Satellite News Roundup for July 12–13, 2025 The past 48 hours delivered a blitz of satellite news across the globe. From a stealth SpaceX launch of a “smartphone in space” to international plans for new orbiting networks, this weekend saw major developments in civilian, commercial, scientific, and military space arenas. Here’s a comprehensive roundup of…
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The New Golden Age of Space: Streaming, Satellites, and Superpowers The 2020s are rapidly becoming a new golden age for space exploration and technology. From the democratization of space access through streaming platforms to the militarization of orbits and the rise of eco-friendly satellites, today’s headlines reveal a world where space is no longer the…
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Solar Sails and Early Space Weather Warnings: A New Era in Space Safety Space weather—driven by solar storms and coronal mass ejections (CMEs)—poses a growing threat to our technology-dependent civilization. These solar events can disrupt satellite operations, power grids, and even endanger astronauts. In response, a new generation of solar sail-equipped satellites is poised to…
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Europe’s Space Ambitions: Breaking Free from US Launch Dominance Europe is accelerating its efforts to reduce dependence on the United States for space launches, a move driven by both strategic necessity and the explosive growth of the global space economy. In 2024, the US conducted a staggering 154 orbital launches, while Europe managed only three—a…
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Space News Roundup: July 2025 From lunar marvels to leadership shakeups, the global space sector faces pivotal moments in science, technology, and policy. The Buck Moon Rises: A Celestial Spectacle for July 2025 What Is the Buck Moon and Why Is It Special This Year? On July 10, 2025, skywatchers across the globe will witness…
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Key take‑aways In the early hours of 5 July 2025 (09:07 UT), amateur astronomer Mario Rana recorded a brief, white flare on Saturn’s western limb. Within hours, the Planetary Virtual Observatory & Laboratory (PVOL) issued an international “all‑points bulletin,” asking observers to scour their own images for corroboration. So far, no second detection has surfaced, but a growing body of data and expert…
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Space in July 2025: Budget Battles, Scientific Breakthroughs, and the New Space Race The global space sector is experiencing a period of profound transformation, marked by political wrangling over budgets, rapid advances in technology, and a surge of new players in both government and commercial domains. From the halls of Congress to the surface of…
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Space News Roundup: 8th July 2025 SpaceX’s Relentless Starlink Expansion and Falcon 9 Milestones SpaceX continues to dominate the commercial launch landscape, with its Starlink constellation growing at an unprecedented pace. On July 8, 2025, SpaceX launched the Starlink 10-28 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, deploying 28 new broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit…
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Space News Roundup: July 2025 China’s Bold Advances: Space-Based AI, Deep Space Ambitions, and Satellite Networks The ‘Three-Body Computing Constellation’: Space-Based AI Supercomputing China has launched the Three-Body Computing Constellation, a new class of satellites designed to perform advanced in-orbit data processing and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Each satellite in this constellation boasts a staggering…
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This Week in Space: Reusable Rockets, Interstellar Visitors, and the Future of Earth Observation The past week has seen a torrent of developments across the space sector, from Europe’s push toward reusable launchers and the detection of a new interstellar object, to the sobering loss of a major climate-monitoring satellite. As the world’s eyes turn…
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