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Bitcoin Blasts Past $125K, AI Wars Escalate, and Space Tech Soars – Global Tech Roundup (Oct 5–6, 2025)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) OpenAI vs. Musk’s xAI – legal battle heats up: The Silicon Valley rivalry between Elon Musk and OpenAI turned into open warfare in court. Musk’s AI startup xAI sued OpenAI, accusing it of poaching staff to steal trade secrets related to xAI’s Grok chatbot. This week OpenAI hit back, asking a judge to dismiss the suit and blasting it as part of Musk’s “ongoing harassment” of the company reuters.com. OpenAI’s filing argued that “talented xAI employees are leaving in droves” under Musk and have every right to join OpenAI reuters.com. Musk, a co-founder turned critic of OpenAI,

6 October 2025

South Korea’s Space Revolution: From Late Bloomer to Satellite Powerhouse by 2030

Sources: South Korean news agencies and official statements were used to ensure up-to-date information and quotes. Key references include Yonhap News Agency reports on KASA’s establishment and budget en.yna.co.kr en.yna.co.kr, the Hanwha-KARI Nuri rocket transfer koreajoongangdaily.joins.com koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, and startup launch successes en.yna.co.kr, as well as JoongAng Daily and Korea Times features on industry trends koreajoongangdaily.joins.com koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. These sources provide a factual basis for the history, current developments, and future outlook discussed. All citations are preserved in the format provided.

11 September 2025

Innovation · Satellites · South Korea · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Japan’s Space and Satellite Industry: A Comprehensive 2025 Market Report

Key Facts Historical Development of Japan’s Space Program Japan’s journey in space began in the 1950s and has grown from university research rockets to a major national endeavor. In 1955, Professor Hideo Itokawa’s team launched the first pencil rocket as a rudimentary experiment en.wikipedia.org. By the 1960s, Japan developed larger sounding rockets (the Kappa and Lambda series) leading up to its first satellite launch. In February 1970, Japan successfully launched the Ohsumi satellite on a Lambda-4S rocket, making Japan the world’s fourth spacefaring nation to launch an indigenous satellite into orbit (after the USSR, USA, and France) u-tokyo.ac.jp. Throughout the

5 September 2025

Japan · Market Reports · NYSE:TM · Satellites · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Rocketing Ambitions: Inside France’s Booming Space & Satellite Industry in 2025

Key Facts Historical Evolution of France’s Space Sector France’s space journey began in the Cold War era with a quest for strategic independence. General de Gaulle established CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales) in 1961 to make France an autonomous space power cnes.fr. This goal was dramatically realized on 26 November 1965, when France’s Diamant rocket launched the Astérix satellite into orbit from Algerian soil – making France the third country (after the USSR and USA) to launch its own satellite cnes.fr cnes.fr. This early success kick-started a proud legacy of French “firsts,” including the opening of the Guiana Space Centre

3 September 2025

Aerospace · France · Satellites · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Galactic Gold Rush: Global Satellite & Space Industry Soars Toward $1 Trillion

In 2024 the global space economy was valued at roughly $550–600 billion, with projections to approach $1 trillion within 10–15 years. North America, led by the U.S., accounted for about 60% of world space spending in 2024, with American firms building 83% of all commercial satellites launched that year and earning 69% of global satellite manufacturing revenue, while capturing about 65% of commercial launch revenues. 2024 set a record with 259 orbital launches and 2,695 satellites deployed, driven largely by SpaceX’s activity. Global satellite manufacturing revenues in 2024 reached about $20 billion, up 17% from 2023, with the U.S. responsible

16 July 2025

Future Trends · Global Economy · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:SPCE · Satellites · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Space Tech’s Summer Surge – Record Launches, Orbital Innovations & Earth Observation Revolution (June–July 2025)

SpaceX achieved its 500th Falcon 9 mission in early July 2025, with an overnight Starlink launch featuring a booster on its 29th reuse. By July 2, 2025, SpaceX had conducted 83 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, including 61 Starlink deployments. In June 2025, the United States saw 21 commercial launches across four providers, with SpaceX accounting for 15, and 12 of those were Starlink missions. On June 28, 2025, four orbital launches occurred within 13 hours, including two SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink missions, a Rocket Lab Electron, and Japan’s H-2A. Japan’s H-2A rocket completed its final mission on June 28,

7 July 2025

Earth Observation · Innovations · NASDAQ:PL · NASDAQ:RKLB · Rocket Launches · Space · Space Tech · Summer 2025

Sky Watchers: The 2025–2033 Boom in Weather & Climate Satellite Constellations

Over 5,400 Earth observation satellites are projected to be launched globally from 2024 to 2033, nearly triple the previous decade. NOAA’s GeoXO program will deploy at least three geostationary satellites (with options up to four more) to upgrade GOES-R and extend Western Hemisphere coverage, following a $2.27 billion contract awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2024. NOAA/NASA plan JPSS-3 for 2027 and JPSS-4 for 2032 to provide critical morning-orbit polar data for numerical weather models. Europe’s MTG and MetOp-SG programs will deliver six MTG satellites (four MTG-I imagers and two MTG-S sounders) and the MetOp-SG A1/B1 pair by 2025, with MTG

21 June 2025

2025-2033 Trends · Climate Change · Satellite Constellations · Space Technology · Weather Satellites