The UK hosted its biennial Space Conference in Manchester in July. Once the industrial capital of the country, Manchester also happens to be the birthplace of radio astronomy after Sir Bernard Lovell established the science in 1945. Organisations and space industry...
Here are the latest launch and spacecraft orders which were announced or became revealed in July 2025: Construction Orders Boeing won a US$2.8 billion contract to build the first two key nuclear defence communications satellites under Evolved Strategic Satellite (ESS)...
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...
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...
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...
As the end of the day drew closer at the 2025 Farnborough International Space Show (FISS), the main stage became, briefly, a place for meditation. The unlikely practitioner was self-described “Insurance Guru” Charles Vermont, the Chair of ‘The 695th Lord Mayor of...
