The Pentagon’s Real Estate Play to Break the West Coast Launch Monopoly – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-30 00:00 Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD 30) released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting industry interest in Space Launch Complex 14 (SLC-14) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. ...

NASA Shutters ‘The Earth Observer’ Publication; EOS Flagships Face 2026 Retirement – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-29 00:00 NASA to cease publication of The Earth Observer, the agency's long-running Earth Science newsletter. The closure of the 36-year-old publication marks a ...

U.S. Fiber-to-the-Home Market Nears 100 Million Passings Following Record 2025 Growth – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-28 00:00 The U.S. Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) market reached a record 11.8 million new homes passed in 2025. Fiber now reaches over 60 percent of U.S. Households and ...

DoD Report: China’s ISR Fleet Swells to 510+ Satellites, ‘Informatized’ Warfare Accelerates – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-24 00:00 The 2025 report underscores a dramatic shift in the orbital balance of power. Since 2015, China’s on-orbit presence has grown by approximately 927 ...

The “Delete” Agenda Hits Space – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-23 00:00 FCC processed 3,418 applications in 2025, a 21% increase over the previous year. The surge in activity traces back to the aggressive agenda set in October 2025. This is no longer an agency acting as a ...

4iG Space and Defence to Invest $100 Million in Axiom Space – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-22 00:00 4iG Space and Defence Technologies Zrt. (4iG SDT) signed a definitive investment agreement on December 20, 2025, to become an anchor investor in the U.S.-based commercial space ...

Zenno Awarded German Federal Contract for Next-Generation Satellite Autonomy – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-19 00:00 Zenno Astronautics announced it has secured a contract from Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND) The project, titled “Autonomous Fuel-Free ...

Southern Launch to Support Orbital Re-Entries of Lux Aeterna – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-18 00:00 Southern Launch and Lux Aeterna have finalized a contract to conduct orbital re-entries of reusable satellite infrastructure at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia. The ...

FCC Grants Landmark SCS License to SpaceX & T-Mobile – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-17 00:00 The Federal Communications Commission’s decision on December 16, 2025, to grant a landmark Supplemental Coverage from Space license to SpaceX and T-Mobile represents a fundamental pivot in ...

Europe’s Vanishing Rocket Capability – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-12-16 00:00 Arianespace is planning 6-8 launches in 2026. The first of the new Ariane 64 iteration, the first with 4 boosters attached, and is the first of a huge contract from Amazon’s Leo for a total of 18 ...