Warship Hangs Over the Clouds”: Space Force Rushes to Complete First Orbital Carrier Poised to Control the Skies Above Every Nation By Rosemary Potter, Published by Energy Reporters, 16 August 2025 As tensions escalate in the realm of space exploration, the U.S. Space Force's collaboration with Gravitics to develop an
An artist's rendering shows NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) - NASA/JPL-Caltech By Andrew Freedman, Published by CNN, 13 August 2025 NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution and other climate vital signs beginning as soon as October, sources inside and outside of the
Mission Control Space Services' Persistence mission is housed in a six-unit Spire Global Lemur cubesat equipped with an optical-imaging payload. The cubesat, launched in June on the SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare, is undergoing commissioning. Credit: Spire Global By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 12 August 2025 SALT LAKE CITY –
Image: Lockheed Martin. By Defence Industry Europe, Published by defence-industry.eu, 7 August 2025 Telesat Corp., Canada’s largest satellite operator, has expressed interest in contributing to the United States’ proposed Golden Dome missile defence system. The company’s chief executive, Dan Goldberg, said its Lightspeed satellite network “could make valuable contributions” to
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 9 August 2025 WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines has decided to bring in-house the production of satellites for a cislunar communications system, giving the company more schedule control and the ability to pursue other satellite opportunities. In an Aug. 7 earnings call, Intuitive Machines
The Aurora carried the monitoring suite to the edge of space: Dawn Aerospace By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 7 August 2025 Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites? It turns out it's an optical package called Morning Sparrow made by Scout Space and carried
Artist's illustration of Astroscale's space debris removal system in action. (Image credit: Astroscale) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 5 August 2025 "Our distributed architecture solves a key challenge in orbital debris removal by enabling the deorbit and reentry of multiple large debris objects sustainably and economically." The Japanese space-sustainability
Joint STARS GMTI data overlaid on overhead imagery. U.S. Air Force By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 4 August 2025 The new capability will first go to forces in the Indo-Pacific first. The Space Force plans to launch satellites that can track vehicles and ships in 2028 and eventually
