The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in April 2025:
Construction Orders:
Astranis received a US$115 million GEO comsat order for Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom
China revealed solar system exploration launch plans
Boeing readies its Q4S quantum demo satellite for 2026 launch plus a ground twin
Chang’e 8 lunar lander to carry three rovers for partners plus other international payloads
Date set for Astroscale APS-R to refuel Space Force’s Tetra-5 sat in GEO
Konsberg NanoAvionics won Meridian Space constellation contract
Blue Skies Space – which plans to launch satellites Mauve and Twinkle later this year – is planning a constellation to look for ancient signal
Firefly Aerospace to demo Elytra Dawn spacecraft to US military in 2027 as US DoD books its launch as part of Sinequone project
NanoAvionics won order for first batch of SpinLaunch constellation
Launch Orders:
Three winners for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 launch procurement: SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin
Radian hopes to fly its re-entry capsule on a hypersonic test flight in 2026
Other
Portal Space raised US$17.5 million funds as it plans for the first launch of its ‘solar thermal propulsion’ Supernova bus spacecraft in 2026
Military suborbital cargo delivery test flight for Astra Rocket 4
Sources include Cision, BBC, CNBC, msn.com, NASA, Orbitaltoday, Payload, phys.org, Politico, scmp.com and SpaceNews with links provided to each story.
