From astronaut splashdowns to Moon lander trials and multi-billion dollar investments, the space sector saw a flurry of major developments on August 7–8, 2025. Here’s a roundup of the top satellite and space news from around the world: Crew-10 Astronauts Set for Historic Splashdown NASA and SpaceX are targeting Friday, Aug. 8 for the undocking…
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Russian Soyuz Lofts Space Weather Fleet and Iranian Satellite Vostochny, Russia (July 25) – Russia kicked off the day with a blockbuster launch, as a Soyuz-2.1b rocket carried 21 satellites into orbit in a single mission space.com. Liftoff from Siberia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome at 1:54 a.m. ET (0554 GMT) delivered two Ionosfera-M space weather satellites alongside an Iranian…
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Farewell to H-2A: A Final Flight and a New Beginning Japan’s workhorse H-2A rocket concluded nearly 25 years of service with its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite into orbit space.com space.com. Debuting in 2001, the H-2A achieved a 98% success rate (49 successes in 50 missions) –…
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Space Technology News Roundup: Satellites, Launches & Deep Space Updates Table of Contents 1. Earth Observation Breakthroughs: ESA’s Biomass Satellite 2. Satellite Launches & Industry Growth 3. SpaceX, Starlink, and the Satellite Internet Race 4. Space Weather, Auroras, and Meteor Events 5. Deep Space Discoveries: Mars, Black Holes, and Cosmic Explosions 6. Satellite Security, Policy,…
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Airbus’s Constellation Optique 3D (CO3D) is a cutting-edge Earth observation project poised to revolutionize how we map and monitor the planet. Set for launch in July 2025, CO3D is a constellation of four laser-linked, AI-enabled optical satellites that will deliver 50 cm resolution imagery and generate a global 3D map of Earth’s land surfaces airbus.com cnes.fr.…
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Geostationary satellites – perched 36,000 km above Earth in the coveted orbit where they match Earth’s rotation – are entering a new era of renewal and reinvention. After decades of steady service, many of the world’s GEO satellites are aging beyond their planned lifespans, and a wave of replacements and upgrades is on the horizon. Between…
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