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Satellite and Launch Orders – May 2025
The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in May 2025: Construction Orders: Chinese satellite developer MinoSpace won a major contract, valued at CNY804 million (around US$111 million), to build a remote sensing satellite...
Seradata’s recommended space stories – May 2025
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of May (space orders can also be found in another...
Eris blows its cap off before a launch has even taken place
Australia’s Eris Block 1 rocket, made by Gilmour Space Technologies, had a rough start to its career with a pre-launch failure delaying the vehicle’s maiden flight. The nose cone/fairing, triggered by an electrical fault, “pinged” off the rocket prematurely while it...
SpaceX IFT-9 test flight ends with loss of Starship and reused Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has suffered another Integrated Flight Test failure and lost both Starship and its Super Heavy booster. The IFT-9 test flight of the Super Heavy/Starship combination took place from the Boca Chica base in West Texas at 2336 GMT on 27 May. All seemed to go well...
US$218 million insurance loss avoided as SARah Passiv radar sats manage to shake out their antennas
Two military Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites have been rescued in orbit after being out of action for nearly 18 months. A series of complex manoeuvres has freed the antennas, which were jammed on SARah-Passiv 1 and SARah-Passiv 2. Non-deployment of the passive...
PSLV suffers rare launch failure
India’s space agency was left a little shaken after its dependable PSLV launch vehicle sustained a rare failure. The launch took place from the Satish Dhawan Launch Center in Sriharikota, India at 0029 GMT on 18 May. On board was the EOS-09 satellite (also known as...
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Analysis: US military gets serious about using rockets for point-to-point cargo delivery on Earth
A string of recent orders indicates a rising appetite for point-to-point (P2P) deliveries on Earth, as the US military looks for ways to deliver large cargos anywhere in the world within an hour. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the US Department of Defense (DoD)...
NASA faces up to White House plan for more science cuts and for Artemis to have one human lunar landing attempt
The Trump Administration has proposed cutting NASA’s budget by 32%, earning it the nickname of “the Skinny Budget”. The President’s Budget Request (PBR) for the fiscal year to end-September 2026 is US$18.8 billion, a cut of US$6.1 billion from NASA’s US$24.9 billion...
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