The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in March 2025:
Construction Orders:
Airbus DS has won a contract to provide a lander for the ExoMars rover – replacing Russia, which was originally supposed to provide the component
Thales Alenia Space received a construction contract for JSAT-31 GEO comsat
Swissto12 cinched a contract from Singapore-based Astrum Mobile to build a small GEO comsat using its Hummingsat bus
D-Orbit signed with Eutelsat for RISE GEO servicing mission for one of its satellites
ESA RAMSES asteroid mission attracts two CubeSat partners
US military plans refuelling test missions involving Tetra-5, Tetra-6 and Rooster-5 spacecraft
BlueLink Satcom plans its own Blue Tooth sat
Inflatable drag sail demo gets a go from ESA
Launch Orders:
MaiaSpace secured a multi-launch contract to lift ExoTrail’s SpaceVan delivery spacecraft
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket received a contract to launch two Arctic Ocean Surveillance (AOS) sats for Norway after winning AOBA launch from ElevationSpace
Firefly Alpha rocket to launch INCUS mission for NASA from Wallops Island
Three Cubesat EZIE mission signed to Falcon 9 Transporter 13 mission
Other
York Space readies Tyndal mission for US military
Rivada to fly Outernet demo sat in 2026
Sources include Cision, BBC, CNBC, msn.com, NASA, Orbitaltoday, Payload, phys.org, Politico, scmp.com and SpaceNews with links provided to each story.