Afgelopen week waren er 10 lanceringen, waarvan 4 Starlink-lanceringen en 2 andere Falcon 9 liftoffs: Transporter 14 (met allerhande interessante satellieten) en (eindelijk) Axiom 4. De 4 astronauten zijn ondertussen ook bij het ISS aangekomen. RocketLab en Electron nemen een steeds belangrijker aandeel in de markt voor kleinere lanceerders. China lanceerde de 50ste en meteen laatste HII-raket. En Atlas V is nog steeds actief, maar dat is (als ik me niet vergis) enkel voor Starliner en Project Kuiper. En voor die laatste was er deze week een tweede lancering. Hoe het verder moet met Artemis, dat is nog steeds een vraagteken. Al werd er wel een nieuwe RS-25 getest. En er was een test voor een BOLE-SRB. Die gaat eerst gebruikt worden vanaf Artemis IX. Nog even tijd (als die al ooit doorgaat) en da’s nodig want deze test liep een beetje fout. Het is ook het einde van de maand en dan zijn er weer heel wat maandoverzichten, zoals die met HST en JWST. En ja, ook nu is er nog veel meer te vinden in deze aflevering van het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Er is veel debris te zien op dit beeld en dat is niet gezond. Het einde van de BOLE-test – een nieuwe generatie vastebrandstofraketten voor SLS – liep duidelijk niet zoals het hoorde – Foto: Northrup Grumman

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

​23.06.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink satellieten Group 10-23 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Starlink 10-23 following Sunday morning scrub.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: ABORT – Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: Falcon 9 aborted launch, 22 June 2025.
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 276 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 23 June 2025.

23.06.2025 – Een Atlas V lanceert een tweede reeks Kuipersatellieten KA-02.
SatNews: UPDATE: No delivery for Amazon’s Project Kuiper 2 as ULA calls no go for weather delay.
UPI: ULA launch delayed for Amazon's 2nd batch of 27 'Project Kuiper' satellites.
Spaceflight Now: Atlas 5 booster engine issue causes scrub of Monday’s Kuiper 2 launch.

Space News: Atlas 5 launches second set of Project Kuiper satellites.
Spaceflight Now: ULA launches Kuiper 2 mission on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceCom: Atlas V rocket launches 2nd batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation.

Nog een terugblik op de eerste lancering KA-01voor Project Kuiper.
The Space Review: Playing catchup.

Filmpjes:
ULA: Rocket Launch: Atlas V Kuiper 2 (live).
ULA: Atlas V Blasts Off! Deploying Amazon's Second Batch of Project Kuiper Satellites.
SciNews: Atlas V launches Kuiper 2 (KA-02).

23.06.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Transporter 14 (VSFB).
Via Satellite: SpaceX Set to Launch Transporter-14 Rideshare Mission After Starship Test Explosion.

Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 rocket on Transporter-14 smallsat rideshare mission.
NSF: SpaceX launched Transporter 14 rideshare mission.
SpaceCom:: SpaceX launches human remains, reentry capsules and more on Transporter 14 rideshare mission.
SatNews: Exolaunch to deploy their largest mission to date — 45 customer satellites on Transporter-14.
Payload: Transporter-14 To Launch Multiple Maritime, Defense Sats.

NASA: NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space – ARCSTONE.
NASA: Successful Liftoff, Signal Acquired for NASA’s Arcstone Satellite.

Universe Today: NASA Just Launched A Mission To Calibrate Space-Based Instruments With Moonlight.

Space News: Hydrosat poised to launch second thermal-infrared satellite.
SpaceCom: SpaceX’s Transporter 14 launch will carry more than 150 capsules of DNA, human remains – CELESTIS.
Space News: Space Inventor Launches First Danish Arctic Satellite.
Space Daily: Kongsberg completes N3X satellite network for maritime surveillance.
SpaceQ: Transporter-14 launches with five Canadian satellites.
Space Daily: Varda unveils W4 spacecraft with first FAA Part 450 reentry license and new satellite bus.
Space Daily: Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentum.
Sat News: Startical launches the firm’s 2nd demo satellite — IOD-2.

DefenseNL: Nederlandse krijgsmacht lanceert eerste operationele satelliet.
Via Satellite: Iceye to Supply 4 SAR Satellites to Royal Netherlands Air Force.
European Spaceflight: ICEYE Secures Three Defence Contracts in Just Two Weeks.

Zie ook verderop bij “Meer ruimtevaartnieuws” bijkomende info over de lancering van satellieten voor PWSA en de reentry-capsule van The Exploration Company.

Vanuit Europa was een brandstofdump van de tweede trap te zien.
SpaceCom: Stargazers in Europe spot a strange cloud from SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch the Transporter-14 mission to orbit.
SciNews: SpaceX Transporter-14 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.

25.06.2025 – Axiom 4 / Ignis – Eindelijk vertrokken.
NASA: NASA Shares Axiom Mission 4 Launch Update.
NASA: NASA to Welcome Fourth Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station.
NASA: Axiom’s Fourth Private Mission Launches to Station Aboard Dragon.

SpaceCom: SpaceX sets new date for private Axiom-4 astronaut launch to the International Space Station.
Times of India: Axiom-4: NASA shares latest update; India’s Shubhanshu Shukla’s mission targeting June 25 launch.

Spaceflight Now: Launch preview: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station.
Spaceflight Now: Commercial crew blasts off on privately-funded space station research mission.

NSF: Axiom Mission 4 launches atop Falcon 9 on Crew Dragon “Grace”.
Space News: Fourth Axiom Space private astronaut mission launched to ISS.

Collect Space: Ax-4 launch sees 1st Indian, Pole, Hungarian enter space in 40+ years.
Collect Space: With 'Grace': Astronauts name SpaceX's final Dragon crew capsule.

The Times of India: Halwa, and a surprise; what astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is taking on historic mission.
The Times of India: From launch to ISS docking and return; Shubhanshu Shukla’s 14 day mission explained.
The Times of India: Eye on Gaganyaan mission: How Shubhanshu Shukla’s experiments on ISS will help ISRO’s manned mission; explained.
The Times of India: Shubhanshu Shukla sends message from space, says ‘All of india part of this journey’.
The Times of India:  What a ride! I’m ot alone: Shubhanshu Shukla’s first reaction from space.
The Times of India: ‘ Shubhanshu Shukla carries with him hopes of 1.4 bn Indians’: PM Modi hails Axiom-4 launch; wishes crew succes.
BBC: India sends its first astronaut into space in 41 years.

Filmpjes:
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | Launch.
Axiom: Meet Grace.
NASA: Axiom Mission 4 Launches to the International Space Station – Live Broadcast.
SciNews: Ax-4 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
Times of India: From India to the ISS: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s Wife Speaks Before Launch | I Witness.

25.06.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink satellieten Group 10-16 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceCom: From the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 277 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 25 June 2025.

26.06.2025 – Electron lanceert “Get The Hawk Outta Here”.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 67th Electron Mission, Schedules Next Launch in Less Than 48 Hours.

SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches 'Get the Hawk Outta Here' mission from New Zealand.
Space News: Rocket Lab launches HawkEye 360 satellites.

De RocketLab persmap vind je hier (PDF).

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - 'Get The Hawk Outta Here' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches “Get The Hawk Outta Here”.

27.06.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink satellieten Group 10-34 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX breaks launchpad turnaround record with midnight Starlink flight.
SpaceCom: SpaceX sends Starlink satellites into space on 1st launch of a Saturday doubleheader.
UPI: SpaceX launches second mission in 2 days from same pad, breaks own record.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 278 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 June 2025.

28.06.2025 – RocketLab/Electron lanceert “Symphony In The Stars”.
Space Daily: Rocket Lab books two responsive Electron missions for 2025 including launch this week.
SpaceCom: High winds scrub Rocket Lab's planned launch of a secret satellite to orbit.
Space News: Rocket Lab launches second Electron within 48 hours.

Geen persmap, de lancering en vooral de vracht was voor een “confidential commercial customer”.

Filmpje:
RocketLab: SCRUB | Rocket Lab - 'Symphony In The Stars' Launch.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - 'Symphony In The Stars' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches “Symphony In The Stars”.

28.06.2025 – Japanse H-IIA lanceert GOSAT-GW.
JAXA: Postponement of launch of Greenhouse Gas and Water Cycle Observation Satellite (GOSAT-GW).
JAXA: Launch of Greenhouse Gases and Water Cycle Observation Satellite (GOSAT-GW) [Rescheduled].
JAXA: Launch time and launch time slot for the Greenhouse Gases and Water Cycle Observation Satellite (GOSAT-GW).
JAXA: Status of Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle "IBUKI GW" (GOSAT-GW).
JAXA: Images of “IBUKI GW” (GOSAT-GW) Solar Array Paddles Deployment.

SpaceCom: Japan launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket.
NSF: Japan’s GOSAT-GW launches aboard final H-IIA rocket.

Filmpjes:
JAXA (Engels): Launch of “IBUKI GW”(GOSAT-GW) aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.50.
SciNews: H-IIA launches GOSAT-GW.

28.06.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink satellieten Group 15-7 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 279 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 June 2025.

Raketnieuws.

Nieuws uit Frankrijk – VORTEX – Een nieuw ruimtevliegtuigje ? 
Dassault Aviation: VORTEX – Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d’Exploration.
ESA: The European Space Agency and Dassault Aviation paving the way for potential collaborations.

Inside Outer Space: Enter the VORTEX: French Family of Spaceplanes.

Filmpje:
Dassault Aviation: VORTEX - Salon du Bourget 2025 - Dassault Aviation.

Nieuws uit Frankrijk – Weldra testlancering Baguette One vanuit Frankrijk.
European Spaceflight: HyPrSpace to Launch Baguette One Demonstrator from Mainland France.

Meer geld voor Isar Aerospace.
European Spaceflight: Isar Aerospace Raises €150M Through Convertible Bond Agreement.
Space News: Isar Aerospace raises 150 million euros.

Firefly Aerospace mag lanceren vanuit Zweden.
Payload: Firefly Greenlit for Future Swedish Launches.
Space News: Technology safeguards agreement enables Firefly launches from Sweden.

ESA gaat eerste LEO-PNT met RocketLab lanceren.
ESA: ESA’s LEO-PNT satellites set to launch by end of year.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab to Launch Electron Mission for European Space Agency’s Next-Generation Navigation System.
Space News: Rocket Lab to launch European navigation tech demo satellites.

Meer info over ESA’s LEO-PNT vind je hier.

Meer lanceringen per jaar voor Ariane 6 – Het zal nog even duren.
Space News: Increase in Ariane 6 launch cadence could take several years.

Geslaagde test nieuwe booster P160C voor Ariane 6 / Vega C.
ESA (filmpje): P160C fires with success.

Indische SSLV overgedragen aan HAL.
India Today: HAL to manufacture, launch Isro-developed SSLV, technology trasfer to begin.
The Space Review: Commercializing India’s SSLV rocket.

Longshot en hun ruimte”kanon”.
Payload: Longshot is Gunning For Kinetic Space Launch.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

26.06.2025 – ISS – Axiom 4 koppelt met ruimtestation.
NASA: Axiom Mission 4 Astronauts Dock to Station Inside Dragon.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station.
NASA: Axiom Mission 4 Astronauts Enter Station, Begin Research Mission.

SpaceCom: Axiom-4 astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon welcomed aboard International Space Station.
Space Scout: Axiom-4 Continues to Expand Access to Station.

The Times of India: Axiom 4 docks: Shubhanshu Shukla becomes first Indian to enter ISS.
The Times of India: Axiom 4: With hugs and cheers, Shubhanshu Shukla floats in ISS – first visuals.
The Times of India: Shukla soars, India scores: ISS welcomes its first Bharatiya – what next?

Filmpjes:
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | In-Flight Update.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | Approach & Docking.
Axiom Space: Axiom Mission 4 Arrival and Welcome Remarks.
SciNews: Ax-4 Crew Dragon docking.
SciNews: Ax-4 Crew Dragon hatch opening.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Broadcast | Frank De Winne ESA.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Broadcast | Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair ISRO.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Broadcast | Gyula Cserényi HUNOR.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | Shubhanshu Shukla & PM Narendra Modi.

ISS – De blogentries / On the ISS this week.
NASA ISS Blog: Week Starts with Pharma Research, Earth Observations, and Videography.
NASA ISS Blog: Ax-4 “Go” For Wednesday Launch; Station Crew Keeps Up Research, Videography.
NASA ISS Blog: Ax-4 Orbiting Toward Station as Expedition 73 Studies Pharma, Blood Pressure.
NASA ISS Blog: Ax-4 Meets Expedition 73 and Begins Space Research.

SpaceCom: Astronauts track huge dust clouds over Canada and US | On the ISS this week June 2-6, 2025.
SpaceCom: Space humbles the SEAL-doctor-astronaut | On the ISS this week June 9-13, 2025.
SpaceCom: When it comes to auroras, pink is the new white, astronaut says | On the ISS this week June 16 - 20, 2025.
SpaceCom: The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 - 27, 2025.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
UPI: NASA working to fix space station's NICER X-ray telescope.
NASA: June 24, 2025 – NASA’s NICER Telescope Suspends Science Operations.

PhysOrg: Space-grown muscle tissues reveal rapid aging-like decline in microgravity.

Filmpjes:
NASA: JAXA Astronaut Discusses Life Aboard Space Station Students – Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Space News: China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete second spacewalk to enhance Tiangong space station.
TASS: Chinese taikonaut shares story of unprecedented repair mission at Tiangong space station.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Shenzhou-20 Crew Proceed with Experiments, Equipment Maintenance.
CGTN: Shenzhou-20 crew set for second extravehicular activities.
CCTV: Shenzhou-20 Astronauts Complete Second Series of Extravehicular Activities.
SciNews: Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete second spacewalk.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

NASA test nieuwe RS-25 motor.
NASA: NASA Tests New RS-25 Engine.
L3Harris: NASA, L3Harris Hot-Fire Test New RS-25 Rocket Engine for Artemis.

Test nieuwe SLS-booster loopt niet zoals het hoort – BOLE.
NASA: NASA’s SLS Solid Rocket Boosters: What is DM-1?
Space News: New SLS booster design suffers anomaly during test.
Ars Technica: NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off.

Filmpjes:
NSF: World's Largest SRB Fails During Testing.
SciNews: BOLE Demonstration Motor-1 Static Fire Test.
Scott Manley: NASA's Future SLS Booster Just Failed Its First Test.

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
NASA: NASA, Australia Team Up for Artemis II Lunar Laser Communications Test.

Filmpje:
NASA KSC: NASA Completes Launch Simulation for Artemis II Moon Mission.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan / HLS.
Universe Today: Camera Systems as Scientific Instruments in Artemis III EVAs.
Universe Today: In Situ Resource Utilization and the Importance of Lunar Ice for Artemis III.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
NASA: NASA, German Aerospace Center to Expand Artemis Campaign Cooperation.
DLR: DLR and NASA continue joint space radiation research with DLR radiation detector.

Universe Today: How Bubble Muscles Could Help Astronauts Get Their Space Legs.

The Space Review: Strategies for lunar development.
SpaceCom: Moon dust is less toxic than urban air pollution, scientists discover.
Universe Today: How to Make Building Blocks for a Lunar Habitat.

Universe Today: A Framework To Ensure Lunar Resources Are Available To All.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
Inside Outer Space: China Focus on Next-gen Crewed Spacecraft (Updated).

TASS: Chinese taikonaut says space cooperation with Russia has huge potential.
TASS: Future of space industry lies with Lunar, deeper space exploration, Chinese taikonaut says.
TASS: Flights into deep space may become Russia’s 'exclusive' technology — Kurchatov Institute.
TASS: First lunar nuclear power plant to be ready by 2030 — expert.

Starship – Mexico en de naweeën van een ontploft Ship.
NSF: Following the Loss of Ship 36, SpaceX now Focuses on Rebuilding Masseys.

SpaceCom: Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion 'contamination'.
The Guardian: Mexico’s president threatens to sue over SpaceX debris from rocket explosions.

Filmpjes:
LabPadre: Ship 36 Explodes...So What's The Damage? - SpaceX Weekly #172.
NSF: "Ship 36 is not a ship anymore" | SpaceX Starbase.
NSF: Another Starship Explosion—How Long Before We're Back? | Starbase Update.
WAI: Did SpaceX Just Lose Months After This Starship Explosion? China Is Closing In!
NSF: "It's Gratuitous Aftermath shots" | SpaceX Starbase.
NSF: "Are they going to try to MacGyver something here?" | SpaceX Starbase.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Eerste resultaten Europese Biomass-satelliet.
ESA: Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests and more.
SpaceCom: 'Nothing short of spectacular': ESA's Biomass satellite releases 1st views of Earth from orbit.

Spacepage: Europese Biomass satelliet stuurt opvallende eerste beelden door.

Een ESA-filmpje vind je hier.

ispace maakt oorzaak bekend mislukte maanlanding Hakuto-R M2.
ispace: ispace Releases Technical Cause Analysis for HAKUTO-R Mission 2.

Space News: Laser rangefinder problems blamed for second ispace lunar lander crash.
Space Policy Online: Hardware failure doomed ispace’s Mission 2.
Payload: ispace Blames Faulty Hardware for Failed Lunar Landing.
Universe Today: HAKUTO-R Mission 2's Crash was Caused by its Laser Range Finder.

De ispace-persconferentie kan je hier (her)bekijken.

Universe Today: NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Mercurius:
Universe Today: Mercury - The Tiny Planet That's Been Baffling Scientists Everywhere.

Venus:
SpaceCom: A hidden asteroid family may share Venus' orbit: 'It's like discovering a continent you didn't know existed'.

Aarde:
ESA (filmpje): Living Planet Symposium – The global crisis and Earth action.
ESA (filmpje): Living Planet Symposium – Outlook for ESA's Earth Observation programmes – CM25.
ESA: First sea-level records for coastal community protection.
ESA (filmpje): Protecting coastlines.
ESA (filmpje): Fire and deforestation linked.
ESA: New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyor.
ESA (filmpje): Small satellite revolution in Earth observation: what it means for industry and users.
Space News: First ‘FireSat’ satellite delivers thermal images.
ESA (filmpje): Copernicus Sentinel-4 view of nitrogen dioxide.

Maan:
Universe Today: The Presence of Certain Minerals May Explain Why the Lunar Farside and Nearside are so Different.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4580-4581: Something in the Air…
NASA (filmpje): NASA’s Curiosity Rover Explores “Spiderwebs” on Mars (360).
NASA Perseverance: Clay Minerals From Mars’ Most Ancient Past?
NASA Perseverance: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scours Mars for Science.
Universe Today: There's Ice on Mars, Just Under the Surface.
NASA: A Martian Volcano in the Mist – Mars Odyssey.
NASA: NASA Mars Orbiter Learns New Moves After Nearly 20 Years in Space.
ESA: Earth tones on Mars – Mars Express.
Lockheed Martin (filmpje): Our Commercial Approach to Mars Sample Return – MSR.

Planeet 9:
PhysOrg: The solar system's greatest mystery may finally be solved – AKARI.

Planetoïde 2024 YR4.
Space Daily: Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study.
ESA: Will asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the Moon?
ESA (filmpje): Asteroid 2024 YR4: from discovery to potential lunar impact.

Planetoïde Apophis:
Universe Today: A Mission To Collect A Sample From Apophis.
Space News: Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis.
Ars Technica: An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines.

Planetary Defense Strategy:
OIG: NASA’s Implementation and Management of Its Planetary Defense Strategy.
Het betrokken rapport kan je hier downloaden (PDF).
Inside Outer Space: Planetary Defense Strategy: New Findings from NASA Inspector General.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

The Exploration Company verliest na reentry contact met “Mission Possible”.
De capsule werd gelanceerd met de Transporter 14 missie van SpaceX (meer detail in het overzicht van voorbije lanceringen).
The Exploration Company gaf een update via hun Linkedin-pagina.

European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company Declares Mission Possible a “Partial Success”.
Space News: The Exploration Company claims partial success of Mission Possible reentry spacecraft.
Ars Technica: After successfully entering Earth’s atmosphere, a European spacecraft is lost.
Gizmodo: Failed Orbital Mission Loses Human Remains, Space Pot.

Een bericht van eerder deze maand:
European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company Launches Mission Possible Recovery Vessel.

Twee berichten van The Exploration Company over deze vlucht:
The Exploration Company: Mission Possible: Europe’s Reentry Legacy Continues.
The Exploration Company: The Five Phases of Mission Possible.

Met de hulp van NASA:
NASA: NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry.

ESA en de Space Act.
EC: EU Space Act: Strengthening Safety, Resilience and Sustainability in Space. 
EC: EU Space Act: enhancing market access and space safety.

Via Satellite: European Commission Introduces Proposal for EU Space Act.
Payload: EU Watch: The Potential Impact of the Space Act.
UPI: EU's Space Act would track space objects and clear satellite debris.
Politico: Brussels moves to tackle satellite junk in space.

SSA / Ruimteafval – Nieuws juni.
IEEE Spectrum: Another Plan to Test Satellite Deorbiting Takes Shape SPARCS will deploy an electrodynamic tether to attempt a controlled reentry.

Via Satellite: Office of Space Commerce Awards $10M in Contracts for ‘COLA Gap’ Pathfinder – TraCSS.

SpaceCom: Scientists chased a falling spacecraft with a plane to understand satellite air pollution.

PhysOrg: Starlink satellites fall to Earth faster during increased solar activity, study finds.

Satellite Pro ME: Astroscale completes CDR for ELSA-M In-Orbit debris removal mission.

SpaceQ: MOU between ABB and HEMERIA to explore SSA solutions.

SatTrackCam Leiden: The reentry of the Chinese Zhuque-2E upper stage 2025-103G over Kazachstan on 5 June 2025.

Nog eens de reentry van de Russische Venussonde.
SpaceCom: A failed Soviet Venus probe from the '70s crashed to Earth in May — why was it so hard to track?

Chinese satellieten Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 demonstreren in-orbit refuelling.
Space News: Chinese spacecraft prepare for orbital refueling test as US surveillance sats lurk nearby.
Breaking Defense: Chinese sats appear to be attempting first-ever on-orbit refueling, sat tracking firms say.
SpaceCom: 2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth. What were they doing?

De “dans” tussen de twee is mooi te volgen via deze BlueSky posts van s2a systems.
10.06 – 12.06 – 13.06 – 13.06  (visueel niet meer te scheiden) – .14.06  (timelapse). – 14.06 – 22.06

Een rapport over de evolutie van private investeringen in de ruimtevaartsector.
ESPI: Key Takeaways from Space Venture 2024: Global Investment Dynamics.
Het rapport kan je hier downloaden (PDF).

Payload: Defense Drives EU Space Funding to Record Highs.

ViaSat slachtoffer van een hack aanval – 2024 –  Salt Typhoon.
Via Satellite: Viasat Confirms ‘Unauthorized Access’ After Bloomberg Report of Salt Typhoon Impact.

NASA Budget FY2025.
Altijd interessant om deze wekelijkse update te lezen:
Space Policy Online: What’s happening in space policy June 22-28, 2025.

Space News: Isaacman interested in privately funded science missions.

Krijgt NASA een nieuwe structuur ? Wie wordt de nieuwe NASA Administrator?
Space News: NASA’s acting leadership planning new agency structure.
Space Policy Online: NASA looking at organizational change amid workforce and budget cutbacks.

Milsat /  PWSA – Nieuws.
Eveneens meegestuurd met de hierboven al vermelde Transporter 14 lancering:
Space News: York Space launches U.S. military satellite on SpaceX rideshare – T1DES.
Space Daily: York deploys Dragoon satellite to bolster SDA missile alert and tactical link goals.
SDA: Space Development Agency Completes Successful Launch of T1DES Prototype Satellite.

Via Satellite: US Space Force Requests $277M for MILNET, Halts Tranche 3 of Transport Layer.
Breaking Defense: Space Force ponders shakeup to LEO satellite strategy, potentially hiring SpaceX for data relay.
Space News: Pentagon to consider SpaceX alternative for Space Force satellite program.

Space Force – Nieuws.
Space News: Satellite imagery firms escalate warnings over budget cuts.
Breaking Defense: Pentagon formally unveils $961.6 billion budget for 2026, with reconciliation help.
Space News: Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget.
Space Policy Online: Adding reconciliation, Space Force budget tops §40 billion in FY2026.
Air & Space Forces: Secretive Space RCO Plans to Launch First ‘Full-Up’ Satellites Soon.

Space News: SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite – WSF-M2 – NSSL.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
CSIS: The Golden Dome as a Service – Executive Summary.
Het volledige rapport vind je hier (PDF).

Space News: The key to Golden Dome’s success: make it usable.
Space Policy Online: Sullivan, Cramer introduce Golden Dome act.

Trump en de ruimtevaart.
SpaceCom: More than 1,800 National Science Foundation workers abruptly kicked out of agency headquarters.
Gizmodo: Elon Musk Launches a Scathing New Attack on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”.

NAVO sluit contract af met Planet.
SatNews: NATO’s seven figure contract to Planet will deliver advanced daily monitoring and early warning capabilities.
Via Satellite: Planet Wins New NATO Intelligence Deal.

Payload: Where Does Space Fit Into NATO Funding Boost?

Oekraïne op zoek naar satellietbeelden.
Space News: Ukraine and partner countries to raise funds for imagery satellites to lessen reliance on the U.S. – INTERMARSAT.

China en Anti-Satellite mogelijkheden.
Aldoria: Unveiling Chia’s Strategic Anti-Satellite Capabilities.
Het bijbehorende rapoort – Orbital Warfare: China Refines its Weapons – kan je hier downloaden (PDF).

Eutelsat / OneWeb zoekt meer geld.
Zie ook vorige NUDR.
Payload: Eutelsat’s €1.35B Raise Could Help OneWeb Break Even. 

Satelliet-constellaties – Starlink.
The Washington Post: White House security staff warned Musk’s Starlink is a security risk.
Space News: US rural broadband shift opens door wider for Starlink.
Teslarati: SpaceX produces its 10 millionth Starlink kit.
Space News: Regulators clear Starlink-enabled texting trial in war-torn Ukraine.
Space Daily: India grants licence to Musk's Starlink.

Space News: “The Starlink Effect”: NGSO Services to Dominate Maritime Satellite Communications Market.

The Times of India: China satellite reportedly beats Starlink by transferring data 5x faster using a tiny laser. 

Satelliet-constellaties.
SpaceCom: Coating satellites with super-dark Vantablack paint could help fight light pollution crisis
Via Satellite: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Signs Coordination Agreement With National Science Foundation .

The Space Review: Developing and testing China’s Guowang constellation.

Space News: Logos nets $50 million to advance plans for more than 4,000 broadband satellites.

Satellite Pro ME: BlackSky announces AROS constellation for large-scale satellite imaging.

Via Satellite: GomSpace to build 18 satellite for unnamed European tech firm.

SatNews: Deutsche Telekom strengthens Europe’s connectivity: Participation in the IRIS² satellite project.

Roger Hall (via linkedin): Inside the race to find GPS alternatives – Xona Space Systems.
Via Satellite: Xona Raises Close to $100M in New Funding Round.
Payload: Xona Raises $92M For Unhackable PNT Constellation.

Cosmic Dawn – The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA: NASA+ Documentary “Cosmic Dawn” Reveals Untold Story of James Webb Space Telescope.
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Hubble Space Telescope – Nieuws juni.
NASA: Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene.
ESA: Small but mighty.
NASA: Hubble Studies Small but Mighty Galaxy.

James Webb Space Telescope – Nieuws juni.
NASA: Frigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA’s Webb.
NASA: NASA’s Webb ‘UNCOVERs’ Galaxy Population Driving Cosmic Renovation.
SpaceCom: James Webb Space Telescope discovers smallest 'failed stars' ever seen.
Live Science: James Webb telescope discovers 'a new kind of climate' on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system.
SpaceCom: James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments.
ESA: Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7.
ESA: High-contrast coronograph image of TWA 7b.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Digs into Structural Origins of Disk Galaxies.

Filmpjes:
JWST: NASA’s Webb Peers Deeper into Mysterious Flame Nebula.

Chandra X-Ray Telescope – Nieuws juni.
Chandra: NASA's Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic "Noon".
NASA: NASA’s Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor.

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telecope – Nieuws juni.
SpaceCom: Roman Space Telescope will use a century-old idea from Einstein to probe the nature of mysterious dark matter.

Filmpje:
STScI: Animation of Gravitational Lenses Observed by the Roman Space Telescope.

XMM Newton – Nieuws juni.
ESA: “The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter.
ESA: Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter.

LISA – De Europese satelliet voor gravitatiegolven.
ESA: Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins.
ESA: ESA and OHB seals their agreement to build LISA.
Universe Today: LISA Construction Begins.

Relay 2, een oude NASA satelliet, zorgt voor een Fast Radio Burst.
Universe Today: A fast radio burst detected last year turned out to be from long-dead NASA satellite.
SpaceCom: Astronomers thought a mysterious radio burst came from deep space. It was actually a dead NASA satellite.
Spacepage: De detectie van een Fast Radio Burst blijkt nu afkomstig te zijn van een oude NASA-satelliet.

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