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...
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...
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 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...
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...
