ST Engineering to support UAE’s space ambitions with SAR satellite – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-23 00:00
ST Engineering has been selected by FADA to deliver a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite. The project is aimed at enhancing the UAE’s Earth Observation (EO) capabilities. The satellite will have state-of-the-art imaging with sub-meter resolution and a high-speed downlink.
Starlab, developer of commercial space stations, secures strategic investment – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-23 00:00
Janus Henderson Group and Voyager Technologies, Inc. Are reporting that the former will make a strategic investment in Starlab Space, which develops next generation commercial space stations. Starlab’s AI-enabled commercial space station aims to ensure continuous human presence in LEO and a seamless transition of microgravity science and research with the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS)
Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsat Group 6-79 early Saturday from the Cape – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-23 00:00
Falcon 9 took off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink Group 6-79 mission launched 29 smallsats into the Starlink constellation. This was the ninth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission.
The Overview Effect: Astronaut Perspectives from 25 Years in Low Earth Orbit
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-23 18:00
The International Space Station's cupola module is equipped with seven windows looking down on Earth. This unique experience is known as the overview effect – a term coined in 1987 by space philosopher and author Frank White in a book of the same name. The phenomenon creates powerful changes in the way astronauts think about Earth and life.