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Are SPABRIBs the solution to space debris? Insurers think so
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...
Launches in March 2025
ISAR Spectrum maiden failure: spectacular but not surprising
The maiden flight of Spectrum ended in a spectacular explosion against the dramatic icy backdrop of Andøya Spaceport, Norway. Footage of Spectrum’s fiery explosion punctuating the remote wilderness of Andøya was quickly picked up by news outlets internationally. This...
Satellite and launch orders in February 2025
Construction Orders Pair of Oberon radar satellites for UK military to be built by Airbus DS Thales Alenia Space secured lunar Gateway space station airlock module contract DPhi Space Clustergate 1 mission on Transporter 13 to carry Zohar-1 space weather sensor hosted...
Seradata’s recommended space stories – February 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 February (space orders can be found in another...
A tale of two lunar landers: Blue Ghost makes successful landing but IM-2 Athena lands on its side
Firefly Blue Ghost 1, the lunar lander owned and operated by Firefly Aerospace, made a successful touchdown on the Moon on 2 March. Just four days later another commercial lunar lander, IM-2 Athena, made its own ill-fated attempt to land on Earth’s natural satellite....
The curious case of the Chinese KZ-1A rocket
A Kuiazhou 1A (KZ-1A) three-stage solid rocket was set to launch on 1 March at about 1001 GMT from Jiuquan, China. However, whether it made it off the pad intact was called into question after reports gained traction that KZ-1A suffered an explosive failure. An...
Starship blows up on IFT-8 test flight in consecutive failure
The Starship/Super Heavy suffered a serious launch failure during a suborbital flight test, for the second time in a row. Numerous observers in the Bahamas and at least one aircraft saw the Starship stage break up into fiery debris at nearly nine minutes after its...
Launches in February 2025
NASA’s ‘stranded’ astronauts finally return to Earth – in a different spacesuit and spacecraft
The ‘stranded’ pair of NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, finally returned to Earth on 18 March bringing an end to their extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The venture was supposed to last just eight days but ended up exceeding nine...
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