Ook deze week was er weer een groot aantal lanceringen. Met de suborbitale vlucht van Blue Origin met een rolstoel-passagier als meest opvallende. De bemanning van Crew 12 werd nu officieel voorgesteld. En de lancering van Artemis II komt alweer wat dichter na de Countdown Demonstration Test. En aangezien we onze archieven uitgemest hebben nog heel wat extra’s rond satellietconstellaties,  In-space Servicing Assembly & Manufacturing (waaronder in-space refuelling) en ruimteafval. En ja, zelfs dan is er nog veel meer te vinden in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

En uiteraard ... een zalige kerstmis.

Bij de foto: De vier Artemis II astronauten (v.l.n.r. Jeremy Hansen Christina Koch, Victor Glover en Reid Wiseman) maken zich klaar voor de verplaatsing naar de VAB waar binnen het SLS en de Orion-capsule staan te wachten op de Countdown Demonstration Test. Foto: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani).

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Belgische Aetherspace (KU Leuven) stuurt T-ReX mee met ESA’s REXUS/BEXUS. 
ESA: New student teams selected for REXUS/BEXUS.
Het werd eerder al aangekondigd op de linkedinpagina van Aetherspace.

Redwire Belgium bouwt koppelingspoort voor Nyx.
Redwire: Redwire Awarded Contract to Provide Spacecraft Docking Systems for The Exploration Company’s European Space Capsule.
European Spaceflight: Redwire Tapped to Provide Docking Mechanisms for Nyx Earth Capsule.
Spacepage: Redwire uit Kruibeke gaat koppelingssystemen leveren voor Europees commercieel ruimtevaartuig Nyx.

Meer info over Nyx bij The Exploration Company.

Nog eens Proba 3.
ESA: Proba-3 fills the solar observation gap.
ESA: Coronal mass ejection captured by Proba-2, Proba-3 and SOHO.
ESA: A first in space autonomy.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

14.12.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 15-12 (VSFB).
SpaceCom: Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites before making 550th SpaceX landing.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 338 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 December 2025.

15.12.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-82 (CCSFS).
SpaceflightNow: SpaceX launches 100th Falcon 9 rocket from Florida in 2025.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites into orbit on 100th Falcon 9 flight from Florida in 2025.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 339 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 15 December 2025.

16.12.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 4B lanceert Ziyuan-03 04.
China in Space: Replacement Mapping Satellite Delivered From Winter Taiyuan [Long March 4B Y61].
Space News: China launches experimental cargo spacecraft, opaque tech demo mission and remote sensing satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches New Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-4B launches Ziyuan III 04.

16.12.2025 – Atlas V lanceert satellieten voor Amazon LEO (het vroegere Project Kuiper) – LA-04.
ULA: United Launch Alliance Enables Expansion of Amazon Leo Constellation through Fourth Successful Launch.
ULA : Atlas V LEO 4 launch page.

SpaceCom: Atlas V rocket launches 27 of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit.
SpaceflightNow: ULA Atlas 5 launch puts Amazon’s 180th broadband satellite in low Earth orbit.

Filmpjes:
ULA: Rollout: Atlas V Amazon Leo-4.
ULA: Rocket Launch: Atlas V Leo-4.
SciNews: Atlas V launches Amazon Leo 4 (LA-04).

17.12.2025 – SCRUB – Japanse HIII lanceert Michibiki 5 en QZS 5. Nieuwe poging op 22.12.2025
JAXA: Launch Schedule of the H3 Launch Vehicle No.8 (H3 F8) which carries aboard MICHIBIKI No.5 (Updated November 12).
JAXA: Launch Schedule of MICHIBIKI No. 5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5) aboard the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F8) [Rescheduled].
JAXA: Launch Time and Launch window of MICHIBIKI No. 5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5) aboard the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F8) [Rescheduled].
JAXA: Launch Cancellation of MICHIBIKI No. 5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5) aboard the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F8).
JAXA: Launch Schedule of MICHIBIKI No. 5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5) aboard the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F8) [Rescheduled].

SpaceCom: Launch of Japan's Michibiki 5 navigation satellite scrubbed late in countdown.
The Japan Times: JAXA calls off launch of eighth H3 rocket due to emergency shutdown.

Filmpjes:
SciNews: H3 aborted launch.
JAXA: Briefing.
De livestream voor de nieuwe lanceerpoging (22.12) vind je hier.

17.12.2025 – Ariane 62 lanceert twee Galileo-satellieten.
ESA: Galileo to take its first flight on Ariane 6 on 17 December.
ESA: Follow the Galileo launch (L14) campaign.
ESA: Galileo satellite encapsulation.

ESA: Galileo’s first Ariane 6 launch strengthens European resilience.
ESA: N° 85–2025: De eerste lancering van Galileo met Ariane 6 versterkt de Europese veerkracht.
SpaceCom: Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launches its 1st pair of Galileo navigation satellites.
Space News: Ariane 6 launches Galileo navigation satellites.

Spacepage:  Europese Ariane 6 raket brengt twee Galileo navigatiesatellieten in de ruimte.

ESA: Galileo launch history.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Galileo pre-launch media briefing.
ESA: Ariane 6 for Galileo (Launch animation)
Arianespace: Flight VA266 | Galileo L14 | Ariane 6 | Arianespace.
Arianespace: Flight VA266 | GALILEO L14 | Ariane 6 | Liftoff Sequence.
EUSPA: Galileo Launch 14: Message from EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa.
EUSPA: Galileo Launch 14: EUSPA's Role.
SciNews: Ariane 6 launches Galileo L14.
ESA: From cleanroom to space: Galileo satellites 33 and 34.

17.12.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-99 (KSC).
Spaceflight Now: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink satellites from the Kennedy Space Center delayed to Tuesday.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Wednesday morning Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches Starlink missions in dual-coast spaceflight doubleheader.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 340 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 17 December 2025.

17.12.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 15-13 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX flies Starlink mission using Falcon 9 booster flying for a 30th time.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches Starlink missions in dual-coast spaceflight doubleheader.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink  satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 341 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 17 December 2025.

18.12.2025 – RocketLab/Electron lanceert STP-S30 – “Don’t Be Such A Square”.
Space Force SSC: Space Force prepares for DoW Space Test Program launch of four experimental satellites.

Space News: Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment.
Satellite Pro ME: Rocket Lab accelerates Electron launch for Space Force STP-S30 mission.
Space Daily: DiskSat flat satellite platform targets high power missions and very low Earth orbit.

RocketLab: Rocket Lab Executes Successful Launch of STP-S30 Mission for the Department of War.

NASA: NASA’s DiskSat Technology Demo Launches to Low Earth Orbit.
Spaceflight Now: Rocket Lab launches 4 novel DiskSat satellites for U.S. Space Force, NASA.
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches 4 experimental 'DiskSats' for the US military.

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - 'Don't Be Such A Square' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches STP-S30.

20.12.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 5 lanceert TJSW-23.
China in Space: Second Massive TJSW Spacecraft Launched From Wenchang [Long March 5 Y10].

Filmpje:
CCTV: China Launches New Communication Technology Test Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-5 launches TJSW-23.

20.12.2025 – Blue Origin lanceert New Shephard NS37.
13.10.2025 – Ars Technica: Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space.
03.12.2025 – SpaceCom: Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time.
05.12.2025 – SpaceCom: Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities.
11.12.2025 – SpaceCom: Blue Origin targeting Dec. 18 for historic 1st spaceflight of wheelchair user.

Blue Origin: New Shepard Completes 37th Mission.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back.
Space News: Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space.
Space Policy Online: First Wheelchair User Flies to Space.

VRT NWS: Blue Origin brengt eerste rolstoelgebruiker in de ruimte.
Spacepage: Blue Origin brengt eerste rolstoelgebruiker kortstondig in de ruimte.

Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: NS-37: Michaela (Michi) Benthaus.
SciNews: New Shepard aborted launch, 18 December 2025.
Blue Origin: Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-37 Webcast.
Blue Origin: New Shepard Mission NS-37: Apogee.
Blue Origin: Astronaut Village Tour: Airstreams Suites.
Blue Origin: New Shepard Safety.
SciNews: Blue Origin NS-37 New Shepard launch and landing.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

De lancering v/e Russische Proton op 15 december werd uitgesteld omwille van problemen met de raket.
TASS: Proton-M launch delayed to fix problems — Roscosmos.

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

Zhuque 3 – 03.12.2025
Chine in Space: Zhuque-3 Booster Should Land for First Time in 2026, LandSpace Says..

Filmpje:
CCTV: China's Self-Developed Reusable Rocket Achieves Key Breakthrough in Maiden Flight: Mission Leader.
PointOrView: Chinese Zhuque-3 landing pad destruction close up video just dropped.

NROL 77 – 09.12.2025
SatTrack Leiden: NROL-77, probably a new NOSS (or maybe not).

Raketnieuws.

Baikonur – Lanceerpad Soyuz in herstelling.
Inside Outer Space: Russia Rebounds from Pad Damage Incident.
Aviation Week: Russia Sees Damaged Baikonur Launchpad Repaired In February.

Victor Haze uitgesteld tot in 2026 door problemen met Alpha-raket.
Air & Space Forces: ‘Victus Haze’ Responsive Space Mission Pushed to 2026 by Rocket Anomaly.

RocketLab en Neutron.
RocketLab (filmpje): Neutron | Archimedes Engine Test Complex.

ESA test P160C, een meer krachtige SRB voor Ariane / Vega.
ESA: Europe’s next solid propellant rocket motor passes review.

SatNews: Europe’s Vanishing Rocket Capability.

ESA en de ASTRIS Kick Stage.
European Spaceflight: ESA Member States Fund €100M Ariane 6 ASTRIS Kick Stage Evolution.

Spaanse Arkadia Space test Ariel, een raketmotor voor ESA’s FLPP.
ESA: Introducing ARIEL, a new 250 N thruster.
Een filmpje vind je hier.

Astrobotic krijgt contract voor ontwikkeling Xodiac/ Xogdor – Suborbitaal testvoertuig.
Space News: Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development.
Aerospace America: Astrobotic gets NASA, Space Force funding to build reusable suborbital rockets.

PLD Space en Miura 5.
Payload: PLD Space Outlines its Plans for €169M in ELC Funds.

Italiaanse Avio bouwt fabriek in de VS.
Governor of Virginia: Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Avio USA Selects Virginia for Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Facility.

Northrop Grumman test SMART.
NSF: Northrop Grumman tests fast-developed SMART motor, looks ahead to future applications.

Commerciële lanceerplatformen Wenchang volgend jaar klaar.
China in Space: Wenchang Commercial Launch Site Plans to Complete New Facilities in 2026.

Amerikaanse lanceerbasissen en een toenemend aantal lanceringen.
NSF (filmpje): How America's spaceports are getting ready for hundreds of launches per year.

Meer Chinese kopies van Starship.
Ars Technica: Oh look, yet another Starship clone has popped up in China.

Een lanceerbasis in Kenia.
Nairobi Wire: Kenya Moves to Build Commercial Satellite Launch Facility Near Malindi.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Crew 12 – Bemanning officieel bekend gemaakt.
NASA: NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-12 Assignments for Space Station Mission.
TASS: Crew Dragon with Russian cosmonaut on board to be launched no earlier then Feb. 15 — NASA.

Een Amerikaan met de Russen en een Rus met de Amerikanen – Uitwisseling wordt (wellicht) verder gezet.
TASS: Russian government approves Roscosmos-NASA talks on cross-flights to ISS.

ISS – De blogentries / On the ISS this week.
ISS Blog: Advanced Tech and Heart Health Top Monday’s Research Schedule.
ISS Blog: Stem Cells, Robotics, and Spacesuits Top Station Crew Day.
ISS Blog: Today’s Advanced Exercise, Physics Research Benefits Earth and Space Industries.
ISS Blog: Expedition 74 Advancing Space Health and AI Research on Station.
ISS Blog: Brain Research, Heart Health Wrap Up Work Week Aboard Station.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Returns to Houston - Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Discusses Life In Space With Fox News – Sunday, December 15, 2025.
NASA: Connecting Classrooms to Space: Ham Radio Explainer by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers.
NASA: Step Inside the International Space Station (POV Tour).
NASA: Tour the International Space Station: 25 Years of Humans in Space.
NASA: How Do Astronauts Unwind in Space?

Commerciële ruimtestations.
SpaceCom: Experiments on a private space station: Vast asks scientists for research proposals.

Space News: Hungary’s 4iG commits to $100 million Axiom Space investment.

Space News: Max Space unveils plans for commercial space station.

Filmpjes:
NSS: NSS | The Future of Space Stations: Building Humanity’s Neighborhood in the Stars with Isaac Arthur.

Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation – CSS.
Universe Today: China's Shenzhou-21's Crew Test New Spacesuits During Spacewalk.

Filmpje:
Video From Space: See China's new cargo spacecraft under construction + docking animation.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Geen Canoo maar de Boeing Astrovan voor Artemis-astronauten.
TechCrunch: NASA and USPS stop using Canoo EVs despite CEO’s pledged support.
Collect Space: NASA rewraps Boeing Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad.

Artemis 2 – Opnieuw naar de Maan.
NASA: Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge.
AL.com: The key role Huntsville is playing in first manned Moon mission in 50 years.
NASA: Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration.
Spaceflight Now: Astronauts, launch teams practice Artemis 2 countdown.

Filmpje:
Spaceflight Now: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis 2 Moon mission astronauts depart for countdown rehearsal.

Artemis 4 – Gateway / ML2 – SLS Block 1B.
L3Harris: L3Harris Delivers Most Powerful Thrusters for NASA’s Lunar Gateway.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Space News: NASA safety panel recommends review of Artemis plans.

Satellite Pro ME: Leonardo, Telespazio and Intuitive Machines sign lunar comms deal.
AGU (filmpje): The Moon and Mars: How new science results are enabling future space exploration.
Universe Today: Do You Know What Time It Is? If You're On Mars, Now You Do.
IEEE Spectrum: We Now Know How Much Faster Clocks Will Run on Mars The planet’s weaker gravity means time passes faster than here.

Filmpje:
Lockheed Martin: Step Inside Lockheed Martin's Integrated Test Lab for the Orion Spacecraft.

Artemis – Een eerste maanbasis.
SpaceCom: Good news for lunar bases? Earth's atmosphere leaks all the way out to the moon.

Space Mining.
SpaceQ: Startup CSMC rebrands and pivots away from space mining.

Starship nieuws.
NSF: SpaceX advances Starbase upgrades at the launch site.

Filmpjes:
Marcus House: SpaceX’s New Starship Super Heavy Is… Kind of Mind Blowing!
NSF: Booster 19 on Track, Pad 2 Comes Alive | Major Starship Updates from Starbase.
Marcus House: Flight 12 Starship: Record Super Heavy Build Time!

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

NASA probeert nog steeds contact te krijgen met MAVEN.
NASA: NASA Continues MAVEN Spacecraft Recontact Efforts.

Sky & Telescope: Mars MAVEN Mission May Be Lost in Space.
Space News: MAVEN telemetry shows changes to spacecraft orbit and rotation.
SpaceCom: NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning, too.

Filmpje:
Scott Manley: NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft - Spinning Out Of Control?

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Helps Map Sun’s Outer Boundary.

Aarde:
ESA: Satellites help tackle landfill methane leaks.
SpaceCom: Private satellites pinpoint methane emissions from oil, gas and coal facilities worldwide.
ESA: First image from Sentinel-6B extends sea-level legacy.
ESA: Sea-level height in the Gulf Stream, by Sentinel-6B.
NASA: How Small Is Too Small? Volunteers Help NASA Test Lake Monitoring From Space.

Maan:
Satellite Pro ME: MBRSC begins new tests on Rashid Rover 2 with Firefly Aerospace.
SpaceQ: ABB to develop autonomous lunar exploration infrared spectrometer for Canada’s Lunar Utility Rover.
Inside Outer Space: Testing of NASA VIPER Moon Rover.
Space Daily: JPL puts Blue Ghost Mission 2 lunar stack through launch stress tests.

Mars: 
NASA Curiosity Status: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4723-4730: Digging Into Nevado Sajama.
NASA Curiosity Status: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4731-4742: Finishing Up at Nevado Sajama.
NASA Curiosity Status: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4743-4749:  Polygons in the Hollow.
NASA: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Ready to Roll for Miles in Years Ahead.
AGU (filmpje): Half a Decade of Mars Exploration: NASA’s Perseverance Rover.
Ars Technica: NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars.
NASA: Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple ‘Hazyview’.
NASA: One of NASA’s Key Cameras Orbiting Mars Takes 100,000th Image – MRO.
SpaceCom: Camera on NASA Mars probe snaps its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet.
PhysOrg: EscaPADE explorer sort of goes to Mars.
Business Korea: Korea Plans Mars Mission in 10 Years with Domestic Launch Vehicle.

Jupiter:
The Planetary Society (filmpje): Galileo at 30: How a mission transformed our understanding of Jupiter - Planetary Radio;

Saturnus:
NASA: NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean.
SpaceCom: Surprise! Saturn's huge moon Titan may not have a buried ocean after all.

Bennu:
Astrum (filmpje): NASA Found a Strange Substance on Asteroid Bennu.

3I/Atlas:
ESA: XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light.
ESA: XRISM sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light.
SpaceCom: Why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' close Earth approach is an early Christmas gift for astronomers.
SpaceCom: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS wasn't supposed to be there — meet the astronomer who discovered it.
SpaceCom: Latest Comet 3I/ATLAS news: Comet close approach today.
Universe Today: Comet 3I/ATLAS Has A Green Glow In New Color Images From Gemini North.
SpaceCom: Scientists detect X-ray glow from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS extending 250,000 miles into space.
En ook: TASS: Putin jokingly calls 3I/ATLAS comet Russia’s secret weapon.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Geen verrassing meer – Isaacman nieuwe NASA Administrator.
NASA: NASA Welcomes 15th Administrator Jared Isaacman.
Space Policy Online: Isaacman Confirmed as 15th NASA Administrator.
SpaceCom: US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as new NASA administrator.
Space News: Senate confirms Isaacman as NASA administrator.
Space News: Space community celebrates Isaacman confirmation.
Ars Technica: NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader.
Collect Space: Private astronaut Jared Isaacman sworn in as NASA Administrator.
Space Explored: Jared Isaacman will donate his NASA Administrator salary to Space Camp.
NASA Watch: Note To The NASA Workforce From Administrator Jared Isaacman.
De “Agencywide Town Hall” v/d nieuwe NASA Adminstrator kan je hier bekijken.

VRTNWS: Wie is Jared Isaacman, de nieuwe NASA-baas die Amerika weer naar de maan moet brengen? 

TASS: Billionaire Isaacman to serve as new head of NASA.

Trump ondertekent “executive order” i.v.m. de Amerikaanse dominantie in de ruimte.
The White House: Ensuring American Space Superiority.

SpaceCom: Trump signs sweeping executive order to assert U.S. dominance in space.
Space News: Trump signs sweeping executive order to assert U.S. dominance in space.
Space Policy Online: Trump Issues Executive Order to Ensure U.S. Space Superiority.
Payload: Trump Signs Space Superiority Executive Order.

REMORA – Twee Mira-satellieten zoeken elkaar op – Proximity Operations – RPO.
SpaceCom: Surprise! 2 private spacecraft rendezvous in orbit on newly revealed 'Remora' mission.
Space News: Starfish Space and Impulse Space demonstrate autonomous spacecraft proximity operations.
NSF: Starfish Space announce Autonomous Rendezvous and Proximity mission success with Impulse Space.
GeekWire: Startups team up to demonstrate satellite rendezvous using Starfish Space’s navigation system.

Ook Frankrijk en US doen aan Rendezvous & Proximity Operations – Olympic Defener – RPO.
De operatie werd aangekondigd via deze linkedin-post van het Franse “Commandement de l’Espace”.
Air & Space Forces: US, France Conduct Joint Space Domain Awareness Operation.
Breaking Defense: France, US practice up-close satellite maneuvers under joint space war plan.

Zie ook dit bericht van een tijdje geleden:
05.08 – Breaking Defense: SPACECOM chief doubles down on need for on-orbit mobility.

European Space Shield.
10.12 – Space News: Helsing and Kongsberg plot multi-mission European defense space network.
12.12 – Payload: Norwegian, German Firms Partner on New Defense Sats.

NATO en DIANA.
NATO: NATO DIANA Announces Largest-Ever Cohort: 150 Innovators Selected Across Ten Challenge Areas for 2026 Challenge Programme.
Space News: Multiple space companies join NATO’s DIANA defense accelerator.
Zie de website voor DIANA – Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic.

PWSA – Nieuws – Contracten voor de bouw van 72 satellieten Tranch 3 Tracking Layer.
SDA: Space Development Agency Makes Awards to Build 72 Tracking Layer Satellites for Tranche 3.

Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin secures Tracking Layer contract from Space Development Agency.
L3Harris: Space Development Agency Awards L3Harris $843 Million Contract for Tracking Layer Satellites.
Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman Selected for Space Development Agency’s TRKT3 Mission.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Awarded $816M Prime Contract to Build Missile- Defense Satellite Constellation for U.S. Space Force.
Zie ook dit filmpje van RocketLab over “Rocket Lab SDA Tranche 3 Investor Update”.

Spaceflight Now: Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites.
Space News: Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites.
Breaking Defense: SDA awards four contracts worth $3.5B for next-gen missile tracking satellites.
Air & Space Forces: SDA Hands Out $3.5B for 72 New Missile Tracking and Defense Satellites.

US vs China.
07.12 – Space News: China hearing focuses on U.S. policy shortfalls.
11.12 – Breaking Defense: China, Russia experiment with stealthy satellites, Space Force official says.
11.12 – Space News: U.S. Air Force Secretary warns China’s space gains are driven by more than copying.

Space Force – Nieuws.
09.12 – Space News: Muon Space to develop sensor payload for missile defense satellites.
10.12 – L3Harris: US Space Force Expands Offensive Space Programs Through L3Harris Foreign Sales – Meadowlands.
10.12 – L3Harris: L3Harris Ramps Up Production of Next-Gen Missile Tracking Satellites at Expanded Florida Facility.
10.12 – Space News: L3Harris satellite-jamming system approved for export to close U.S. allies.
11.12 – Space News: BAE Systems wins $16 million DARPA award to advance autonomous satellite tasking.
11.12 – Space Daily: Autonomous DARPA project to expand satellite surveillance network by BAE Systems.
11.12 – Space News: Space Force rolls out new naming scheme for satellites and space weapons.
15.12 – SpaceCom: Ghosts, sharks and Norse mythology: US Space Force unveils new names for satellites and space weapons.
15.12 – Breaking Defense: Space Force will not partner with NRO for next-generation surveillance satellites – SILENTBARKER.
16.12 – Space News: How the Space Force trains Guardians for the future of warfare.
17.12 – Payload: How Space RCO Wants to Go Faster.

Cybersecurity.
SpaceCom: NASA spacecraft were vulnerable to hacking for 3 years and nobody knew. AI found and fixed the flaw in 4 days.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
07.12 – Space News: Guetlein defends Golden Dome secrecy, says industry is ‘well informed’ despite criticism.
07.12 – Air & Space Forces: Golden Dome Details Begin to Emerge.
09.12 – Inside GNSS: Golden Dome and PNT.
09.12 – Payload: NDAA on Golden Dome, Acquisition, Nat Sec Launch.
10.12 – Breaking Defense: Golden Dome’s industrial call to arms could match the Manhattan Project.
19.12 – Breaking Defense: MDA adds 1,086 firms to its SHIELD pool for Golden Dome-related tech.
19.12 – Defense One: Another 1,000 defense companies chosen for $151-billion Golden Dome competition.

Ook Rusland wil meer dual-use toepassingen.
TASS: Roscosmos to increase share of civilian, dual-use products output to 50% by 2030..

SpaceX wil 15.000 in VLEO.
SatNews: FCC Opens Review for SpaceX’s 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation.

Satellietconstellaties, sterrenkunde, het milieu, … .
30.10 – Universe Today: We're Putting Lots Of Transition Metals Into The Stratosphere. That's Not Good.
13.11 – Space News: ‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry.
03.12 – Ars Technica: Planned satellite constellations may swamp future orbiting telescopes.
03.12 – Space Daily: Satellite surge threatens space telescopes, astronomers warn.
12.12 – SpaceCom: Satellite constellations could obscure most space telescope observations by late 2030s: 'That part of the image will be forever lost'.
12.12 – Spaceflight Now: Study: Current, future megaconstellations risk space-based astronomy.

Meer over VLEO, D2D en satellietconstellaties.
07.11 – Via Satellite: Globalstar Q3: No Comment on Report of Potential Sale; MDA Satellites are Delayed.
10.11 – Space News: Mobile Private Networks are a great opportunity for direct-to-device satellite operators to secure and grow their enterprise business.
10.11 – Space News: Sateliot opens Barcelona facility to build more capable direct-to-device satellites.
12.11 – Via Satellite: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Breaks into Agricultural Market With Connected Farms Deal.
14.11 – Via Satellite: Inside the Amazon Project Kuiper and GRC Partnership Meeting the UK’s Defense Demand for LEO.
16.11 – Daily Galaxy: Chinese Satellite Crushes Starlink With 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM in Space.
18.11 – Space News: Eutelsat approves nearly $1 billion capital boost.
19.11 – Payload: OQ Technology Sends Europe’s First D2D Message.
24.11 – SpaceCom: Could satellite-beaming planes and airships make SpaceX's Starlink obsolete?
28.11 – Space Daily: Italian Earth observation fleet gains eight new IRIDE satellites.

02.12 – Via Satellite: The Next Wave in Connectivity: Commercial Satellite D2D Takes Shape.
02.12 – Via Satellite: A Closer Look at VLEO: The New Frontier in Orbit.
03.12 – CNBC: Musk’s Starlink rival Eutelsat shares tumble after report of SoftBank selloff.
04.12 – Space News: Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies.
05.12 – Via Satellite: Viasat’s Commissioned D2D Report Showcases Vast Potential of Market.

Navigatie en PNT.
03.11 – GPS World: Building the future of localization: how GNSS+IMU and VPS work together.
18.11 – Groundstation: German Orbital Systems to deploy Neuraspace’s space traffic management for pilot satellite of ESA’s Celeste mission.
19.11 – ESA (filmpje): Galileo, advancing toward the future.
29.11 – GPS World: All.Space awarded €950,000 by ESA’s NAVISP for GNSS-independent tech.

05.12 – Space Daily: LEO internet satellites bolster navigation where GPS is weak.
10.12 – GPS World: New GNSS interference report released.

Satellite Refueling.
30.11 – Space News: China’s Shijian spacecraft separate after pioneering geosynchronous orbit refueling tests.

03.12 – Space Daily: Orbit Fab to lead ESA backed ASTRAL refuelling demo in orbit.
04.12 – Space News: The overlooked space race: keeping satellites alive.
10.12 – Space News: GEO satellite refueling a priority for national security, commercial markets, new analysis finds – ISAM – COSMIC.
Het betrokken rapport vind je hier (PDF).
10.12 – Aerospace America: No technological barriers to refueling GEO satellites, NASA report finds.

ISAM – In-space Servicing Assembly & Manufacturing.
30.11 – Satellite Pro ME: Global satellite servicing robots market set to surge to $8.6bn by 2033.

02.12 – NASA: NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure.
10.12 – Space News: Overview Energy demonstrates technologies for space solar power.
11.12 – European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company is Developing an In-Orbit Serving Vehicle – InSPoC.

In Space (AI) Data Centers.
08.12 – Space News: Beyond the horizon: cost-driven strategies for space-based data centers.
08.12 – Space Daily: Space debris looms over Google's ambitious orbital AI data center plan.
09.12 – SpaceCom: Startup announces 'Galactic Brain' project to put AI data centers in orbit.
09.12 – Space News: Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux enters orbital data center race.
12.12 – Via Satellite: Satlyt Partners with Parsimoni to Explore Interoperability for In-Orbit Computing.
14.12 – SpaceCom: Data centers in space: Will 2027 really be the year AI goes to orbit?

Over ruimteafval.
10.09 – Universe Today: A Bi-Directional Plasma Thruster Could Deorbit Space Junk Safely.
10.09 – Inside Outer Space: Bag and Tag – Inflatable Capture Device for Space Debris.
14.09 – IEEE Spectrum: A Fusion-Reactor-Inspired Thruster Could Deorbit Space Junk It’s a new potential solution to the dangers of Kessler Syndrome.
30.09 – IEEE Spectrum: Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point?

03.10 – Ars Technica: Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half.
07.10 – SpaceCom: China is developing ways to de-orbit space junk. Should we be worried?
26.10 – SpaceCom: Could we blast space debris out of harm's way with ion beams?

01.11 – Room.EU: Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring.
06.11 – Space News: Who has the best map of orbit?
Zie het White Paper van ecosmic: Redefining Performance in Space Traffic Management: How SAFE sets a new benchmark.
06.11 – Space News: Managing space domain awareness data has become a greater challenge than collecting it.
12.11 – Universe Today: When Space Junk Comes Home.
18.11 – Space News: The next generation of radar needed to detect micro-debris and enable a safer LEO.
28.11 – Inside Outer Space: China Unveils EYESAT – Space Debris Prevention, Situational Awareness Constellation.

13.11 – Space News: ‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry.
30.11 – SCMP: China’s Xingyan ‘Star Eye’ network to track satellites and space debris.

10.12 – Space News: Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts.
12.12 – ESA: Draco: atmospheric reentry from the inside.
16.12 – New Scientist: “Crash Clock” says satellites in oribt are three days from disaster.
18.12 – SpaceCom: 'Crash Clock' reveals how soon satellite collisions would occur after a severe solar storm — and it's pretty scary.

Space Traffic Management & Space Domain Awareness.
02.09 – Defense One: Space Force goes commercial for space domain awareness.
30.09 – Space News: Satellite operators seek help from ITU to improve coordination for space safety.
09.12 – Space News: LeoLabs lands interagency contract to feed TraCSS and track adversarial spacecraft.

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