News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

Russia targets UK military satellites on weekly basis Moscow is attempting to collect information from UK spacecraft, according to the MoD.

"Gen Tedman said UK military satellites had been fitted with counter-jamming technologies but added: 'We're seeing our satellites being jammed by the Russians on a reasonably persistent basis.'"

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Pakistani Astronaut May Visit Tiangong in 2026, Media Reports But plans for the space mission remain officially unclear.

www.china-in-space.com/p/pakistani-...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

Experts said federal officials would likely be deeply interested in understanding direct Chinese investment in SpaceX.

The U.S. government has asserted China has a systematic strategy of using investments in sensitive industries to conduct espionage.

🚀 SWF’s @vsamsondc.bsky.social will join experts in Bengaluru on Oct. 6–8, 2025 for India–US Cooperation on Global Security, hosted by CISAC & NIAS.
She’ll speak on space security, SSA & India–US cooperation pathways 🌍✨
#SWF #SpaceSecurity #SpaceDiplomacy

It was a pleasure for CelesTrak to catch up with Victoria at Secure World Foundation at IAC 2025
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Great seeing you guys as well!

🚀 22 days to go until #SWFsummit25 — Industry Insight & National Leadership.
The 7th Summit for Space Sustainability will bring together global leaders to shape the future of space through policy, strategy, and commercial innovation.
📍 Paris | 🗓️ Oct 22–23, 2025

Booth #779 - come check out @swfoundation.bsky.social at #IAC2025!

"out of the three mass shootings today,"

Here’s where to catch @chrisjohnson.bsky.social at #IAC2025

👉 Responding to Unfriendly Lawful and Unlawful Acts in Outer Space
📅 Tue Sep 30 | 10:15 AEST | Room C2.3
👉 Lunar Operations and Orbital Management: Governance in Cislunar Space
📅 Thu Oct 2 | 10:15 AEST | Room C2.3

Here's where to catch @vsamsondc.bsky.social at #IAC2025

👉 Global Networking Forum: Success in Space Through Security, Investment, and Sustainability
📅 Wed Oct 1 | 14:50 AEST | Parkside 2

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

We'll find out if this is the case #IAC2025 Sydney

🌍🚀 We’re heading to #IAC2025 in Sydney (Sept 29–Oct 3)!
📍 Visit us at Booth #779
🎤 Don’t miss:
– Chris Johnson on Lunar Ops & Cislunar Governance
– Victoria Samson at GNF on Success in Space: Security, Investment & Sustainability
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Foreign ties are crucial to US space dominance, officials say More partnerships, tighter alliances are needed to counter advances by China and others, U.S. space leaders said.

Middleton, commanding general for U.S. Space Forces in Europe and Africa: "Technology is great. But the biggest capability you have is teaming with our partners and allies." Too bad this isn't the message coming out of the WH
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

Next chapter in space defense: Satellites that never stop moving Next chapter in space defense: Satellites that never stop moving

The follow-on program to GSSAP "absolutely has a refueling requirement,” per Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy of the USSF. GSSAP already travels all over GEO - how much more maneuvering are they anticipating needing the program to do?

spacenews.com/next-chapter...

So that’s France, UK, and Germany now openly talking about developing space-based weapons.

Guess who's getting added to our counterspace report next year

And "Currently, two IntelSat satellites, which are also used by the German Armed Forces, are being tracked by two Russian Luch-Olymp reconnaissance satellites." 2/2

Rede: Bundesminister der Verteidigung Pistorius beim 3. BDI- Weltraumkongress Rede des Bundesministers der Verteidigung Boris Pistorius beim 3. BDI- Weltraumkongress in Berlin am 25. September 2025

A list of Germany's planned investment of €35 billion by 2030 on space security projects includes the need to "discuss offensive capabilities. We also need to be able to deter in space in order to be able to defend ourselves." 1/2
www.bmvg.de/de/presse/re...

Breaking News 🚨🚨

Boris Pistorius at BDI Weltraumkongress:

Germany will an invest 35 billion Euros in space security in the next five years.

WH released its FY27 R&D priorities yesterday. Golden Dome and US "continued space dominance" are called out, the latter focusing mostly on human spaceflight to Moon/Mars. Interesting to note that for GD, S&T underpinning directed energy was listed

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

I am curious why they did so as an associate member and not a full one

Space Force will own next-gen neighborhood watch sats, based on commercial tech - Breaking Defense Space Systems Command expects to issue a draft request for proposal by the end of the calendar year, a Space Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.

USSF expects to release an RFP for a commercial version of GSSAP (to be called RG-XX) by the end of 2025

breakingdefense.com/2025/09/spac...

China’s new missiles on parade: showpieces or showstoppers? The Sept. 3 parade was clearly meant to convey China's growing military strength and technological ambition.

"It is road-mobile, unlike other long-range interceptors that are silo-based...The HQ-29 also provides the PLA with an interceptor that can hit incoming ICBMs in midcourse—or even low-earth orbit satellites."

www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

Australia and Spain join global effort to tackle space debris The UK Space Agency has announced new Associate Members to international committees

Interesting - Australia and Spain have joined the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC), joining the NZ Space Agency in the tier of associate members

www.openaccessgovernment.org/australia-an...

Space Force chief calls for speed over perfection in weapons buying Space Force chief calls for speed over perfection in weapons buying Space Force chief calls for speed over perfection in weapons buying

USSF is developing a “Future Operating Environment” document which "will examine Space Force missions, evolving threats and technological developments that could advantage either the U.S. or its adversaries."
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Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites Chinese spacecraft image Maxar remote sensing and U.S. early warning satellites Chinese spacecraft have imaged orbiting U.S. commercial and military assets as the two countries seek to demonstrate and...

This is why I think it's pointless to try to keep the existence of satellites classified

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SpaceX 15000 V3 Starlink Direct to Cellphone Satellites | NextBigFuture.com SpaceX submitted FCC filing SAT-LOA-20250916-00282 on September 16, 2025, requesting authorization for up to 15,000 additional low-Earth orbit (LEO)

This would put this batch of Starlink at a really low orbit - below the ISS

www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/09/spac...