Firefly Aerospace announces plans to offer commercial lunar imaging service to governments and companies, which could supplement or replace the existing one, but NASA's aging orbiter. 18 In June, Firefly announced a service called Ocula, which will render images using tools, placed on her spaceship Elytra. The system will use telescopes from Livermore National Laboratory […]

France will more than double its stake in Eutelsat to almost 30% within the framework of capital increase on 1,56 A billion dollars, supported by several shareholders, underpinning the French operator's plans to upgrade its OneWeb constellation amid the growing dominance of Starlink. Funds will be collected in two parts by the end of the year, Eutelsat announced 19 June, a day after that, […]

20 June 2025 year Fr. 12:37 (UTC) from the center of launch of satellites Sichan, China using the "Long March 3B/E" launch vehicle launched China's communications satellite "Chinasat 9C". "ChinaSat 9C" is a Ku geostationary telecommunications satellite- and Ka-bands, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Hull) commissioned by China Satcom. It is intended to replace the satellite "ChinaSat 9" […]

Located approx 36 000 kilometers above the ground from their orbital position directly above Guinean Gulf on zero longitude, Meteosat-12 provides a critically important image of Europe, Africa and surrounding oceans. It offers more often update data with a clearer resolution and implements new opportunities, such as continuous lightning detection, which increases the accuracy and accuracy of weather forecasts in […]

Blacksky Technology Inc.. 17 June 2025 year announced a significant expansion of its satellite group, By adding a new class of multi -speakers of a wide range of action. The future system, Known as Aros, Complement the existing constellation Gen-3, By providing rapid digital mapping, Navigation, Sea surveillance and large-scale 3D app. AROS satellites are being developed to meet the demand for increasing frequency of data collection at scale […]

The upper block of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft, which was being prepared for the company's next flight, exploded 19 in June during preparation for static fire tests. On video from such sources, like NASASpaceFlight.com, visible, as the apparatus called "Ship 36" exploded, Being on the Messi Playground test stand, that in a few kilometers west larger Starbase databases, Antonov Airlines Ukrainian Airline. «19 […]

In the letter, Sent 16 to key lawmakers on the intelligence committees in June, armed forces and appropriations, CEOs of Maxar Technologies, Planet, BlackSky, Iceye US, Capella Space and ground systems provider KSAT named in proposed cuts to National Intelligence Agency commercial imaging programs (NRO) "radical" and such, which do not correspond to the old bipartisan politics. This reaction appeared after about that, […]

Venturi Space (Monaco), company, which is collaborating with Astrolab on lunar rover concepts, presented an all-European rover design called Mona Luna at an event during the Paris Air Show 16 June. The robotic rover has a length 2,5 and width 1,64 meters, and the weight 750 kilograms. Mona Luna was designed by Venturi Space as a concept proposal for the European Space Agency […]

18 June 2025 year Fr. 05:55 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 28 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 10-18". 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 […]

The company presented an updated model of its Nyx spacecraft at the Paris Air Show 16 June. She is working on it, planning a test flight to the International Space Station in 2028 year by the European Space Agency Program, aimed at developing freight space ships. According to the company, Developing a man -made version of NYX will take close 10 years, and its cost will be about one […]

China conducted tests at zero altitude, or site tests for emergency termination of launch, 17 June at the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the Gobi Desert. The ignition command was issued by 00:30 in the Eastern time (04:30 UTC; 12:30 Beijing time), which led to the launch of the Mengzhou spacecraft's solid-propellant escape system engines, the Chinese Manned Space Agency said in a statement […]

UP Aerospace has completed the first launch of its Spyder hypersonic rocket, which will mark a significant advance in flight response capabilities. The launch took place Fr. 7:00 a.m. 17 June 2025 year from launch complex #36 and reached hypersonic speeds, similar to the speeds of long-duration SpaceLoft missions. The test was supported by Navy Detachment White Sands and funded by the Emergency Response Program […]

17 June 2025 year Fr. 03:36 (UTC) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 26 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 15-9". 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 […]

Company Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) concluded an agreement with NATO for more than seven figures for the provision of a complex platform for daily monitoring and intelligence, which will strengthen the Alliance's ability to quickly respond to global events. The contract is concluded against the background of intensified efforts by European countries to increase defense capabilities in the light of changing geopolitical tensions. According to this agreement, Planet integrates its technology […]

SkyFi and ICEYE US Launch Strategic Partnership to Integrate Synthetic Aperture Radar Data (SAR) ICEYE to the SkyFi Earth observation platform. The agreement initiates wider cooperation, aimed at expanding access to commercial radar imagery, and ICEYE's assignment and archiving features are coming to the web soon- and SkyFi mobile tools. ICEYE operates the largest commercial satellite constellation […]

BlackSky, Satellite Photo Supplier and Analytics, announced plans for the development of a new type of satellite observation of land, designed to capture large areas of the planet. This new satellite will be focused on application, that require a wide geographical coverage, including mapping on a country scale, Marine Monitoring and Creating Virtual Copies. The launch of a large-scale imaging satellite called […]

Recent research in Chile has made a breakthrough in the study of the early universe: ground-based telescopes recorded traces of polarized microwave radiation, which interacts with the first stars, which arose about a billion years after the Big Bang. This is a signal from the period, known as "Cosmic Dawn". CLASS tool (Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor), set in the highland region of Atakami, managed to identify microwave polarization […]

NASA stated, that the mission of private astronauts Axiom-4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station can start already 19 June, after agency experts and their international partners complete the assessment of the air leak in the Russian segment of the station. The Ax-4 mission had yet to start 11 June, however, the launch was delayed the day before due to the discovery of a leak of liquid oxygen in one of the […]

Elon Musk expressed interest in using the Overberg test site in South Africa for SpaceX rocket launches. Musk expressed interest in two topics: access to the Overberg test site for orbital launches and the issue of supplies of rare earth magnets, against the background of restrictions from China. Overberg is a new player on the global space map Denel Overberg Test Site (OTR), located in […]

13 In June, Iran launched a missile attack on Israel, running towards the country close 200 ballistic missiles and more 100 drones as part of Operation True Promise3, Israel activated a multi-level air defense system, which includes Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow‑2 та Arrow‑3 . The defining moment was the launch of the Arrow-3 interceptor with the characteristics of a hypersonic aircraft, which hit the target on […]