Space News News: 29 June 2025

Space Weekend Roundup: Blue Origin’s Billionaire Launch, ISS Crew in 15 Hours, Starlink Under Fire & Black Hole Breakthrough

Crewed Missions & Space Station Updates Global Launch Activities & Satellites Space Policy, Cooperation & Security Space Science & Exploration Highlights Sources:

3 August 2025

3I/ATLAS: The Fastest Interstellar Comet Ever—Here’s What Scientists Are Saying

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS – Third Cosmic Visitor Unveiled, Fast and Enormous

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever recorded. It was first spotted on July 1, 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. The designation 3I/ATLAS marks it as the

2 August 2025

Astronomy · Comets · Discoveries · Interstellar Objects · Space News

Starlink Doubleheader, NASA Upheaval & Space Race Showdowns – Global Space News Roundup (July 26–27, 2025)

SpaceX launched back-to-back Falcon 9 missions for Starlink within 24 hours: on July 26 at 5:01 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites and on July 27 at 12:31 a.m.

27 July 2025

Global Events · NASA · Space · Space News · Space Race · Starlink

Space Race Frenzy: Starlink Soars, New Missions Ignite & Solar Storms Flicker (July 17-18, 2025)

NASA announced TRACERS, a pair of satellites to study Earth’s magnetosphere, slated to launch in late July 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from California, flying in tandem across the poles to

20 July 2025

Solar Storms · Space · Space Exploration · Space Missions · Space News · Starlink

Secret SpaceX Launch, Starlink Triumphs, and Solar Storm Warnings – Space News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)

SpaceX launched a secret Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral on July 13, 2025 at 1:04 a.m. EDT carrying Israel’s Dror-1 satellite, described as a $200 million “smartphone in space” and marking

14 July 2025

Solar Storms · Space · Space News · SpaceX · Starlink · Technology Updates

Space News Explosion: Solar Sails, Interstellar Visitors, and the Race to Dominate the Final Frontier / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 00:00 CET

The SWIFT satellite constellation uses advanced solar sails to deliver earlier, more accurate space weather warnings. In December 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe yielded the closest-ever images of the Sun’s corona and

12 July 2025

Astronomy · Exploration · Future Trends · Space · Space News · Technology

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 9th, 12:02 CET

SpaceX operates over 7,000 satellites and posted $4.2 billion in revenue for 2024, with a target valuation of $400 billion to $4 trillion in upcoming funding rounds. Starlink aims for 22,000 satellites

9 July 2025

Astronomy · Satellites · Science · Space · Space Exploration · Space News

China’s Bold Advances: Space-Based AI, Deep Space Ambitions, and Satellite Networks – Space News Roundup (Updated July 8, 2025 0:00 CET)

China launched the Three-Body Computing Constellation, with each satellite delivering 744 TOPS and the network targeting 1 EOPS for in-orbit AI and real-time data processing. China proposes a Neptune Orbiter for 2033

8 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China · Deep Space · Satellites · Space · Space News

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 12:00 CET

MTG-S1, Europe’s first geostationary meteorological sounder, was launched with an Infrared Sounder and Copernicus Sentinel-4, enabling high-frequency atmospheric data collection over Europe and Africa. SpaceX planned the Starlink 10-28 mission for June

6 July 2025

Astronomy · July 2025 · Science · Space · Space News · Technology

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

Europe launched its first geostationary atmospheric sounding satellite, MTG-S1, as part of the Meteosat Third Generation program, equipped with a hyperspectral infrared sounder and Copernicus Sentinel-4 for air-quality monitoring, with a 9–12

3 July 2025

Astronomy · Science · Space · Space News · Technology

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 00:00 CET

SpaceX marked its 500th Falcon 9 launch with the deployment of 27 Starlink satellites and the 29th booster reuse. MTG-S1, Europe’s first geostationary hyperspectral infrared atmospheric sounder, launched July 1, 2025 on

3 July 2025

Astronomy · Current Events · Science Updates · Space · Space Exploration · Space News

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

Space News Roundup – June 29, 2025

Japan’s H-2A rocket completed its 50th and final mission on June 28 (US time), launching the GOSAT-GW (“Ibuki”) greenhouse gases and water-cycle satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit with an official 98% reliability

29 June 2025

Astronomy · Exploration · Science · Space · Space News · Technology

Space News News: 29 June 2025 - 3 August 2025