Space News Roundup: Breakthroughs, Challenges, and New Frontiers (June 30, 2025) The space sector continues to surge with innovation, discovery, and global impact. From NASA’s satellites revolutionizing our view of Earth and the cosmos, to the growing role of private industry in space access, the past week’s headlines reveal a dynamic, interconnected space ecosystem. This…
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Satellite Launches and Deployment It has been an exceptionally busy period for orbital launches around the globe. Japan’s H-2A rocket flew its 50th and final mission, drawing the curtain on a 24-year career. The liquid-fueled H-2A, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA, successfully lofted an Earth-observation satellit into a sun-synchronous orbit on June 28…
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ForgeStar-1 is a groundbreaking in-space manufacturing satellite developed by Welsh startup Space Forge – a project aimed at creating the world’s first orbital semiconductor foundry. Launched in June 2025, ForgeStar-1 became the UK’s first in-space manufacturing mission, designed to produce advanced semiconductor materials in the microgravity environment of Low Earth Orbit spaceforge.com. Built entirely in…
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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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June 2025 Space News: Breakthroughs, Missions, and the Expanding Frontier Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Space Exploration and Human Spaceflight Axiom-4: India’s Return to Human Spaceflight ISS Operations Amidst Air Leak Concerns Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-33 Launch 3. Satellite Technology and Earth Observation ESA’s Biomass and Forest Carbon Monitoring Japan’s GOSAT-GW and the…
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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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The Artemis I mission lifts off in a spectacular night launch on November 16, 2022, marking the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) mega-rocket. Artemis I sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back, laying the groundwork for future crewed lunar missions nasa.gov. This milestone exemplifies the rapid resurgence of lunar…
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