Space News Digest: June 2025 An In-Depth Analysis of the Latest Breakthroughs, Launches, and Discoveries in the Global Space Sector Table of Contents 1. Space Coast Launches: Breaking Records and Shaping the Future 2. Satellite Mega-Constellations: Starlink, Kuiper, and the New Race for Orbit 3. Japan’s H-2A Rocket Retires: A New Era with H3 4.…
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Space News Digest: June 2025 A Comprehensive Review of the Week’s Most Significant Space Developments Table of Contents 1. Launches & Satellite Networks Rocket Lab’s Rapid Cadence and Secret Payloads Amazon’s Project Kuiper vs. SpaceX Starlink Japan’s Final H-2A Rocket and GOSAT-GW South Korea’s 425 Project and Greece’s DUTHSat-2 Europe’s Independent Satellite Network 2. Space…
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Destiny 2 Players Push Back Against Edge of Fate Grind Changes Bungie’s upcoming Edge of Fate expansion for Destiny 2 is drawing community ire over its new loot and progression systems. According to Forbes, the expansion introduces a “new form of loot grinding and seasonal bonuses” that many players are already unhappy with. Edge of…
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Overview: A New Milestone for Plan-S and Satellite IoT Plan-S, a Turkish satellite technology firm founded in 2021, has reached a major milestone in industrial IoT connectivity. The company launched four new satellites in June 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 (Transporter-14) mission, expanding its Connecta IoT Network to a total of 17 satellites in…
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Overview: Xona Space Systems and the Pulsar Constellation Project Xona Space Systems is a Silicon Valley startup aiming to build a next-generation satellite navigation network as an alternative and complement to GPS. Founded in 2019 by a team of Stanford-educated engineers (including alumni of SpaceX and Stanford’s GPS Lab), Xona’s mission is to “rebuild satellite…
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A Partnership to Eliminate Dead Zones In August 2022, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced an ambitious partnership called “Coverage Above and Beyond,” aiming to end mobile dead zones by connecting standard smartphones to SpaceX’s Starlink satellitest-mobile.comt-mobile.com. Under this vision, Starlink’s low-Earth-orbit satellites would broadcast using T-Mobile’s cellular spectrum, essentially acting as space-based cell towers. The goal:…
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This Week in Space: New Frontiers, Private Astronauts, and the Next Era of Observation Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Space Launches and Satellite Milestones China’s Zhongxing-9C: Full Localization of Broadcast Satellites SpaceX Starlink Launches and Global Connectivity Rocket Lab and HawkEye 360: Expanding RF Intelligence EarthDaily and Next-Gen Earth Observation ESA and Biomass: Unveiling…
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Today in Space / June 28, 2025 0:00 Senior Aerospace Editor’s Exhaustive Roundup Table of Contents 1. Headline News SpaceX’s Starship: Explosions, Environmental Tensions, and Starlink Expansion NASA’s Artemis SLS: Booster Anomalies and Budget Uncertainty International Space Station: Axiom-4, India’s Return, and Multinational Crews 2. Science Highlights Meteor Fireballs and Asteroid Risks Mars: Hidden Volcanoes,…
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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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Background: The Promise of Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) Space-based solar power (SBSP) is the ambitious concept of harvesting solar energy in space and beaming it down to Earth. The idea dates back to 1968, when engineer Peter Glaser first proposed placing giant satellites in orbit to collect sunlight and transmit power wirelessly to Earth space.com.…
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