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Satellite and Launch Orders – September 2025
Here are the latest launch and spacecraft orders which were announced in September 2025: Construction Orders Galaxia has secured a $2.5 million project with Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to build the Canadian Tactical Operation Satellite (CTOS) in...
Human spaceflights on the horizon
Several human spaceflights were announced during September, alongside other updates relating to astronaut activities. Women outnumber men in NASA astronaut class 2025: For the first time in its 67-year history, NASA’s astronaut class saw women outnumber men. The...
SpaceX to ramp up Falcon 9 launches from Florida while it works out a safe Starship trajectory
The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the US Air Force (USAF) formally gave its blessing for SpaceX to ramp up the maximum number of Falcon 9 launches plus booster landings from Cape Canaveral, Florida, jumping from 70 to 120 flights per year. The company has...
Ground test destruction of Firefly Alpha first stage causes 21% fall in Firefly’s share price
Firefly Aerospace suffered a sharp fall in its share price after the first stage of its Alpha rocket was destroyed in a ground test. The impact of the explosion, and ensuing fire, on 29 September was felt beyond the company’s launch pad: It led to a dramatic 21% fall...
Iran suspected of suffering Zoljanah-1 orbital launch failure
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Zoljanah (also known as Zuljanah) rocket was launched from the Semnan launch site in Iran at about 1500 GMT on 18 September, it is believed. The event, thought to be an orbital attempt, marked the third launch of the...
The UK space sector: moving fast and moving slow
The UK Space sector has been receiving mixed signals from government, with two major announcements highlighting this see-sawing movement. UK Space Agency is folded into government The first is that the UK Space Agency (UKSA) has been absorbed by the UK...
Firefly reveals cause of Alpha launch failure: a strange aerothermodynamic heating effect
Firefly Aerospace has revealed the cause of the launch failure of its Alpha rocket that took place four months ago. On its sixth launch, Alpha lifted off from the Vandenberg launch site in California, at 1337 GMT on 28 April. At first all seemed to go well with the...
Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket self-destructs after power failure
Chinese startup Landspace suffered a launch failure after its Zhuque-2E rocket experienced an electrical anomaly during its sixth test flight, ending its run of successes. Zhuque-2E took off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 01:17 GMT on 15 August....
Starship’s triumphant 10th test flight comes just in time for SpaceX
After three consecutive flight failures plus an on-land test explosion, there was a lot riding on the 10th suborbital test flight (IFT-10) of the Starship/Super Heavy. Success was needed for both SpaceX and for NASA's Artemis lunar programme – and it was achieved. ...
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