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The Starlink 6-99 mission will be SpaceX’s 125th orbital launch from Launch Complex 39A to date. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 8:11 a.m. EST (1311 UTC) on Dec. 15.

The Starlink 6-82 represents SpaceX’s 580th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to date. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 9:47 p.m. EST (0247 UTC).

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket successfully launched a technology demonstration satellite for JAXA Dec. 13 as the company reshuffles its launch manifest. The post Rocket Lab launches JAXA tech demo satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.

Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Mission Space will launch its second payload in orbit in partnership with Rogue Space, extending its commercial space weather measurement network. The companies announced the mission during the Spacepower Conference in Orlando. The first Mission Space payload, ZOHAR-I, launched in March 2025 and recently received the 2025 Global Tech Award for advances in high-cadence radiation monitoring

Torrance, CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 K2 Space has closed a 250 million dollar Series C funding round that values the company at 3 billion dollars as it prepares to field a new generation of large high power satellites designed for the heavy lift launch era. The round follows 500 million dollars in signed contracts with commercial operators and U.S. government customers and is led by Redpoint, with participation from accounts advise

SpaceX’s chief financial officer has confirmed the company is considering an initial public offering as soon as next year to raise money for projects such as orbital data centers. The post SpaceX executive confirms interest in an IPO appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Starlink 15-12 mission will add another 27 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for Dec. 13, during a window that opens at 9:20 p.m. PST (12:20 a.m. EST / 0520 UTC on Sunday, Dec. 14).

SpaceX’s Roberts Road facility, the company’s primary hub for Starship operations on Florida’s Space Coast,… The post SpaceX Roberts Road a focal point for East Coast Starship preparations appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 GomSpace has signed a 1.2 million euro (13.2 MSEK) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a security-enhanced generation of its NanoCom product line under the SECUSAT program. The agreement supports the evolution of secure satellite communications capabilities for both institutional and commercial users. SECUSAT will upgrade GomSpace communication and onboard computer pro

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 IHI-SAT2, a hyperspectral 6U CubeSat built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics for Japan's IHI Corporation, has reached orbit and established two-way communications shortly after deployment from a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Transporter-15 rideshare mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 28 November 2025. The mission is intended as a step toward IHI's planned Earth observation const

Other space companies are likely to move toward the public markets now that Elon Musk is openly signaling plans to pursue a SpaceX IPO next year, hoping to ride the wave of momentum behind a potentially record-breaking listing. The post SpaceX IPO plan sets stage for a surge of other space listings appeared first on SpaceNews.

Blue Origin’s rocket factory in Florida’s Exploration Park is undergoing rapid transformation as the company… The post Blue Origin’s Cape Campus continues to expand ahead of New Glenn ramp-up appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

The findings come from a report by the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities, or COSMIC The post GEO satellite refueling a priority for national security, commercial markets, new analysis finds appeared first on SpaceNews.

Lt. Gen. Phil Garrant, who leads the Space Systems Command, said Blue Origin selected the four-flight benchmark and the government agreed The post Blue Origin targets four-flight campaign for New Glenn’s path to Space Force certification appeared first on SpaceNews.

China continued a surge in launch activity with a pair of missions Tuesday, adding to an opaque satellite series and launching new remote sensing satellites. The post China launches new TJS satellite, commercial Kinetica-1 lofts 9 spacecraft appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – British startup Odin Space raised $3 million in a seed round to begin commercializing tiny sensors to map and analyze sub-centimeter orbital debris. With its first sensor launched in 2023 on D-Orbit’s ION orbital transfer vehicle, Odin demonstrated its ability to detect debris that’s generally too small to track but still capable […] The post Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding appeared first on SpaceNews.

Columbus, OH (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 As intentional and unintentional interference with GPS grows worldwide, researchers have shown that radio signals from commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) internet constellations such as Starlink and OneWeb can provide an alternative source of navigation and positioning, especially in regions where GNSS performance is degraded. The new work indicates that passively received LEO signals can be turne

Colorado-based Lunar Outpost scales commercial rover platforms for NASA’s crewed lunar missions. Founded in 2017… The post Lunar Outpost’s MAPP Rovers: From Commercial Exploration to Artemis Integration appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

The mission, dubbed NROL-77, is likely to be the final time SpaceX uses Landing Zone 2 to recover a first stage Falcon booster. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 UTC).

The company is adapting commercial thermal-sensing tech for military applications The post Muon Space to develop sensor payload for missile defense satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux has thrown its hat into the emerging market for orbital data centers, joining SpaceX, Amazon and others exploring ways to move energy-hungry artificial intelligence compute off Earth. The post Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux enters orbital data center race appeared first on SpaceNews.

London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Lodestar Space has secured funding through the UK Space Agency's Space Ecosystem Commercialisation Programme, delivered by Space South Central, to accelerate work on its on-orbit sensing system Mithril. The SECP Sprint R and D grant of GBP 30,000 will pay for integration and testing of a new LiDAR sensor within Mithril's existing on-orbit sensing suite. Mithril is described as a fully auto

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Applied Aerospace and PCX Aerosystems have merged to form Applied Aerospace and Defense, a single supplier focused on precision hardware and systems for aircraft, rotorcraft, satellites, launch vehicles, and missile defense programs across military, commercial, and scientific markets. The combined company draws on more than 120 years of engineering and manufacturing activity in mission cri

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission will support development of in space operations that are needed for long duration human activities away from Earth and will help grow a commercial robotics sector that future science and exploration missions can use.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Rocket Lab Corporation has qualified the captive Hungry Hippo fairing for its Neutron launch vehicle and is sending the structure to Virginia for integration ahead of the rocket's debut mission. The fairing halves remain attached to Neutron's first stage from liftoff through landing, rather than separating and being discarded or recovered at sea. In flight, the halves open to release the second

The upcoming launch week, starting on Monday, Dec. 8, is a very busy one as… The post Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this week appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

December 8, 2025 – Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome its four newest members to our Space Supply Chain Council (S2C2): McCollister’s, MERC Aerospace, […] The post CSF Expands Space Supply Chain Council with Four New Member Companies appeared first on SpaceNews.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 ONE Bow River National Defense Fund has taken a strategic stake in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a spaceflight software and engineering firm that supports government and commercial missions. The fund focuses on technology businesses that contribute to U.S. national security and the wider defense and space sector. Odyssey develops and supports flight software, guidance navigation and co

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Tokyo, Japan, December 1, 2025 - ArkEdge Space Inc., a Tokyo-based space technology company that designs, builds, and operates micro-satellite constellations, has launched three new 6U-class satellites AE5Ra, AE5Rb, and AE5Rc and begun initial operations, bringing its in-house developed and operated satellite fleet to twelve. The AE5R satellites rode to orbit on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transpo

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, has launched two new orbital transportation missions using its ION Satellite Carrier, pushing the company past the milestone of 200 payloads delivered to orbit. The twin missions, named We Need More Space and Ride With Me, represent the 20th and 21st commercial flights of the ION orbital transfer vehicle and flew as pa

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Cedars-Sinai is partnering with Exobiosphere, a company that has developed scientific hardware to automate biomedical research in space and on Earth. Using this hardware, Cedars-Sinai investigators will send experiments to Haven-1, which is set to become the world's first commercial space station, developed by Long Beach-based aerospace company Vast. The investigators want to study how the

Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 OroraTech has launched GENA-OT, the first mission built on its GEneric flexible NAnosatellite platform, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The 16U CubeSat was developed under the European Space Agency's General Support Technology Programme with funding from the German Space Agency at DLR to provide a standardized satellite bus for scientific and technol

The Starlink 6-92 mission also represents the planned launch of the 575th Falcon 9 rocket to date. SpaceX scheduled liftoff for 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 UTC).

The Starlink 11-15 mission will add another 28 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:58 a.m. PST (12:58 p.m. EST / 1758 UTC).

Davis CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the future condition of the spacecraft's power system, was carried by a Proteus Space satellite and is the first of its kind to be sent into space. The rocket was launched Nov. 28 from Vandenberg Space F

he Department of the Air Force has approved plans to convert a former Delta 4 launch site at Cape Canaveral into a complex for SpaceX’s Starship. The post SpaceX gets approval to build Starship launch complex at Cape Canaveral appeared first on SpaceNews.

The company founded by SpaceX veterans is opening a solid rocket motor manufacturing campus in New Mexico The post Castelion raises $350 million to scale hypersonic missile production appeared first on SpaceNews.

After waiting the requisite time for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), SpaceX now has environmental… The post SpaceX gets Environmental Approval for Starship at SLC-37 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Two new ICEYE radar satellites have entered service under Greece's National Small Satellite Programme, expanding the country's capacity to track floods, wildfires, landslides and other hazards as well as areas of security interest on land and at sea. The pair of synthetic aperture radar spacecraft were launched on 28 November 2025 on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare mission from Vandenber

SpaceX and Amazon stand to get about 4% of the nearly $20 billion that states have proposed for rural broadband buildouts, representing roughly 21% of the locations under the federal BEAD program. The post Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies appeared first on SpaceNews.