In South Korea, established players and startups are pivoting to keep pace with the U.S. and China in AI infrastructure.

The race for AI infrastructure is accelerating the geopolitical bifurcation of the space sector.

The European Commission will announce the final private consortium for the IRIS² implementation later this quarter to define the EU’s AI-orbital roadmap through 2030.

Major powers have adopted distinct architectural philosophies to secure dominance in the software-defined orbital layer.

York Space competed successfully against traditional aerospace primes by offering standardized platforms, aggressive timelines, and competitive pricing.

The Pentagon's shift towards proliferated architectures and rapid technology insertion favors nimble actors over bureaucratic giants.

AE Industrial Partners will acquire a 60% controlling interest in L3Harris Technologies' space propulsion business, valuing the unit at $845 million.

AE Industrial Partners controls virtually every capability required to execute major space missions through distinct portfolio companies.

AE Industrial Partners aims to integrate its space mission systems in months instead of years through direct collaboration between CEOs of portfolio companies.

The combined enterprise value of AE Industrial Partners' constellation is nearly $16 billion.

AE Industrial Partners aims to revitalize L3Harris's Rocketdyne by stripping away corporate overhead and injecting startup urgency.

AE Industrial Partners' Virtual Prime can bid on integrated solutions while maintaining cost structures and timelines unmatched by legacy companies.

The acquisition of Rocketdyne involves surgical extraction of high-growth potential assets like the RL10 and the nuclear thermal propulsion division.

The 'Virtual Prime' model poses distinct risks due to potential substantial coordination costs between independent companies.

The next five years will determine if AE Industrial Partners has reinvented the defense contractor model or made well-timed investments.

PSLV-C62 will carry EOS-N1 and 18 rideshare satellites.

PSLV-C62 will mark PSLV's return to flight following a failure in May.

India's PSLV-C62 mission is confirmed to launch on January 12th at 04:47 UTC.

The PSLV rocket will fly in the PSLV-DL configuration with 2 strap-on solid rocket boosters.

The HS-8 satellite is being delivered to the JSLC commercial sector.

The HS-8 satellite will be launched by a new rocket at the end of January.

The TL-3's maiden launch is possible at the same time.

Ongoing construction of Angara's payload assembly and processing building is visible at the Technical Complex.

Work at the Vostochny Cosmodrome facilities resumed on January 5 in accordance with assigned tasks.

Construction work continues at the Vostochny Cosmodrome sites despite the New Year holidays.

Interior finishing works are ongoing at the Angara Launch Vehicle Technical Complex.

Engineering network installation works are in progress at the Angara Launch Vehicle Technical Complex.

Concrete and finishing works are being carried out at the second apartment building.

Two apartment buildings with 125 apartments each are under construction.

Finishing works are continuing at the first apartment building.

Preparations are underway for commissioning the remaining two stages of construction at the Angara Launch Complex.

The first 3 modules of ROS, which are the NEM, Node, and Airlock modules, will be launched on Proton-M and Soyuz-2.1b rockets from Baikonur cosmodrome.

Later modules of ROS will use Angara-A5M and Vostochny rockets.

Construction of the ROS is planned to take place on the ISS.

It was not possible to use the 97° inclination for launching NEM.

The inclination of the ROS has been changed from 97° to 51.6°.

The new 51.6° inclination is the cheapest, quickest, and safest option for the ROS.

The launch of NEM was initially planned on the first orbital mission of Angara-A5M.

There are 7 to 10 remaining Proton-M rockets that need to be utilized.

A Proton-M rocket for the launch of NEM is already built.

Angara-A5M is not considered the safest option for launching the NEM module.

Prichal was launched in 2021.

Node and Airlock modules will be launched separately on Soyuz-2.1b rockets.

The Node module is a copy of Prichal and will likely replace it.

Progress ROS spacecraft will be launched from Vostochny cosmodrome.

The development of crewed infrastructure at Vostochny cosmodrome for the Orel spacecraft will continue unaffected.

The stack of NEM, Node, Airlock, and Nauka modules will undock from the rest of the ISS into independent flight.

The Orel spacecraft will start flying after the new Soyuz modification 'Soyuz ROS' is implemented.

The new Soyuz modification called 'Soyuz ROS' will be required for docking to the new modules built on the ISS.

The Flight model R&D Phase typically precedes operational readiness by less than 2 years.