Space News for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 17-3 smallsats on Friday from California – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-15 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Starlink Group 17-3 smallsats from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB in California on on Friday, July 18th, at 7:08 – 11:51 PM PDT. This ...

Space News for Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The focus is on the future… SES acquisition of Intelsat approved by the U.S. FCC – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-14 00:00 SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. For a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) The ...

Space News for Monday, July 14, 2025

SpaceX launches “Israel’s most advanced communications satellite” built by Israel Aerospace from the Cape early Sunday morn – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-13 00:00 SpaceX launched Dror-1 on Sunday, July 13 at 1:04 a.m. ET. The 4.5-ton Dror-1, developed by IAI will serve Israel’s ...

Space News for Friday, July 11, 2025

Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies plans maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1 on July 16, nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-10 00:00 Gilmour Space plans a Tuesday, July 16, launch for the maiden flight of Eris Test Flight1. The launch ...

Space News for Thursday, July 10, 2025

Globalstar’s launch services agreement with SpaceX – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-09 00:00 Globalstar, Inc. Has signed an agreement with SpaceX for a Falcon 9 launch for the next set of satellites. Globalstar expects the launch will take place next year following the initial ...

Space News for Wednesday, July 09, 2025

SpaceX launches Starlink Group 10-28 in early morning from Cape – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-08 00:00 Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the 22nd flight for ...

Space News for Tuesday, July 08, 2025

UK’s SatVu secures multi-million ESA contract to power climate and security intelligence – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-08 00:00 SatVu awarded a contract worth up to €3 million by the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply advanced thermal data to the Copernicus Contributing ...

Space News for Monday, July 07, 2025

Sateliot advances its constellation with 5 new satellites to be manufactured by Alén Space – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-06 00:00 Sateliot has entrusted the manufacture of its next five satellites to the Spanish firm Alén Space. These satellites will become part of its LEO ...

Space News for Thursday, July 03, 2025

UK’s Orbex and Germany’s Exolaunch partner in smallsat launch services – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-02 00:00 Orbex and Exolaunch collaborate to provide end-to-end launch services for small satellites. Exolaunch will use launch capacity and integrate customer payloads with ...

Space News for Wednesday, July 02, 2025

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches MTG-Sounder satellite to address air pollution and extreme weather events + ESA + EUMETSAT – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-07-01 00:00 The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission ...