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Luna-25 crashes into moon after orbit maneuver

Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has announced.

by Andrew Jones August 20, 2023August 25, 2023

China sets a new national orbital launch record with launch of a Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying the Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F satellite, Oct. 27, 2021.

Policy & Politics

U.S. intelligence report: China’s commercial space sector to become global competitor by 2030

by Sandra Erwin March 8, 2023March 9, 2023

On National Security | A coming of age for commercial satellite imagery

by Sandra Erwin February 15, 2023February 21, 2023

Civil

Kelly: As rivals challenge U.S. in space, commercial industry needs to ‘step up’

by Sandra Erwin February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

South Korea picks Vega C to launch satellite grounded by Russian sanctions

by Park Si-soo February 1, 2023February 22, 2023

The first Long March 8 launch, lifting off from Wenchang.

U.S. sanctions Chinese satellite firm for allegedly supplying SAR imagery to Russia’s Wagner Group

by Andrew Jones January 27, 2023February 1, 2023

The first Long March 8 launch, lifting off from Wenchang.

U.S. sanctions Chinese satellite firm for allegedly supplying SAR imagery to Russia’s Wagner Group

by Andrew Jones January 27, 2023February 1, 2023

News

Dark clouds, silver linings: Five ways war in Ukraine is transforming the space domain

by Sandra Erwin and Debra Werner December 23, 2022February 1, 2023

Russia escalates rhetoric on commercial satellites, calls them ‘legitimate targets for retaliation’

by Sandra Erwin October 27, 2022January 23, 2023

From the Magazine

War in Ukraine shifts priorities among European government agencies

by Debra Werner October 24, 2022January 23, 2023