Historical Overview of China’s Space & Satellite Industry China’s journey to the stars began during the Cold War. In 1958, Mao Zedong’s government launched the “Two Bombs, One Satellite” program to develop nuclear bombs, missiles, and satellites indigenously warontherocks.com. This led to China’s first satellite – Dong Fang Hong 1 (“The East is Red”) – successfully…
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Sources: The information and quotes above are drawn from a variety of credible sources, including government and industry reports, news articles, and expert analyses: historical data from POLSA and Wikipedia polsa.gov.pl en.wikipedia.org; market figures from the Polish Economic Institute and Space Agency updates trade.gov.pl trade.gov.pl; contract and funding news from Science Business and trade ministry…
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Key Facts Full Report SpaceX Soars: Starship’s Triumph and More Starship’s First Orbital Success: SpaceX’s Starship finally broke its streak of test failures in spectacular fashion. On Aug. 26, the 403-foot reusable rocket system completed its tenth test flight and achieved several firsts. After launching from Starbase, Texas, the Starship upper stage reached space and…
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Key Facts Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Google’s Pixel 10 Phones Launch: Google capped off August with the 10th-generation Pixel smartphone lineup, introduced at its August 20 Made by Google showcase in New York ts2.tech. The Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL and a second-gen Pixel Fold were revealed, all running Google’s new Tensor G5 chip ts2.tech.…
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Key Facts Launches & Spaceflight SpaceX’s Record-Breakers: SpaceX achieved back-to-back milestones with its Starlink launches. In the pre-dawn hours of Aug. 28, a Falcon 9 rocket (booster B1067) blasted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying 28 Starlink satellites – notably the booster’s 30th launch and landing, a new reuse record space.com mynews13.com. “Falcon 9’s first…
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SpaceX Launches & Reusability Milestones On Aug. 27 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, and its first-stage booster (B1095) successfully returned to SpaceX’s droneship in the Atlantic. Spaceflight reports confirm this landing marks the company’s 400th ocean recovery of a Falcon first stage space.com space.com. The booster had…
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Moonless “Black Moon” Nights & Meteor Sightings Late August 2025 offers especially dark nights for skywatchers. The new moon on August 23 was the third new moon in a season with four (an event sometimes nicknamed a “Black Moon”) space.com. This means no bright moonlight to outshine the stars on August 27–28. In fact, the…
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Key Facts SpaceX’s Starship Soars on 10th Test Flight SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket achieved a long-awaited breakthrough on Aug. 26, completing its first fully successful test flight after several explosive failures earlier in the program reuters.com spacepolicyonline.com. The 400-foot-tall Starship (comprising the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage) lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas at 7:30 p.m.…
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Rocket Launches and Mission Highlights Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries and Tech Advances Policy and Regulatory Developments Commercial and Industry News Sources: Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com; Space.com space.com space.com space.com space.com; NASA/Wallops abc11.com abc11.com; ISRO isro.gov.in isro.gov.in; Copernical/SpaceNews copernical.com copernical.com; The Moscow Times themoscowtimes.com; EurekAlert (AURA/NSO) eurekalert.org eurekalert.org; RTL Today Luxembourg today.rtl.lu today.rtl.lu.
SpaceX launched over 5,000 pounds of cargo to the ISS on Aug. 24, 2025, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon capsule autonomously docking on Aug. 25 during NASA’s 33rd commercial resupply mission. Starship’s 10th flight test was scrubbed on Aug. 24, 2025, 30 minutes before liftoff due to a ground systems issue, with…
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