Geen echte uitschieters deze week. Er zijn dan wel twee Europese lanceringen op komst deze zomer maar nieuwe Europese weersatelliet moest wel met SpaceX gelanceerd worden. Ondertussen is het NASA-budget voor FY2026 goedgekeurd. En wat de gevolgen daarvan zijn, dat is hier ondertussen al uitgebreid aan bod gekomen. Het wordt uitkijken wat ESA (en de Europese landen) op het einde van het jaar gaan doen. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: De reeks van Europese weersatelliet Meteosat is aan zijn derde generatie toe. Om deze tijdig gelanceerd te krijgen, moest beroep gedaan worden op de Falcon 9 van SpaceX. Foto: SpaceX.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

IPERLITE – België krijgt nieuwe satelliet – VITO / AEROSPACELAB.
BELSPO: ESA, VITO, and Aerospacelab Team Up for IPERLITE Hyperspectral Mission.

Proba-3 – KSB ontvangt top experts coronagrafie.
KSB: Proba-3: top experts in coronagrafie ontmoeten elkaar op de Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België.

RAdCor – Om aardobservaties te verbeteren.
BELSPO: The RAdCor processor is now freely available for improved Earth Observation applications.

Belgisch satellietplatform van Aerospacelab → Pulsar 0 van Xona de ruimte in met Transporter 14.
De Pulsar-0 is gebaseerd op het Versatile Satellite Platform VSP-150 van Aerospacelab.
Zie deze Aerospacelab linkedin post over de separatie v/d satelliet.

Xona Space: Launching Pulsar-0, our first production-class satellite
Xona Space: Road to Pulsar-0: From technology demonstrator to production-class satellite

Twee ICE Cubes mee met IGNIS-missie – Axiom 4.
ICE Cubes Service : Ax-: IGNIS payloads & live events

Artemis/Gateway-astronauten zullen oefenen op een Belgisch toestel.
Space Applications Services heeft het in deze linkedin post over NEX4EX-G.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

29.06.2025 – NS-33 – New Shepard lanceert weer 6 toeristen de ruimte in.
Blue Origin: Blue Origin’s New Shepard Completes 33rd Mission to Space.

Space News: Blue Origin launches third New Shepard mission within three months.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space.

Africa In Space: Chief Owolabi Salis Becomes First Nigerian in Space on Blue Origin Flight.
Satellite Pro ME: Blue Origin’s NS-33 mission sends first Nigerian to space.

Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-33 Webcast.
Blue Origin: New Shepard Mission NS-33: Apogee.
Blue Origin: The Journey of NS-33.
SciNews: Blue Origin NS-33 New Shepard launch and landing.

01.07.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Europese MTG-S1/Sentinel-4A.
ESA: MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 take a step closer to space.
ESA: Why MTG-S1 is a nowcasting game-changer.
ESA: MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready for liftoff.
ESA: MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmosphere.

Enkele foto’s:
ESA: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 being loaded for their voyage to the launch site.
ESA: MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 arrive at Cape Canaveral harbour.
ESA: Sentinel-4 on MTG-S1 in the cleanroom at Astrotech.
ESA: MTG-S and Sentinel-4 undergo pre-launch manoeuvres.
ESA: MTG-S1 hosting Sentinel-4 transported inside the Falcon 9 fairing.

BELSPO: Nieuw hoofdstuk voor de weersvoorspellingen in Europa.
VRT NWS: Kunnen we straks onweer beter voorspellen? Weersatelliet van nieuwste generatie wordt gelanceerd.

Spaceflight Now: EUMETSAT, ESA launches combo MTG-S1, Sentinel-4 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea .
Space News: Falcon 9 launches European weather satellite.

Filmpjes:
ESA: MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 media briefing.
ESA: MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 launch replay.
ESA: MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 launch highlights.
ESA: MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission highlights.
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches MTG-S1 and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: Eumetsat MTG-S1 deployment.

02.07.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 10-25 (CCSFS).
Twee records: de 500ste vlucht van een Falcon 9 en de 29ste van een booster (eerste trap F9).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches its 500th Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceCom: SpaceX rocket sets reuse record on 500th Falcon 9 launch.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 280 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 2 July 2025.

03.07.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 4C lanceert Shiyan 28 B-01.
ECNS: Experimental satellite launched from Xichang center.
ECNS: China launches new test satellite.

Space News: China launches first classified Shiyan-28B experimental satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Successfully Launches New Test Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-4C launches Shiyan-28B 01.

03.07.2025 – Na het vertrek van Progress MS-29 – Russische Soyuz 2.1a lanceert Progress MS-31 naar het ISS.
Eerder op  01.07.2025 – Het vertrek van Progress MS-29. 
TASS: Progress MS-29 undocks from ISS.
TASS: Russia’s Progress MS-29 resupply ship splashes down in Pacific — Roscosmos.

TASS: Russia gets ready for July 3 launch of Progress MS-31 spaceship.
Russian Space News: Progress cargo ships prepare for orbit change.

SpaceCom: Russia launches Progress 92 cargo ship toward the ISS.
NSF: Progress MS-31 launches as ISS hosts private crew, prepares for another handover.

NASA: Progress Cargo Craft Launches to Station for Saturday Delivery.

Filmpjes – Ontkoppeling en vertrek Progress MS-29.
Roscosmos TV. Vertrek Progress MS-29 (live broadcast).
SciNews: Progress MS-29 undocking.

Filmpjes: Lancering Progress MS-31.
Roscosmos: Broadcast of the launch of the cargo ship Progress MS-31.
NASA: Progress 92 Cargo Ship Launch.
SciNews: Progress MS-31 launch.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

15.07.2025 – Australische Gilmour stelt eerste lancering Eris-raket van 2 naar 15 juli.
SpaceCom: Australia's first orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris-1, to launch July 2 after nose cone glitch.
UPI: Gilmour Space again delays launch of Australia's first orbital rocket.

Updates over de lancering vind je op de website van Gilmour.

25.07.2025 – Vega C lanceert 4x CO3D satellieten alsook de MicroCarb.
SatNews: Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C.
SpaceCom: See Vega-C rocket's 3rd stage hoisted for upcoming launch | Space photo of the day for July 3, 2025.

??.08.2025 – Ariane 6 moet Europese weersatelliet lanceren.
ESA: First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 arrive at launch site.

ESA: Zefiro-9 hoisted into place.

Raketnieuws.

Een nieuwe Vulcan-lancering wordt voorbereid.
Spaceflight Now: ULA begins stacking its 1st Vulcan rocket supporting a national security mission.

De tweede New Glenn gaat ESCAPADE naar Mars sturen.
Ars Technica: The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars.

ESA’s Themis op weg naar Zweden.
SALTO: How SALTO advances reusable launcher technology.
SALTO:  SALTO project prepares for first European hop test attempt as Themis arrives to Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden.
SALTO: Experience Europe’s first reusable rocket demonstrator hop test in 3D.
ESA: Themis: the journey of Europe’s first reusable rocket has begun.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Themis wrapped up and ready to go.
SALTO: Experience Europe’s first reusable rocket demonstrator hop test – Now in 3D.

Een reeks testen met Prometheus met succes uitgevoerd.
ESA: Prometheus fires up once again (and again).
European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup Completes Key Prometheus Rocket Engine Tests.

Fase 2 voor ESA’s Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator.
European Spaceflight: ESA Launches Phase 2 of Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project.

ESA’s Launcher Challenge.
Europe in Space: Who Are the Twelve? A Closer Look at ESA’s Launcher Challenge.
Space News: ESA prepares downselect for European Launcher Challenge.

Zie ook: 
ESA (filmpje): The future of ESA Transportation.

Het Franse Latitude en de Zephyr raket.
Space News: Latitude announces new factory and contracts for Zephyr small launcher.

Zie o.a. ook deze linkedin post over het lanceerpad in Frans Guyana (23.06.2025), alsook een bericht over gesloten overeenkomsten en partnerships afgesloten tijdens de International Paris Air Show (18.06.2025).

De Latitude website vind je hier.

Ook Orbex gaat samenwerken met Exolaunch – Prime / Proxima.
Orbex: UK’s Orbex and Germany’s Exolaunch Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement In Launch Services.
Via Satellite: Orbex and Exolaunch to Offer End-to-End Smallsat Launch Services.
Payload: Exolaunch’s European Expansion Continues.

Chinese herbruikbare Zhuque-3 krijgt dit jaar nog zijn eerste vlucht.
CCTV (filmpje): China’s Reusable Rocket Zhuque-3 to Take Maiden Flight This Year.

DARPA zet DRACO stop – Demonstratie v/e nucleaire thermische motor.
Breaking Defense: DARPA’s DRACO nuclear propulsion project ROARs no more.
Er is nog beperkte info te vinden op de DRACO website.

Rusland blijft Baikonur gebruiken.
TASS: Active use of Baikonur spaceport remains unconditional priority — Putin.

FAA – Lanceerrecord in mei.
SpaceCom: US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says.
Je kan zelf wat statistiekjes opvragen via FAA Commercial Space Data.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

NASA bevestigt bemanning voor Soyuz MS-29, te lanceren in juni 2026.
NASA: NASA Assigns Astronaut Anil Menon to First Space Station Mission.

Crew 12 – De ‘specials” voor het menu van Sphie Adenot – Epsilon.
ESA: A pinch of France in space.
ESA: Anne-Sophie Pic and Sophie Adenot.

ISS – Nieuws van Axiom 4.
The Times of India: Shubhanshu Shukla starts microgravity research with experiment on skeletal muscle degradation.
The Times of India: Shukla in space: Benefits far outweigh cost, says ISRO chief.
The Hindu: Axiom-4 trip to the ISS will provide valuable inputs for Gaganyaan mission: ISRO.

Filmpje:
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | Space Radiation Discussion.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission Update | Peggy Whitson & Tibor Kapu.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Science | Dr. Lucie Low.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Broadcast | Matt Ondler Chief Strategy Officer.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | Future Female Astronaut Q&A with Peggy Whitson.

ISS – De blogentries / On the ISS this week.
NASA ISS Blog: Crews Fill Day With Muscle, Heart, and Brain Research Before Cargo Mission Swap.
NASA ISS Blog: Brain, Cancer, and Biotech Top Science Schedule as Cargo Craft Departs.
NASA ISS Blog: Brain Research Continues on Station Ahead of Cargo Mission Launch.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts Send Independence Day Message Before Cargo Mission Launches.

SpaceCom: Seeing 'fireworks' on Earth from space | On the ISS this week June 26 - July 4, 2025.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Satellite spies both ISS and China's Tiangong space station | Space photo of the day for July 4, 2025.

ISS National Lab: A Small Drop With a Big Impact: Fundamental Science in Space to Improve Medicine on Earth.
ISS National Lab: New Wearable Tech Tracks Astronauts’ Sleep Quality on International Space Station.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Astronauts Send Fourth of July Wishes From the International Space Station.
NASA: NASA Astronauts Discuss Life In Space With KMGH-TV – Thursday, July 3, 2025.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Satellite spies both ISS and China's Tiangong space station | Space photo of the day for July 4, 2025.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
L3Harris: Artemis II mission advances with successful RS-25 engine checkout tests.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA and DoD Practice Abort Scenarios Ahead of Artemis II Moon Mission.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan / HLS.
Payload: US Moon Landers Face Risks From Fire, Mass, and Prop Transfer.

Filmpje:
Lockheed Martin: A Choreographed Space Dance: How NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Docks in Space.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Powering the Moon Using Vertical Solar Array Technology.
SpaceNews (podcast): Space Minds: The Business Case for the Moon.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
ECNS: Hefei lab develops lunar soil 3D printing for moon construction.
Xinhua: China's lunar 3D printing breakthrough paves way for moon "houses" built from soil sourced on-site.

Inside Outer Space: China’s Moon Underground: Lava Tube Lurking Robots.
CCTV (filmpje): China Completes First Teaching Practice Base for Simulated Moon Underground Space.

Starship – De naweeën van een ontploft Ship.

Filmpjes:
LabPadre Space: Picking Up The Pieces of Ship 36 - Spaceflight Update #173.
NSF: Could SpaceX Actually Static Fire Ships on the OLM? Starbase Update!
NSF: "An unbelievable number of welds" | SpaceX Starbase.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

MethanSAT valt uit.
MethaneSat: MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite.

SpaceCom: Climate satellite MethaneSAT backed by Bezos and Google fails in space after just 1 year.
Via Satellite: MethaneSAT Loses Contact With Satellite.
Space News: MethaneSAT fails in orbit.
The Register: MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth.

Chinese Tianwen-2 neemt foto’s van de Aarde/Maan.
ECNS: Tianwen 2 sends back images of Earth, moon.
ECNS: China releases images of Earth, moon captured by Tianwen-2 probe.

3I/ATLAS, een interstellaire bezoeker.
NASA: NASA Discovers Interstellar Comet Moving Through Solar System.
ESA: ESA tracks rare interstellar comet.

Filmpjes:
ESA: ESA observes interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS;
NASA: NASA: What We Know About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS.
SciNews: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
NASA: NASA Missions Help Explain, Predict Severity of Solar Storms.

Aarde:
SpaceCom: New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires – Firesat.
ESA: Southern Europe’s land and sea sizzles.
ESA: Sea-surface salinity around Antarctica.

Maan:
The Register: NASA gives Lunar Trailblazer a few more weeks to pick up the phone.
SpaceCom: Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields.
Space News: CAPSTONE™ Celebrates Three Years of Groundbreaking Achievements in Lunar Navigation and Autonomy.
PhysOrg: New geometry discovery could stop lunar landers from falling over.
European Spaceflight: ASI Taps OHB to Develop Lunar Oxygen Extraction Mission – ORACLE.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4582-4583: A Rock and a Sand Patch.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4584–4585: Just a Small Bump.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4586-4587: Straight Drive, Strategic Science.
SpaceCom: NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover – MSR.
SpaceCom: Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan? – MSR.
ECNS: China's Tianwen-3 Mars sample-return mission targeted for 2031 – MSR.
SpaceCom: Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out.

Saturnus:
Universe Today: The Oceans on Enceladus Are Highly Alkaline.

Planetoïde Ryugu:
SpaceCom: 'Like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice': How a surprise mineral could change the history of asteroid Ryugu.
Astrum (filmpje): Somehow, Earth Life Was Found on JAXA’s Hayabusa2 Asteroid Ryugu Sample.

New Horizons:
Physorg: New Horizons conducts first successful deep space stellar navigation test.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

European Defense Agency kiest ISISPACE voor LEO2VLEO project.
EDA: EDA signs with ISISPACE for LEO2VLEO satellite constellation launch.
Space News: DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project.

Planet levert beeldmateriaal aan Duitsland in een nieuw contract.
Planet: Planet Awarded €240 Million Satellite Services Deal.
Payload: Planet Scores €240M Defense and Intelligence Contract.

Planet: Planet Secures Four Major Wins for AI-Enabled Solutions in the Defense and Intelligence Sector.

NASA Budget FY2025.
De wekelijkse vooruitblik:
Space Policy Online: What ‘s happening in space policy June 29-July 5, 2025.

Politico: Senate passes Trump’s megabill after pulling all-nighter.
MSNBC: Senate Republicans begrudgingly pass Trump's megabill.

WPSD Local: Trump admin will cut hurricane forecasters out of key satellite data in one month.

Space News: Congress passes budget reconciliation bill with $10 billion for NASA.
Space Policy Online: Reconciliation bill passes Congress with billions for US Space Force.
Space Policy Online: Trump megabill includes billions for Artemis, ISS, moving a space shuttle to Texas and more.
Air & Space Forces: Trump Signs Reconciliation Bill, Securing Billions for Air Force and Space Force Programs.

NASA Watch: NASA Workforce Depletion Update.

En wie echt geïnteresseerd is in die fameuze “bill” kan bij het US Congress terecht.

Een gevolg van het nieuwe budget – Verhuist Shuttle Discovery van het Smithsonian nabij Washington naar Houston?
10.04.2025 – Collect Space: Texas senators: Move space shuttle from Smithsonian to Houston.

Recenter nieuws:
Collect Space: Move of space shuttle Discovery may hinge on 'Big Beautiful Bill'.
Ars Technica: Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian.
The Register: Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle.

Hoe doet NASA het, wat zijn grootste projecten betreft?
GAO: NASA: Assessments of Major Projects.
Inside Outer Space: Report: NASA Major Projects – Hits and Overruns.

PWSA – Nieuws.
Defense One: What SDA’s latest win signals for military space – T1DES.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Critical Design Review for Space Development Agency’s T2TL-Beta Constellation.

Space Force – Nieuws.
LeoLabs: Class Radar Capabilities to Detect and Track Launches.
Space News: Space Force eyes maneuverable satellites and cloud-based control software to outpace threats in orbit.
Via Satellite: Space Force Awards SpaceX $81M Task Order for USSF-178 – NSSL.
Breaking Defense: Space Force awards BAE $1.2B for missile warning sats in MEO – Epoch 2 – MWT.
Space News: NOAA budget proposal seeks to cancel TraCSS.
Payload: NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program.
Astrum (filmpje): SpaceX's Military Project It Doesn't Want You to Know About – Starshield.
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Boosting an Ecosystem of GPS Alternatives in Low-Earth Orbit – LEO PNT.
Space News: LeoLabs secures U.S. military funding for missile-tracking mobile radar.
Space News: Space Force to fund development of Atomic-6 solar power for satellites.
NGA: NGA announces new Luno A and Luno B delivery order awards.
Space News: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces new contract awards under ‘Luno’ program.
Boeing: Boeing Secures $2.8B Contract to Enhance U.S. Strategic SATCOM Capabilities.
Space News: Boeing lands $2.8 billion deal to build next-gen nuclear communications satellites – ESS.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
Gizmodo:  The U.S. Space Force Wants Industry Ideas for Space-Based Missile Interceptors.

Trump vs Musk. Komt SpaceX in het vizier van DOGE? “Big Money To Be Saved”.
VRT NWS: Musk en Trump opnieuw in de clinch: "Misschien moet DOGE terugkomen om Musk op te eten".
De Standaard (betaalmuur): Musk denkt na over eigen partij, Trump overweegt Doge op hem af te sturen: ruzie tussen ex-buddy’s gaat tweede ronde in.

Om af te ronden – Nederlandstalige ruimtevaartpodcasts.
WG Maan en Planeten: Podcast: Recente ontwikkelingen in het zonnestelsel – juni 2025.
AstroBlogs: Sterrenstof podcast viert 50e aflevering.
Space Cowboys: 02.07 – Hoe voorkom je omvallende maanlanders?
RjuimteRijk: Acuta Juni 2025 – SpaceX struikelt, China versnelt en Europa verduistert.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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