The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in June 2025:
Construction Orders:
Despite a regulatory probe by the FCC into its spectrum licenses, EchoStar has ordered a new geostationary satellite, EchoStar XXVI, to provide direct-to-home coverage to DISH TV customers
The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea has picked Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) to build the first CubeSat for a project to monitor Venus from LEO
BAE Systems secured a US$1.2 billion contract by the US Space Systems Command to build missile warning satellites for the US Space Force
OHB System AG has secured a EU€839 million deal from ESA to build the LISA mission: a three-satellite observatory that will detect gravitational waves from space
The UK has invested GB£5.15 million in Orpheus, a new mission to protect satellites and other assets in space from solar storms and other threats. Open Cosmos will build the spacecraft while Astroscale UK will operate the mission.
A lunar rover, named Mona Luna, is in development by Venturi Space France, for future ESA and CNES missions to the South Pole of the Moon. Venturi Space France hope it will be ready to be launched on an Ariane 64 in 2030.
Launch Orders:
SpaceX clinched a US$81.6 million contract to launch the WSF-M2, a weather satellite, in 2027 to help bolster the US military’s weather-monitoring capabilities
ESA has picked Rocket Lab to deploy two “Pathfinder A” spacecraft on a dedicated Electron launch. The satellite pair will form part of LEO-PNT, a future navigation constellation for Europe
Sources include Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), Cision, BBC, CNBC, msn.com, NASA, Orbitaltoday, Payload, phys.org, Politico, scmp.com and SpaceNews with links provided to each story.
