15 In December, Starfish Space and Impulse Space announced the successful completion of the so-called Remora mission. During the mission, the Mira spacecraft from the LEO Express mission 2 company's Impulse maneuvered and approached another Mira spacecraft from the LEO Express mission 1 companies at a distance of approx 1250 meters, using a camera and on-board computer system, […]

The American company SpaceX reported a dangerous incident in low Earth orbit, when one of its Starlink satellites STARLINK-6079 narrowly avoided a collision with a Chinese spacecraft. The collision was avoided during the launch of the Chinese apparatus 9 December 2025 year. The Starlink satellite almost collided with the spacecraft of the Chinese company CAS Space (a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), which started […]

15 December 2025 year Fr. 05:25 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 29 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 6-82". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to increase the number […]

11 December 2025 US Air Force Secretary Troy Meinke delivered a keynote address at the Space Power Association's Spacepower Conference, during which he emphasized, that the United States should not consider China's rapid progress in space and missile technology to be merely the result of copying American developments. According to him, Beijing is showing significant innovation of its own. Leadership of the Space Forces and […]

Voyager Technologies received a contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (Affl) for the amount 21 million dollars to develop signal processing tools using artificial intelligence. The work is focused on software and computational methods, which are capable of interpreting raw intelligence, Observation and reconnaissance (ISR), collected by sensors. Digital signal processing is a key element of modern ISR networks. She […]

14 December 2025 year Fr. 05:49 (UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 27 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 15-12". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to enlarge […]

Two defense technology companies, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) (Norway) and Helsinki (Germany) joined forces, to strengthen Europe's sovereign intelligence and communications capabilities. The plan is to start deploying small satellites in about three years. 10 December 2025 year, the companies announced a partnership, which emerged amid European governments' desire to increase deterrence due to its growing strategic importance […]

NATO selected 150 companies from 24 member countries of the Alliance to participate in 2026 year in the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic program (DIANA). Among them are more than two dozen companies, related to the space sector. Each company will receive 100 000 euros of grant funding in the first phase of the program, which will start in January next year. Participants will also have […]

14 December 2025 year Fr. 03:09 (UTC) from the launch complex LC-1B, Mahia Peninsula, RAISE-4 spacecraft was launched using the Electron launch vehicle in New Zealand. "Raise And Shine" is a mission using the Electron launch vehicle, the purpose of which is to launch the experimental Japanese demonstration spacecraft "RAISE-4" into orbit (RApid Innovative payload demonstration SatellitE-4) within the JAXA program "Innovative […]

Two astronauts of the Shenzhou-21 mission made the first spacewalk, during which the damaged window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was examined and photographed, whose lander in early November was allegedly hit by a micrometeorite or space debris on the porthole, because of which the return of the crew on it became impossible. During the exit, one of the astronauts, mounted on a robotic arm, came up […]

Rocket Lab successfully completed qualification tests of the main fairing of the new Neutron rocket. The missile is a partially reusable medium class carrier, capable of deriving to 13 tons of cargo into low Earth orbit in a first-stage return configuration. The main feature of its innovative design is that, that at startup the second stage will be "hidden" inside the first stage, […]

13 December 2025 year Fr. 01:08 (UTC) from the center of launch of Juzuan satellites, Chinese People's Republic, the "DEAR-5" spacecraft was launched using the "Kuaizhou 11" launch vehicle. DEAR-5 – is a commercial orbiting spacecraft for payload and microgravity experiments, developed by Chinese commercial company AZSPACE for various civilian customers, capable of carrying the maximum 300 kg of payload […]

9 December 2025 year NASA reported, what 3 contact with MAVEN was lost days ago (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN), which is in orbit around Mars. The latest telemetry data showed normal operation of the device before that, as he passed beyond Mars from Earth's point of view, but after leaving the planet, the connection was never restored. […]

11 December 2025 year Fr. 22:01 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 29 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 6-90". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to increase the number […]

11 December 2025 year Fr. 23:00 (UTC) from the Wenchang Launch Center, China using the "Long March 12" launch vehicle, China's satellite communications satellite "SatNet LEO Group 16" was launched. «SatNet LEO Group 16» – the next batch of communication satellites within the framework of the global project "GuoWang". Communication satellites, will be launched in low Earth orbit for Chinese State Satnet, […]

9 December 2025 Muon Space won a contract for the sum of $1,9 million under the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) on the adaptation of commercial thermal sensing technology for military missile launch warning systems. The SBIR contract has a Direct to Phase path 2, which allows companies to skip the feasibility study stage and go straight to prototyping. Although […]

Canada has awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to satellite communications operator Telesat and manufacturer MDA Space to explore options for a military communications network to support the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. Cost research 2,92 million Canadian dollars ($2,1 million) covering various orbital altitudes and frequencies for the Enhanced Satellite Communications Project - Polar (ESCP-P). The government said, […]

10 December 2025 year Fr. 11:40 (UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 27 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 15-11". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to enlarge […]

10 December 2025 year Fr. 04:03 (UTC) from the center of launch of Juzuan satellites, The People's Republic of China was launched using the "Kinetica 1" launch vehicle 9 Spacecraft of various purposes in sun-synchronous orbit. Three companions «Jilin-1 Gaofen 07B-01/07C-01/07D-01» – these are Chinese commercial satellites of DZZ, which are equipped with a double thermal imager with a resolution of 1 m. «Dongpo-15» – this Chinese satellite is intended […]

SpaceX has broken its own record for the first stage reuse with Falcon flight number B1067 9. 8 December 2025 year, the 32nd flight of B1067 took place. The degree passed according to the standard scenario: development of the plot, separation from the rocket and successful landing on an autonomous barge in the Atlantic Ocean. After that, it should be delivered to the SpaceX base, inspected […]