Space News for Friday, August 22, 2025

SpaceX sends USSF-37 mission X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle soaring from the Cape on Thursday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-21 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Thursday, August 21 at 11:50 p.m. ET launched the USSF-36 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy ...

Space News for Thursday, August 21, 2025

Forrester’s Digest: Mynaric exits Chapter 11 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-20 00:00 Munich-based Mynaric has exited the German version of Chapter 11. The new owner is JVH-Holding, which had been Mynaric's main creditor. The question now is whether Rocket Lab’s proposed $75 ...

Space News for Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Exolaunch to deploy satellites for Capella Space, Pixxel + More on upcoming mission with SpaceX – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-19 00:00 Exolaunch is set to deploy satellites for its customers Capella Space, Pixxel and an undisclosed U.S. Commercial customer on the upcoming NAOS ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 19, 2025

SpaceX launches 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-5 on Monday from sunny California – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-18 00:00 On Monday, August 18 at 9:26 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Space Launch Complex ...

Space News for Monday, August 18, 2025

SpaceX prepares Starship’s 10th launch on Sunday incorporating changes for reliability – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-17 00:00 The tenth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Sunday, August 24. The launch window will open at 6:30 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the ...

Space News for Saturday, August 16, 2025

Hubble Examines Low Brightness, High Interest Galaxy Original Publication Date: 2025-08-15 07:00 NGC 45 lies just 22 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale) The portrait uses data drawn from two complementary observing programs. NGC 45 is a remarkable type called a low ...

Space News for Friday, August 15, 2025

SpaceX readies for Sunday launch of 24 smallsats of Starlink Group 17-5 from California – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-14 00:00 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to launch 24 Starlink satellites to add to the Starlink constellation in low-Earth orbit. A live webcast of this ...

Space News for Thursday, August 14, 2025

U.S. Space Force’s L3Harris-built NTS-3 satellite successfully launches – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-13 00:00 NTS-3 is the Department of Defense’s first experimental navigation satellite system in nearly 50 years. NTS-3 will be used for a variety of experiments to include ...

Space News for Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Arianespace’s Ariane 6 successfully launches Metop-SGA1 weather satellite “This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter” – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-12 00:00 Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying EUMETSAT’s Metop-SGA1 satellite. Ariane 6 is the new European ...

Space News for Tuesday, August 12, 2025

SpaceX delivers for Amazon, with launch of Project Kuiper’s smallsat KF-02 Mission – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-08-11 00:00 After the fourth delay due to weather, on Monday, August 11 at 8:35 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the KF-02 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 ...