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November 30, 2025
Spire and Planet expand satellite fleets on Transporter 15 mission

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Spire Global Inc and Planet Labs PBC have each reported new satellite deployments on SpaceXs Transporter 15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, expanding commercial constellations focused on Earth observation, weather, and radio frequency data. Planet confirmed that its AI enabled high resolution Pelican 5 and Pelican 6 satellites reached orbit alongside 36 SuperDoves from Flock 4H and that commissioning of the two new Pelican spacecraft is underway following initial c ... read more
UAH CanSat and rover teams notch winning performances in 2025 national and international competitions
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
UAH students prepare CanSat payload for launch during 2025 International CanSat competition held in Monterey and Staunton, Va. Three CanSat teams at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UA ... more
Mexico to launch its first microsatellite on SpaceX mission
Miami FL (UPI) Nov 26, 2025
Mexico's Alvaro Obregon borough plans to send first locally assembled microsatellite into orbit this week on SpaceX's Transporter-15 mission, a rideshare launch scheduled Wednesday from Vandenberg S ... more
South Korean team prepares BioCabinet payload for space biology research on Nuri rocket mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
Chan Hum Park and his research team from Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital are sending their BioCabinet payload into orbit aboard the fourth Nuri rocket flight on November 27, launch ... more
SatRev PW6U satellite checks in from orbit after Transporter 15 launch
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
SatRev reports that its PW6U Earth observation nanosatellite has completed initial commissioning steps after launch on SpaceX's Transporter 15 rideshare mission, with the first link from orbit confi ... more
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NASA Cost-Saving Technology Demo is Ready for Launch
Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Teams encapsulated NASA's R5-S7 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 7) CubeSat, along with three other NASA funded CubeSats, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing ... more
Alen Space delivers ETRISat CubeSat to ETRI for upcoming launch on Korean Nuri rocket
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
Alen Space has completed and delivered ETRISat, a 6U CubeSat manufactured at its facility in Nigran, Spain, for the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea. The s ... more
How small satellites can help the US win the space race
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Sending spacecraft into low Earth orbit could transform next-generation telecommunications, space exploration and national security. But that altitude - which begins roughly 60 miles above the plane ... more
Next-generation GHGSat satellites to expand commercial greenhouse gas monitoring
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
SFL Missions Inc. has secured a contract from GHGSat, Montreal, to supply two additional commercial microsatellites for the GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring constellation. The satellites, designated ... more
ArkEdge Space validates global satellite messaging system for IoT coverage
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
ArkEdge Space Inc., based in Tokyo, has confirmed the operational capability of satellite short messaging using compact, battery-powered IoT devices. ... more
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Student CubeSat set for launch to support NASA IMAP mission with space weather data collection
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A group of undergraduate students from the University of New Hampshire, Sonoma State University, and Howard University have collaboratively designed and built a CubeSat called 3UCubed, now scheduled ... more
Flight Readiness Achieved for CarbSAR Mission With SSTL and Oxford Space Systems
London, UK (SPX) Oct 25, 2025
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and Oxford Space Systems have completed the Flight Readiness Review for the upcoming CarbSAR in-Orbit Demonstration mission. This initiative pairs SSTL's Carbonit ... more
ESA taps NanoAvionics to build large cubesat for EU IOD IOV mission
Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Oct 16, 2025
ESA, acting through ESTEC, has chosen Lithuania-based Kongsberg NanoAvionics to deliver a large cubesat platform for the European Union's in-orbit demonstration and validation program. Under the IHE ... more
Selfie satellite completes mission milestone for Australia
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Australia's SpIRIT nanosatellite has completed its first mission phase, marking a major step for the nation's role in the global space industry. Developed by the University of Melbourne with support ... more
Exolaunch to deliver 59 satellites on record Transporter-15 mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Exolaunch will deploy 59 satellites on the upcoming Transporter-15 rideshare flight with SpaceX, scheduled no earlier than November 2025. The mission, Exolaunch's largest to date, spans more than 30 ... more
Chinese rocket launches Mexican built satellites in international collaboration

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
CAS Space successfully carried out the eighth flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday afternoon, sending seven satellites into orbit, including two designed and built in Mexico. The liftoff took place at 3:33 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. The payload package included a synthetic aperture radar satellite, an Earth observation satellite, and five experimental spacecraft. Among them were the mini ThumbSat-1 and ThumbSat-2 satellites, each weighing about ... read more
PREFIRE CubeSats to operate through 2026 as mission expands worldwide
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
NASA has extended the PREFIRE mission through September 2026 and broadened its scope from the poles to the entire planet. The twin shoebox-size CubeSats measure how water vapor, clouds, and other co ... more

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Space-ng launches Sol3 computer vision kit for spacecraft developers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Space-ng has introduced a rugged, low-cost Hardware Development Kit (HDK) for its space-qualified Sol3 Vision System, alongside a free Software Development Kit (SDK) for evaluation, academic researc ... more
Zoomlion names first engineering machinery satellite and expands digital intelligent and green ambitions into space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co Ltd (1157.HK) has achieved a sector first with the successful orbital deployment of the Zoomlion corporate-named satellite. Launched at 00:31 Beijin ... more
Planet expands Pelican satellite fleet with launch of two new spacecraft
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Planet Labs PBC has shipped its Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for their upcoming launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The deployment marks a con ... more
Experimental satellite enters orbit aboard Long March 4C from Sichuan
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 07, 2025
China successfully deployed an experimental satellite into orbit on Thursday afternoon, using a Long March 4C rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. The launch ... more
EnduroSat secures 43 million euro boost to expand Gen3 satellite manufacturing
Paris, France (SPX) May 28, 2025
EnduroSat has announced a euro 43 million investment round led by Founders Fund, with CEECAT Capital, Morphosis Capital, and other previous backers participating. The funding will enable the compan ... more
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