According to reports, the Trump administration has instructed NASA to develop plans to terminate two key Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3), which monitor the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. These actions, started in July 2025 year, drew criticism from lawmakers and scientists, who call them illegal and harmful to climate research. OCO Mission Details OCO missions are assigned […]

Argo Space Corp. and ThinkOrbital announced a strategic partnership to launch in 2026 year of the first space mission, which will use long-range, high-voltage X-ray imaging to increase awareness in outer space (Space Domain Awareness, SDA). The mission will deploy ThinkOrbital's proprietary ThinkX system on the maneuverable platform of the Argo spacecraft, combining unique technologies for revolutionary capabilities in […]

NASA has officially terminated the Lunar Trailblazer mission, small orbital satellite, intended for mapping water resources on the Moon, after five months of unsuccessful attempts to reconnect, lost a day after launch 26 February 2025 year. This failure was another blow to NASA's SIMPLEx program (Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration), which is aimed at creating economically effective planetary missions. […]

5 August 2025 year Fr. 07:10 near Kyiv, the Rocket Lab company successfully launched the Electron rocket from the Launch Complex cosmodrome 1 on the Mahia Peninsula, UTC. The mission, called "The Harvest Goddess Thrives," delivered a synthetic aperture radar satellite into orbit (SAR) QPS-SAR-12, also known as Kushinada-I, for the Japanese company Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). […]

As of August 2025 of the European aerospace company Airbus, Thales and Leonardo are continuing preliminary talks on a possible merger of their space divisions, despite missing the July deadline for deciding whether to initiate or cancel the merger. Discussion, which are conducted with the European Commission in the pre-notification phase, aim to create a single space company with annual revenue […]

04 August 2025 year Fr. 10:21 (UTC) from Wenchang Cosmodrome, The People's Republic of China launched an unspecified number of China's satellite communication satellites "SatNet LEO Group 07" using the "Long March 12" launch vehicle. «SatNet LEO Group 07» – The next party of communication satellites within the Global project "Gouwan". Communication satellites, will be unfolded in low Earth orbit for Chinese […]

04 August 2025 year Fr. 07:57 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 28 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 10-30". 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 […]

In July 2025 the year of Japan's Self -Defense Air Force (JASDF) For the first time participated in a multinational cosmic defense training as part of Talisman Sabre, US and Australia conducted. The event took place at a military facility in Townsville, northeastern Australia, With the participation almost 10 countries. Training focused on: Collection and Analysis of Radio Dispex, aimed at satellites. Collision prevention procedures […]

The team of solarophysicists develops a new constellation of Space Weather Investigation Frontier satellites (SWIFT), which will use a solar sail to forecast space weather ahead of 60 minutes. This system is aimed at protecting critical infrastructure - power grids, aviation, telecommunications and satellites - from space weather threats, in particular, interplanetary coronal mass ejections (CME). Space Weather Threats Space weather encompasses change […]

3 sickle Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' company, launched six passengers into suborbital space, including crypto-billionaire Justin Sun. Mission NS-34, 34-and the flight of the New Shepard rocket, launched from the company's spaceport in West Texas 08:43 in the Eastern time (15:43 outside Kyiv). The most famous passenger was 34-year-old Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain platform, which in June 2021 year anonymously […]

A new radiation-resistant layer, developed by the University of Surrey, significantly increases the durability of new generation perovskite solar cells for space use. This innovation makes satellite solar panels lighter, more effective and cheaper compared to traditional analogues. Engineers from the Institute of Advanced Surrey In cooperation with Oxford University, The University of New South Wales and several South Korean institutions have created a protective layer of propane-1,3-diammonium […]

Four SpaceX CREW-11 Mission Astronauts arrived in MKS. Crew Dragon Endeavur capsule faced the station 2 August Fr. 02:26 in the Eastern time (09:26 outside Kyiv), less than through 15 hours after launch on a Falcon rocket 9 from Florida's Space Coast. The hatches between the devices opened close 04:45 in the Eastern time (11:45 outside Kyiv), and the greeting ceremony […]

29 July 2025 the year at the ESRI users conference in San Diego, California, ESRI companies, Microsoft and Space42 signed a memorandum of understanding, by launching the Map Africa initiative – a five-year project to create the most detailed and scalable geospatial base map of Africa. The initiative will cover everyone 54 African countries and will provide high -precision cartographic data to support over 1,4 A billion people. The problem is […]

28 July 2025 European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andryus Kubilius said, that countries, which are not members of the EU, particularly Norway, Ukraine and Great Britain, can join the European IRIS² secure satellite communications network, which is positioned as an alternative to Starlink from Elon Musk's SpaceX. IRIS² Program Details IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security […]

01 August 2025 year Fr. 15:43 (UTC) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US with the help of a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5" was launched by the US manned spacecraft "Crew-11". "Crew-11" is the eleventh regular crew rotation mission to the ISS. Crew Dragon Endurance will deliver four astronauts to the station, where they will stay for six months. Composition of the "Crew-11" mission: A woman […]

29 July 2025 year Norwegian Space Agency (OUR) entered into a contract with SFL Missions (Canada) on the development of Aissat-4 nanoputation to track ships with a launch within a year. The mission is aimed at expanding the capabilities of the Norwegian Maritime Situation Network, Since the life of available satellites is coming to an end. The technical characteristics of Aissat-4 Aissat-4 are based on the SFL SFL platform from SFL, who proved […]

The Russian module "Zvezda" on the International Space Station (ISS) continues to leak air, in spite of hope, that recent renovations in June 2025 solved the problem last year, which lasts from 2019 year. Module, launched in July 2000 year, is one of the oldest components of the ISS and provides living quarters and a docking port for the Russian Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. Details […]

29 July 2025 year, the US Department of Defense announced, which will not stop the distribution of data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) after 31 July 2025 year, as previously planned. Originally the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the termination of processing and dissemination of DMSP data from 30 June, but after the protests of scientists and meteorologists, this term was […]

31 July 2025 year Fr. 18:35 (UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, US with the help of a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5 ”was launched 19 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 13-4". 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 […]

31 July 2025 year Fr. 02:00 (UTC) from the center of launch of satellites Sichan, China, Pakistan's PRSC-S1 launch vehicle was launched using the Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle. Little is known about the purpose of the PRSC-S1 satellite, but from open information sources it is reported that it is a remote sensing satellite of the Earth, launched by China for Pakistan. The satellite is part of Pakistan's space program, which is managed by Kosmichna […]