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Director of Research at Quilty Space ๐ ๐ฐ๏ธ๐ก Writing a book on OneWeb and the rise of megaconstellations https://chenryspace.substack.com/
#Planet acquired Bedrock Research, deepening its #geospatial #AI capabilities and integrating proven workflows across its constellation for global monitoring and security.
๐ https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/planet-acquires-bedrock-research-to-expand-its-ai-driven-solutions/
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The Bรขtiment Assembleur Lanceur (BIL) at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, 2022.
News from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana ๐๏ธ
The Bรขtiment Assembleur Lanceur (BIL) building will now be refurbished by Avio to assemble the Vega-C and future Vega-E launchers, allowing more Vega rockets to be launched a year.
The building will be rebranded as the Vega Assembly Building (VAB).
According to Amazon Leo, the stages for the first Ariane 64 rocket are en route to French Guiana aboard the transport ship Canopรฉe. The rocket is expected to be launched in early 2026 for the first of 18 planned missions for Amazon LEO. Image credit: Amazon LEO
09.12.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Sentinel-6B launched on 17 November 2025.
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescopeโs mid-infrared image shows four coiled shells of dust around a pair of Wolf-Rayet stars known as Apep for the first time. Previous observations by other telescopes showed only one.
Galileo โfit checkโ
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescopeโs image reveals CANUCS-LRD-z8.6, it is part of a class of small, very distant and strikingly red galaxies called Little Red Dots (LRDs), which have been spotted in increasing numbers by Webbโs surveys of the early Universe.
๐ท This was our #WeekInImages 17-21 November 2025 ๐
www.esa.int/About_Us/Wee...
Blue and Gold are now more than a million kilometers from Earth on their way to Mars ๐ฐ๏ธ๐ฐ๏ธ
23.11.2025 19:57 โ ๐ 55 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
France announces almost $5B in new military space funding
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/france-announces-almost-5b-in-new-military-space-funding/
And they confirmed the Dream Chaser Tow Test video is coming
Source: Sierra Space on the other site.
The official release of the German Space Security Strategy is scheduled for November 19.
From what I am hearing, they will not be beating around the bush as in other similar documents. Expect some interesting points!
table.media/berlin/talk-...
Another European satellite manufacturer joins the recent funding wave. This time, Franceโs U-Space has secured โฌ24 million to ramp up production and expand into international markets.
europeanspaceflight.com/french-satel...
Hit the wrong button. Meant to retweet this, not reply. Second try. Here's a link to the Space News story about the FAA restricting launches and reentries to certain times of the day because of the shutdown, with the relevant paragraph of the FAA order attached.
07.11.2025 13:18 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tonight's ViaSat-3 F2 launch attempt has been scrubbed.
Launch is now planned for Thursday, November 6 at 10:16 p.m. EST at the opening of a 44-minute window.
Learn more: www.viasat.com/news/latest-...
#VS3 #VS3F2 #ViaSat3 #ViaSat3F2
ESAโs ESOC facility with multiple large screens displaying data and status information. Several workstations with computers and keyboards are arranged in rows, and personnel in white shirts with ESA logos are monitoring spacecraft operations. The environment is filled with technical equipment, cables, and mission-related materials.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D โNetwork Countdownโ has begun. Launch, communication and control facilities around the world have begun a synchronised sequence of activities to prepare for liftoff at 22:02 CET tonight and the crucial hours that follow. ๐Watch live at esawebtv.esa.int
๐ทESA - J. Mai
Intuitive Machines to acquire Lanteris Spaceย Systems
Intuitive Machines, a lunar lander company, announced Nov. 4 it is buying Lanteris Space Systems, a satellite builder formerly known as Maxar.
At the Kennedy Space Center this morning, SpaceX is rolling out the Orbital Launch Mount for its first Florida Starship launch pad. Watch live: youtube.com/live/pRs0gDL...
04.11.2025 16:13 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
German start-up Reflex Aerospace closed a โฌ50M Series A to expand its production capacity. Reflex will use the capital to expand the manufacturing capacity at its facility in Bavaria, which "will be able to churn out 60 to 70 highly complex satellites per year."
04.11.2025 16:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This is some incredible cover art.
I don't always agree with Gottlieb's takes, but I've had innumerable conversations over the past five years that feel like this. Simply put: many satellite companies have no idea how to win against Starlink.
Mars isnโt easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Powerโs always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand.
Rocket Labโs Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. ๐โก๏ธ๐ด bit.ly/41NH6lV
ESA released a new metric - the space environment health index. For space to be "sustainable," it should be at a 1; apparently it's at a 4. I have questions about this
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher announces a JPL layoff of 500 people has been announced that is "not related to the current government shutdown". www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-wor...
13.10.2025 18:39 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 7
๐Itโs almost time to shape the next chapter of Europeโs journey in space.
The European Space Agencyโs Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, known as #CM25, will take place in Bremen, Germany, on 26 and 27 November 2025.
Journalists register here ๐
www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
Itโs LVOS day! ๐ฐ๏ธ๐ The ViaSat-3 F2 campaign is officially underway for ULA as stacking of the Atlas V commences at CCSFS.
The 172 foot rocket is getting prepared for vertical integration of the ViaSat-3 F2 payload.
๐ VS-3 F2 launch updates: https://t.co/9nKuWuVkx1 https://t.co/u2DFdeQS2F
Sunrise viewed from space over the Earth's horizon.
Weโre boosting 23 international projects with ยฃ6.5m! ๐
These collaborations with global partners span cutting-edge areas from lunar agriculture to orbital threat detection - demonstrating the UK's commitment to global partnerships and innovation. ๐ค๐
Read more ๐ gov.uk/government/n...
Astroscale and HEO Expand SDA Partnership
A 3-year MoU extends #Astroscale & #HEOโs monitoring and servicing collaboration into GEO, reinforcing allied space security.
๐https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/astroscale-and-heo-advance-space-monitoring-capabilities-for-allied-nations/
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This is a big deal for Germany. I remember when no German politician would be willing to mention the words space and military in the same paragraph, much less the same sentence. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/germ...
25.09.2025 20:48 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Liftoff of a Jielong-3 solid rocket from a barge in the past few minutes, expected to carry new Geesatcom satellites into orbit. live.bilibili.com/23118988
24.09.2025 08:02 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
AND... WE HAVE LIFTOFF of NOAAโs #SWFOL1 satellite, riding along with
NASA.gov's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (#IMAP) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory!
More about SWFO-L1:
noaa.gov/SWFOL1
#LetsGoSWFO!
Pretty cool we have a bunch of high tech space robots that can observe, measure, and track our interstellar visitor
24.09.2025 12:58 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#ESA picks #WIVERN as its 11th Earth Explorer. The radar satellite will track winds in clouds & improve storm forecasts.
๐ https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/esa-selects-wivern-science-mission-as-11th-earth-explorer-mission/
#SpaceWatchNews #ESA #EarthObservation #Satellite
๐๐ฐ๏ธ Our two ESCAPADE spacecraft will soon be added to the list of spacecraft and satellite components we design, build & deliver that push the frontiers of space exploration & science.
From Earth orbit to Mars โ this is what end-to-end looks like. ๐https://bit.ly/4fULfd9
