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State of Space and Satellite Technologies in 2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Artemis I launched on November 16, 2022, marking NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) first flight and sending an uncrewed Orion around the Moon. The global space economy reached about $570 billion in 2023, with roughly 80% of that value produced by commercial activities. As of 2025, there are over 11,000 active satellites serving Earth, out of about 45,000 tracked objects including debris. In 2024 there were 259 orbital launches globally, with the United States conducting 154 and SpaceX responsible for 90. SpaceX conducted its first orbital Starship test on April 20, 2023 from Boca Chica, Texas; the flight ended with

26 June 2025

June 2025 Tech Product Launches – Major Innovations in Electronics, AI, Automotive, and More

Apple WWDC 2025 (June 9–13) introduced iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, a unified Liquid Glass design, and on-device Apple Intelligence with Live Translation and Image Playground. Google I/O 2025 showcased Android 16, AI-powered features across services, Android XR, and NotebookLM as a standalone Android app powered by Gemini 2.0. Huawei announced the Pura 80 Ultra in June 2025 with a 1-inch main sensor, 3.7× and 9.4× periscope zoom, HarmonyOS 5.1, 120 Hz OLED, 5,700 mAh battery, and 100 W charging, priced up to ¥10,999 in China. OnePlus 13S debuted in June 2025

26 June 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Automotive · Electronics · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:TSLA · Product Launches · Tech News

Global Technology Trends in June-2025: AI, Quantum, EVs, Space & Beyond

The global AI market is valued around $758 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $3.68 trillion by 2034. Generative AI and large language models drove a 76% increase in spending in 2025. 78% of companies use AI in at least one function as of mid-2025. At Apple’s June 2025 WWDC, Apple unveiled on-device AI features including Live Translation, a “Personal Voice” assistant, and opened its core on-device AI model to third-party developers. Foldable smartphones are forecast to ship 27.6 million units in 2025, up about 70% CAGR since 2020. Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset, launched in 2024, will

26 June 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Electric Vehicles · Quantum Computing · Space · Space Exploration · Technology

June Bootids 2025: How to Watch the Rare Meteor Shower Peaking on 27 June

The June Bootids peak occurs on the night of 27 June 2025 at about 04:00 PDT / 11:00 UTC as Earth intersects the dust trail of periodic comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke. The parent body is periodic comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke with a 6.3-year orbit and a nucleus about 5 km in diameter. Meteor speeds are slow for Bootids, about 18 km/s, producing long, graceful streaks. The typical Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR) is 0–10 meteors per hour, but historical outbursts reached 100+ meteors per hour in 1916, 1921, 1927, and 1998. The Moon on 27 June 2025 is a 9% illuminated waxing crescent with moonset

26 June 2025

Astronomy · June Highlights · Meteor Showers · Skywatching · Space Events

Google Fiber Will Light Up Tempe in 2026: Everything Residents & Businesses Should Know

Construction began June 18, 2025 in Tempe’s Warner Ranch neighborhood, with first activations slated for 2026. About 85,000 linear feet of fiber are under way in Warner Ranch. Tempe is Google Fiber’s fourth Phoenix-metro city, following Mesa, Chandler, and Queen Creek. Google Fiber’s Tempe service plans include Core 1 Gbps for $70, Home 3 Gbps for $100, Edge 8 Gbps for $150, and GFiber Labs 20 Gbps for $250. The 20 Gbps tier is part of GFiber Labs and relies on Nokia’s 25G PON technology to deliver 20 Gbps. GFiber is testing 50 Gbps services through GFiber Labs. Tempe’s 2024

26 June 2025

Business Tips · Community Updates · Google Fiber · Internet · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Tempe News

Cyngn’s NVIDIA Partnership at Automatica 2025 Triggers 500 % Stock Explosion and Signals a New Era for Industrial Autonomous Vehicles

On June 26, 2025 at Automatica 2025 in Munich, Cyngn demonstrated its DriveMod Stockchaser Gen 4 and other vehicles on NVIDIA’s Isaac platform alongside NVIDIA engineers. NVIDIA’s blog post named Cyngn among “a handful of robotics innovators” integrating Isaac Sim for large-scale virtual testing. Cyngn’s chief executive Lior Tal framed the collaboration as validation of its autonomous-vehicle mission. On June 26, 2025, Cyngn shares jumped to USD 29.25 within 15 minutes, a 483% intraday rise, with more than 44 million shares traded. On June 24, 2025, Cyngn closed at USD 5.01 as the NVIDIA blog post went live. Cyngn has

26 June 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Autonomous Vehicles · Industry News · NASDAQ:CYNG · NASDAQ:NVDA · Robotics · Stock Market

Latest Satellite News & Insights 26.06.2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured images of exoplanet TWA 7b, a Saturn-mass planet orbiting the young star TWA 7, using high-contrast imaging and a coronagraph. Israeli airstrikes on western Iran targeted military satellites, air defense systems, and missile infrastructure, using around 20 fighter jets and over 30 munitions. ESA’s Biomass satellite, launched in April, released its first images mapping global forests using radar to measure the carbon stored in forests. A transient radio signal from NASA’s long-inactive Relay 2 satellite was detected on Earth, likely caused by an electrostatic discharge. The U.S. Space Force’s FY26 budget includes $277 million

26 June 2025

Insights · NASDAQ:TMUS · News · NYSE:T · NYSE:VZ · Satellites · Space · Technology

Orbital Quantum Leap: First Photonic Edge-Computing Satellite Set to Transform Space Data Processing

The ROQuET payload, a photonic quantum computer no larger than a shoebox, was developed by Philip Walther’s team at the University of Vienna and measures about 15 × 15 × 45 cm, weighing roughly 9.5 kg with an aluminum frame and a borosilicate glass optical circuit. The device was launched on June 23, 2025, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission and hosted on D-Orbit’s ION platform as the SCV004 Upmik payload. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base and deployed around 70 satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit at about 550 km altitude. The mission demonstrates edge computing, enabling

25 June 2025

Data Processing · Edge Computing · Quantum Computing · Satellites · Space · Space Technology

Umbrella in Orbit: ESA’s BIOMASS Satellite Lifts Earth’s Green Veil, Revealing Hidden Carbon Stores and Jaw‑Dropping First Images

X-Ray Vision for Forests: ESA’s Biomass Satellite and the P-Band Radar Revolution in Carbon Accounting

The ESA Biomass satellite, launched on April 29, 2025, carries the first P-band synthetic aperture radar (435 MHz) to map the world’s forests in 3D and quantify their carbon content. The mission uses a 12-meter deployable antenna—the largest radar antenna ever flown—to enable detection of biomass changes as small as 10–20 tons per hectare. Biomass operates in a polar Sun-synchronous orbit at about 666 km altitude for a five-year lifespan, scanning tropical, temperate, and boreal forests globally. The long-wavelength P-band radar (about 70 cm) penetrates dense foliage to measure forest height, volume, and biomass from canopy to trunk to ground.

25 June 2025

Carbon Accounting · ESA Missions · Forest Monitoring · Radar technology · Remote Sensing

China’s “Night‑Light” Laser vs. Starlink: What a 2‑Watt Beam Really Means for the Coming Orbital Arms Race

Laser Leapfrog: Inside China’s Record-Breaking 1 Gbps Geo-Laser Link and the Post-Starlink Future of Space Internet

On June 17, 2025, a team led by Prof. Wu Jian (Peking University of Posts & Telecommunications) and Dr. Liu Chao (Chinese Academy of Sciences) achieved a 1 Gbps downlink from a geostationary satellite using a 2-watt optical laser. The GEO satellite was parked about 36,705 km above Earth and beamed data to a ground station in southwest China. The ground receiver used an 1.8-meter telescope at the Lijiang Observatory with advanced optics to capture the laser signal. The experiment delivered 1 Gbps downlink, five times faster than SpaceX Starlink’s typical 50–200 Mbps consumer speeds (bursts to 300–500 Mbps under

25 June 2025

China Tech · Future Networks · Laser Communication · Space · Space internet · Starlink Alternatives

Everything You Need to Know About Google Gemini CLI: Features, News, and Expert Insights

Google’s Gemini CLI Just Dropped—Here’s Why This Free, Open‑Source AI Agent Could Replace Your Favorite Coding Tool

Gemini CLI is a command‑line AI agent that passes natural-language prompts to Gemini 2.5 Pro and returns structured responses, code, or multimedia within the terminal. Gemini 2.5 Pro supports a 1,000,000-token context window, about 50–100× larger than mainstream LLMs, enabling repository-scale reasoning. The CLI integrates with Veo for video, Imagen for images, and Google Search via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to handle multimodal tasks. During the preview, individuals can issue 60 requests per minute and 1,000 per day. Google released the entire Gemini CLI codebase under the Apache 2.0 license on GitHub, inviting pull requests and forks. Taylor Mullen,

25 June 2025

AI Agents · Coding Productivity · Developer Tools · Google Gemini · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Open Source

Everything You Need to Know About Google Gemini CLI: Features, News, and Expert Insights

Gemini CLI was released by Google on June 25, 2025, as an open-source Apache-2.0 tool integrating Gemini 2.5 Pro into the terminal. Gemini 2.5 Pro in the CLI provides a 1,000,000-token context window and a free tier of up to 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day for personal Google accounts. The CLI runs natively on macOS, Linux, and Windows (no WSL) as an npm package requiring Node.js 18+, installable with npm install -g @google/gemini-cli. It includes built-in Google Search for real-time data and supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect to external data sources and tools.

25 June 2025

AI Tools · Developer Insights · Google Gemini · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Software Reviews · Tech News