agency and Korea AeroSpace Administration embark on new cooperation
Wednesday, 01 October 2025 13:50
The European Space Agency and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) have announced they will work together on peaceful uses of space, starting with space weather monitoring and sharing space communications facilities.
Australians want to spend more on space—but we don't really know where we're going
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