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Space 25 September 2025 - 2 October 2025

Planet Labs (PL) Stock Skyrockets on Record Earnings, SpaceX Launch & Major Contracts

Planet Labs (PL) Stock Skyrockets on Record Earnings, SpaceX Launch & Major Contracts

Planet’s strong share-price rally coincides with a string of positive news in late September/early October. On Oct 1, Planet announced that Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 satellites and 36 SuperDove CubeSats arrived at Vandenberg for a SpaceX rideshare launch ainvest.com ainvest.com. CEO Will Marshall noted “incredible demand for high-resolution data” as a driver for growth. The same day, Planet confirmed it will open a new Berlin manufacturing facility – a move to double Pelican production and meet soaring European demand markets.financialcontent.com. These announcements helped PL stock jump ~6.5% on Oct 1 markets.financialcontent.com.
2 October 2025
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Sky Is No Limit: Global Satcom Market Set to Soar Through 2035

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Stock Skyrockets on New Satellite and Carrier Milestones – Record Highs and $60+ Targets

Sources: AST SpaceMobile filings and press releases businesswire.com businesswire.com; Yahoo/BusinessWire news newswire.ca newswire.ca; Investing/Benzinga reports investing.com investing.com; stock market data webull.com stockanalysis.com; Reuters reuters.com reuters.com; and industry media/analyst coverage t-mobile.com webull.com.
2 October 2025
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You Won’t Believe How Easily You Can Spot the ISS – Ultimate International Space Station Viewing Guide

ISS Legacy and the Commercial Space Race: Why 2020s Are Launching Humanity Into Deep Space

When the International Space Station was first assembled in 1998, NASA envisioned it as more than a laboratory. It would be a bridge into the solar system—a place to master living and working in space, develop life‑support systems and test technologies before committing astronauts to long voyages. In 2025, with the ISS still orbiting 400 kilometres above Earth, that vision is clearer than ever.
2 October 2025
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Tech Frenzy Oct 1–2, 2025: AI Hits $500B, Apple’s Vision Pivot, Space Milestones & More

Tech Frenzy Oct 1–2, 2025: AI Hits $500B, Apple’s Vision Pivot, Space Milestones & More

OpenAI continued to dominate headlines. Reuters reports that after a share sale to investors, OpenAI is now valued at roughly $500 billion reuters.com. This latest round far eclipses its previous $300B valuation and highlights continued investor enthusiasm for AI. The infusion of capital will presumably help OpenAI expand data-center capacity and accelerate research. Analyst and investor interest remains sky-high. For context, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella framed the industry’s direction as a “tectonic AI platform shift”, restructuring his company so he can focus on new AI frontiers reuters.com.
2 October 2025
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Virgin Galactic’s Turbulent Ride: Can Space Tourism Turn $SPCE$ Into a Star or a Falling Satellite?

Virgin Galactic’s Turbulent Ride: Can Space Tourism Turn $SPCE$ Into a Star or a Falling Satellite?

Virgin Galactic shares hovered near multi‑year lows heading into October 2025. On 1 October, SPCE closed at $3.42; after‑hours trading modestly lifted the price to $3.44 Yahoo. The stock had tumbled about 41 % year‑to‑date through late September, extending a five‑year decline of roughly 99 % Yahoo. Volume on 1 October trailed the average daily volume of 3.48 million Yahoo, suggesting subdued investor interest.
2 October 2025
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Breaking Space News (Sept 30 – Oct 1, 2025): Record Launches, Bold Contracts, and Stunning Milestones

Breaking Space News (Sept 30 – Oct 1, 2025): Record Launches, Bold Contracts, and Stunning Milestones

NASA focused on its Artemis lunar program. On Sept. 30, NASA announced that the Orion Stage Adapter was installed for Artemis II nasa.gov. This brings the integrated SLS–Orion stack closer to its no-later-than April 2026 launch. NASA explains that “in the coming weeks” engineers will mate the Orion crew capsule to the rocket nasa.gov. This Artemis II mission will be the first crewed flight of SLS/Orion, carrying astronauts around the Moon. Meanwhile, NASA is also finalizing Europe’s Sentinel-6B satellite at its processing facility. Sentinel-6B “will extend the gold‑standard sea level record into its fourth decade” and is targeting launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 this fall science.nasa.gov.
1 October 2025
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Visitor from Beyond the Solar System

Mysterious Manhattan-Sized Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Sparks Alien Theories Ahead of Halloween

Astronomers first spotted 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025, when the ATLAS asteroid survey telescope in Chile reported a fast-moving fuzzy object science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov. Archived images quickly confirmed it follows a steep, open-ended path – a clear sign it was not born in our Solar System. NASA confirms that 3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar visitor science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov. From its inbound direction near the constellation Sagittarius, it likely originated far from the Sun, perhaps even from the galactic center region science.nasa.gov.
1 October 2025
SpaceX Starship: The Giant Rocket Poised to Change Space Travel Forever (2025 Update)

SpaceX’s Starship Returns: Launch Set for Oct. 13 – A Lunar Race and Rocket Showdown Explained

Sources: Official SpaceX announcements and live-test reports space.com friendsofnasa.org; Space.com and SpaceExplored news articles covering the Flight 10 success and Oct. 13 announcement space.com spaceexplored.com; NASA and Congressional briefings on Artemis timelines nasa.gov space.com; NASA Advisory Panel analysis spacepolicyonline.com gizmodo.com; and public flight logs and press summaries en.wikipedia.org nasaspaceflight.com. These sources provide the latest updates on Starship’s development, objectives, and its role in the upcoming Moon missions and broader space exploration landscape.
30 September 2025
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Falcon 9’s ‘Jellyfish’ Launch & Webb’s Moon-Forming Disk – Space News Roundup (Sept 29–30, 2025)

Falcon 9’s ‘Jellyfish’ Launch & Webb’s Moon-Forming Disk – Space News Roundup (Sept 29–30, 2025)

SpaceX capped September with a spectacular twilight launch. On Sept. 28, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg SFB carrying 28 Starlink v2 Mini satellites space.com. Reaching dusk, the rocket’s exhaust expanded into the upper atmosphere and caught the Sun’s rays, creating a brilliant “space jellyfish” effect visible from hundreds of miles. Space.com’s Brett Tingley, camping in Afton Canyon, marveled, “I’ve seen plenty of Falcon 9 ‘jellyfish’ online but never in person. It was lit up gorgeously from below by the setting sun…” space.com. The booster landed on the drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” in the Pacific, and the second stage successfully deployed all satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch was Falcon 9’s 28th flight of the stage, and the 124th SpaceX launch of 2025 space.com spaceflightnow.com.
30 September 2025
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

On Sept. 28, SpaceX executed a textbook launch from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E. The Falcon 9 booster B1063, standing vertically on the pad, ignited and soared away at 7:04 p.m. PDT spaceflightnow.com. After clearing the pad, it flew on a south-easterly trajectory toward orbit. About 8½ minutes later the first stage used its grid fins and engines to steer back to Earth, touching down cleanly on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean spaceflightnow.com thenews.com.pk. The second stage continued upwards and deployed the 28 Starlink satellites roughly an hour after liftoff, inserting them into low Earth orbit as planned spaceflightnow.com economictimes.indiatimes.com.
29 September 2025
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Spectacular Space News Blitz: SpaceX Soars 28 Satellites, NASA Unleashes Solar Probes, China’s New Weather Satellite & More (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Spectacular Space News Blitz: SpaceX Soars 28 Satellites, NASA Unleashes Solar Probes, China’s New Weather Satellite & More (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Sources: Authoritative space news outlets, agency releases and expert commentary from Sept. 28–29, 2025, including Space.com space.com, Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com, ESA and company press releases esa.int northstar-data.com, and industry reports grandviewresearch.com. All statistics and quotes above are cited to linked original reports.
29 September 2025
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Tech Headlines Shakeup: AI Booms, Space Rockets & Green Power (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Tech Headlines Shakeup: AI Booms, Space Rockets & Green Power (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Each of these stories reflects how fast-moving the tech world remains. We’ve linked to reporters’ accounts and company releases for all items above openai.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com abcnews.go.com theguardian.com, with quotes from experts illustrating the stakes. Industry analysts predict that AI integration, continued space innovation, and green energy solutions will accelerate next year, so stay tuned as these trends evolve.
29 September 2025
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Space News Bonanza: NASA’s Artemis, SpaceX Starlink Launch & China’s New Weather Satellite (Sept 27–28, 2025)

Space News Bonanza: NASA’s Artemis, SpaceX Starlink Launch & China’s New Weather Satellite (Sept 27–28, 2025)

NASA: In late September, NASA’s focus was on its upcoming Artemis II Moon mission. The four astronauts held a media briefing on Sept. 24 to announce the name of their Orion spacecraft: “Orion Integrity” nasa.gov. They explained “Integrity” symbolizes the trust and collaboration needed for the mission. This 10-day crewed lunar test flight is slated for no later than April 2026. Meanwhile, NASA science made headlines with a major Mars discovery: analyses of a Perseverance rover sample from Jezero Crater suggest it “could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life” nasa.gov. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy called it “the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” calling the potential biosignature finding “groundbreaking” nasa.gov. These NASA findings underscore a busy month: Artemis II preparations, Mars science, and continued deep-space probes.
28 September 2025
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SpaceX’s Spectacular Launch Weekend: 50 Satellites Launched, But Troubles Loom

SpaceX’s Spectacular Launch Weekend: 50 Satellites Launched, But Troubles Loom

On Sept. 25 and 27, 2025, SpaceX sent two Falcon 9 rockets aloft from Vandenberg SFB in California, each deploying a batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Sept. 25 mission lifted off at 9:26 p.m. local time with 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites Edhat Space. A first-stage booster landed on the droneship OCISLY about 8½ minutes later Space. Two days later, on Sept. 27 at 7:20 a.m. Pacific Time, Falcon 9 carried 26 more Starlink satellites into orbit Ksby. KSBY News reports that after stage separation the booster again returned to OCISLY for a precision sea landing Ksby. These launches marked SpaceX’s third and fourth launches in under 48 hours – an exceptionally high tempo reflecting its aggressive Starlink build-out.
27 September 2025
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Global Space News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

Global Space News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

SpaceX’s launch blitz: SpaceX achieved an unprecedented launch cadence, flying three Falcon 9 missions in under 41 hours through Sept. 25–26 spaceflightnow.com. These included two Starlink batches and NASA’s solar observatory mission to deep space. The Sept. 26 Vandenberg launch marked SpaceX’s 123rd Falcon 9 flight of 2025 and the 15th just in September, putting the company on pace to smash its previous annual launch record space.com. With these missions, SpaceX surpassed 8,400 Starlink satellites in orbit, with about 8,500 active Starlink craft now in the network according to satellite trackers space.com. Both Falcon 9 boosters used were reused multiple times – one flying its 22nd mission and another on its 16th – and both first stages landed safely on drone ships spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com. SpaceX’s launch director joked that “the rocket fleet’s working overtime,” underscoring how routine rapid reusability has become in support of the Starlink megaconstellation.
27 September 2025
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AI Metaverse Leaps, Cyber Attacks, and Space Triumphs – Global Tech News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

AI Metaverse Leaps, Cyber Attacks, and Space Triumphs – Global Tech News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

Meta bets on the Metaverse + AI: Meta Platforms grabbed headlines with a suite of announcements blending augmented reality and generative AI. At the Meta Connect 2025 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced “Horizon AI,” a new service for creating personalized virtual worlds on the fly theverge.com. Using Meta’s latest large language model and user data, Horizon AI can “stitch” together custom 3D environments via an intelligent assistant theverge.com. In a demo, Zuckerberg showed how speaking a few prompts could generate an immersive scene – for example, recreating a childhood home in VR for a therapy session. Meta is pitching this as “your world, reimagined” for social hangouts, work collaboration, and even mental health therapy. Privacy advocates, however, have raised concerns about the amount of personal data such AI-generated worlds might consume.
27 September 2025
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Cosmic Sky Show: Northern Lights, Shooting Stars & Space Spectacles Dazzle Sept. 26–27, 2025

Cosmic Sky Show: Northern Lights, Shooting Stars & Space Spectacles Dazzle Sept. 26–27, 2025

After a geomagnetically active equinox week, Earth’s magnetosphere is settling down for now. A few days ago, skywatchers as far south as Alberta were treated to vibrant auroral shapes thanks to a high-speed solar wind stream spaceweather.com. As of Friday, Sept. 26, that solar wind has slackened, and NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts quiet geomagnetic conditions in the near term earthsky.org. Any auroras tonight will likely be confined to the high Arctic latitudes – think northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, or Arctic Scandinavia – and probably faint at that space.com.
26 September 2025
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Launch Doubleheader and Lunar Revelations – Space News Roundup (Sept 25-26, 2025)

Launch Doubleheader and Lunar Revelations – Space News Roundup (Sept 25-26, 2025)

September 25, 2025 saw an extraordinary launch doubleheader. In the pre-dawn hours, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:39 a.m. EDT carrying 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit spaceflightnow.com. Just a few hours later at 8:09 a.m. EDT, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V roared skyward from a neighboring pad with 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites onboard spaceflightnow.com. The rare one-two punch meant two orbital launches from one spaceport within 3.5 hours, treating spectators on Florida’s Space Coast to dual rocket trails in the sky.
26 September 2025
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Amazon Launches 27 Satellites in High-Stakes Race Against SpaceX’s Starlink

Amazon Launches 27 Satellites in High-Stakes Race Against SpaceX’s Starlink

Bottom Line: Amazon’s latest launch of 27 Kuiper satellites is a significant milestone in the space internet showdownwith SpaceX. It dramatically scales up Amazon’s in-orbit assets and demonstrates the company’s commitment to catching up in this critical new industry. Project Kuiper is still in early days – 129 satellites versus Starlink’s 8,000+ – but Amazon’s vast resources, massive launch contracts, and integrations with its tech ecosystem position it as a formidable challenger. If Amazon can execute its blistering launch schedule and hit service milestones, 2025–2026 will see global broadband competition move to low Earth orbit. Consumers in remote and connected areas alike stand to benefit from new choices in satellite internet, as Amazon and SpaceX push each other to expand coverage, increase speeds, and lower costs. The race is on to connect the world from space, and with this latest launch, Amazon just hit the accelerator.
25 September 2025
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