By Emma Gatti, Pub;ished by Space News, 5 November 2025 Milan — The European Space Agency has refined its plan for the European Resilience from Space (ERS) program, outlining a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) framework that more directly ties Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation to Europe’s growing defense and security
The Shenzhou-20 crew — Wang Jie (left), Chen Zhongrui (center), and Chen Dong (right) — has been stranded on board the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit with space junk. The trio launched into space on April 24. (Image credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) By Harry
GPS 3F satellite artist rendition. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 5 November 2025 The Pentagon should establish a dedicated budget to support its Golden Dome missile defense shield’s positioning, navigation, and timing needs and assign a PNT lead to coordinate needed improvements to
By Sam Clark, Pulished by Politico, 5 November 2025 BRUSSELS — The United States has hit out at an upcoming EU space law that it says would place “unacceptable regulatory burdens” on American space companies. In a response to a consultation published Tuesday, the U.S. State Department said it has
ESA’s Vigil spacecraft will watch the sun from the L-5 Lagrange point. Credit: Airbus By Maxwell Zhu, Published by Space News, 4 November 2025 From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed
Illustration of rocket launching. Credit: Shutterstock/SpaceQ. By Marc Boucher, Published by SpaceQ, 4 November 2025 The federal budget released by the Liberal government includes a raft of new defence initiatives including $182.6 million for sovereign space launch capability. The new funding is meant to “establish a sovereign space launch capability” with
This artist illustration shows how network and satellite data can be exchanged in space. Courtesy of NASA. By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 3 November 2025 Companies planning to compete for Golden Dome contracts say they’re already investing in capabilities that could have a range of defense
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 3 November 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — The United Kingdom must move swiftly to turn ambition into action after falling short of a vision outlined three years ago to become a major global space power, a cross-party parliamentary committee warned Nov. 3. The committee
