The U.S. and China continue to compete in space. (Image credit: Dragon Claws/iStock/Getty Images) By Evelyn Hart, Published by Indian Defence Reveiw, 19 December 2025 A Chinese satellite just outperformed Starlink—using a laser no stronger than a nightlight. Fired from 36,000 km above Earth, this silent tech breakthrough is shaking
llustration of Tracking Layer Tranche 3 spacecraft. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 19 December 2025 L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Dec. 19 it awarded about $3.5 billion in contracts
US Presidential ActionsExecutive Orders, 18 December 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Superiority in space is a measure of national vision and willpower, and the technologies Americans develop to
Photo: German Ministry of Defence. By Lukasz Prus, Published by Defence Industry Europe, 17 December 2025 Germany’s Bundestag has approved a $3.1 billion expansion of the Arrow 3 air and missile defence contract with Israel. The move complements an initial agreement worth about $3.5 billion signed roughly two years ago,
By Clarence Oxford, Published by Space War, 17 December 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) - U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command has activated System Delta 80 to manage launch solutions, on-orbit servicing, and range systems in support of the Assured Access to Space Program Executive Office portfolio. This new delta
Illustration Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by New Scientist, 16 December 2025 Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other outage A collision would occur in just 2.8 days if all satellites lost their
Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) could be the next target for the future of satellites. (Image credit: Getty Images) By Sven Bilé, Published by The Conversation, 16 December 2025 But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO…the region's getting a bit crowded. There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting
By George Allison, Published by UK Defence Journal, 16 December 2025 Scotland has signed a new agreement aimed at expanding cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in the space sector, following a Letter of Intent between industry body Space Scotland and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, according to the
