From: UK Space Agency, Published by Gov.uk, 9 December 2025 Eighteen space businesses across the UK will receive funding and support from their local space cluster to accelerate their commercial growth, as part of a pilot initiative designed to strengthen the UK's space sector supply chain. The UK Space Agency’s
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying an experimental satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 30, 2021 in Xichang, China. Liu Guoxing / VCG via Getty Images By Martin Belam, Published by The Guardian, 2 December 2025 In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to
Published by Blue Origin, 24 November 2025 Blue Origin announced today an agreement with Optimum Technologies (OpTech) to integrate its next-generation Caracal optical payload onboard the first mission of Blue Ring, the highly maneuverable multi-mission spacecraft for payload delivery, hosting, and infrastructure services. Blue Ring's first mission is expected to
SpaceX's Starshield satellites are covert versions of the company's Starlink spacecraft operated by U.S. agencies. This 2023 image shows a batch of Starlink satellites just before they were released into low Earth orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Harry Baker, Published by Live Science, 18 November 2025 An amateur astronomer has
By Mia Nurmamat, Published by the South China Morning Post, 11 November 2025 In 2003, a decade after the humiliation of the Yinhe incident - when a Chinese container ship was left stranded for weeks after the United States jammed its Global Positioning System (GPS) - Beijing set its sights
Space domain awareness is critical for the military's flexibility and responsiveness in space. Image generated via DALL-E. By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe movement. The number of active
Rendering of constellation of imaging satellites in low Earth orbit. Credit: BlackSky By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 6 November 2025 The race to deliver intelligence faster is reshaping the commercial satellite industry — and the business models behind it. At last week’s Milsat Symposium in Mountain View, California,
The Space Force budgeted some $700 million to combat cyber attacks in FY24, according to CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman. (Getty images) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 5 November 2025 Deloitte’s ‘Silent Shield’ payloads will test cyber defenses in orbit A small satellite named Deloitte-1 is hunting for hackers
