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Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 12:04
Reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could have a value of some $800 billion. Musk promptly scotched the $800 billion reports, saying they were not accurate. But an $800 billion valuation could just be a precursor to future growth. And an increase in overall valuation depends on Musk’s next steps.
SFA Launches National Spacepower Center to Educate Leaders on Space Warfare – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 00:00
The National Spacepower Center (NSpC) is a new virtual hub designed to bridge the knowledge gap for U.S. Leaders regarding space as a military domain. The NSpC is not a physical classroom; it is a virtual, immersive environment. Unlike land or air war, where damage is visible, space warfare often happens in the “gray zone”
L3Harris Technologies Completes Critical Design Review For JMA’s Himawari-10 Instruments – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 00:00
L3Harris Technologies has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency’s new geostationary meteorological satellite, Himawari-10. In 2023, L3Harris received a five-year contract to build and deliver the advanced imager and hyperspectral IR sounder payloads.
Operators Pivot to Managed Solutions as Ground Segment Complexity Grows per Novaspace Report – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 00:00
Novaspace’s 6th Ground Segment Market Prospects report projects a $106 billion market. Study forecasts a surge in demand for user terminals (UT) and gateways. Military satellite communications sector is expected to generate $26.5 billion in terminal value through 2034.
FCC Renewing WRC-27 Advisory Committee, Seeks Members – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 00:00
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially initiated the process to renew the charter for the World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WAC) The WAC is a federal advisory committee that serves as the primary vehicle for the private sector (industry, academia, and trade associations) to advise the FCC. Its goal is to help formulate U.S. Positions and technical proposals for WRC-27.
NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 12:52
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s “Best Inventions Hall of Fame” The list recognizes the 25 groundbreaking inventions of the past quarter century that have had the most global impact.
NASA’s Chandra Finds Small Galaxies May Buck the Black Hole Trend
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-11 13:51
Study analyzed over 1,600 galaxies that have been observed with Chandra over two decades. Certain X-ray signatures indicate the presence of supermassive black holes. The study indicates that most smaller galaxies like PGC 03620, likely do not have supermassive black holes in their centers. This contrasts with the common idea that nearly every galaxy has one of these giant black holes within their cores.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-11 11:06
Images taken by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024. Images reveal that not all magnetic material in a CME escapes the Sun — some makes it back, changing the shape of the solar atmosphere.
Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 07:00
The galaxy, which is substantially smaller than our own Milky Way, lies 13 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear) Mrk 178 is one of more than 1,500 Markarian galaxies. While the bulk of the galaxy is blue due to an abundance of young, hot stars, Mrk 178 gets a red hue from a collection of rare massive Wolf–Rayet stars.
All eight ISS docking ports occupied for the first time, Expedition 74 begins
Original Publication Date: 2025-12-12 00:17
Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Nov. 27. The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft undocked from the Prichal module on Dec. 9. All eight docking ports on the ISS were occupied for the first time in its 27-year history. November marked 25 years of continuous human presence on the orbiting laboratory.