The December 23 supermoon will be the largest and brightest full moon in the last eight years.

Mars will be invisible in the night sky for much of the first half of 2026 but will become visible in the southeast before dawn in October.

The Wolf Moon is the first of three supermoons in 2026 and the last of a series of four occurring at the end of 2025.

The crescent moon will be illuminated by only 2% and visible low in the western sky, with Venus below and Saturn above.

Total lunar eclipses often occur in groups of three, with two occurring in 2025 and the final one of the trio happening in early March 2026.

On November 2, 2026, a waning crescent moon illuminated at 43% will be visible near Mars, with Jupiter just below it.

The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, will be spectacular, as the moon will perfectly block the Sun for up to 2 minutes and 18 seconds.

The maximum budget for the TASA project is 2.556 billion New Taiwan Dollars, equivalent to approximately 69 million euros.

The client from one of the contracts is the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), which will launch four Earth observation satellites.

The four satellites to be launched by TASA are Formosat-8C, Formosat-8D, Formosat-9A, and Formosat-9B.

Formosat-8 will be a constellation of six high-resolution Earth observation optical satellites.

Avio signed two launch service agreements with different clients for multiple satellite launches aboard a Vega C launcher.

The research team carried out experiments on superconducting quantum processors using devices operated in the University of Queensland laboratory and chips accessed through IBM's cloud-based quantum computing services.

Globalstar is planning a 48-satellite constellation as part of a $1 billion investment.

Globalstar is pursuing a US license for its new satellite constellation.

SpaceX Starlink increased satellite and user-kit production in 2025.

SpaceX Starlink reduced satellite jitter in 2025.

SpaceX Starlink plans to lower its satellites' orbit for solar minimum in 2026.

SpaceX Starlink achieved a 10x downlink and 24x uplink boost in 2025.

Anysignal raised 24 million dollars in a Series A financing round.

Anysignal aims to expand development of autonomous radio frequency sensing technology for mission critical space and national security applications.

Anysignal develops software defined systems that use artificial intelligence to sense, identify, and manage radio frequency signals.

The QuickBeam payload is designed to operate as part of a distributed constellation, enabling resilient coverage through redundancy and cooperative sensing across multiple satellites.

The QuickBeam payload combines multispectral electro-optical and infrared bands to improve detection sensitivity and tracking accuracy across a range of operational conditions.

The Space Development Agency’s proliferated constellation systems are intended to detect, track, and support engagement of ballistic, hypersonic, and other emerging threats by providing timely and precise data to defense networks.

The QuickBeam payload is designed to provide persistent sensing and tracking of advanced missile threats from low Earth orbit.

The award positions Muon Space to contribute to the Space Development Agency’s effort to deploy a resilient, low-latency space architecture that supports missile defense, domain awareness, and integrated deterrence objectives.

A Direct to Phase II award enables Muon Space to continue development of its QuickBeam multispectral electro-optical and infrared payload technology.

The Space Development Agency is building a proliferated constellation of satellites to deliver continuous missile warning and tracking coverage.

Ceres-2, TL-3, and LJ-2 are already at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC).

Chinese rockets plan to have their maiden launch within 2026.

The national team usually keeps its timetable.

Pallas-1, ZH-1, and Nebula-1 have fully assembled rockets.

It is likely that 9 out of the 13 planned rockets could make their maiden launch.

The Hainan Commercial Launch Site aims to support over 100 missions annually by 2030.

The Hainan Commercial Launch Site plans to deploy over 1,000 spacecraft annually by 2030.

By 2030, the Hainan Commercial Launch Site aims to operate 8 liquid-propellant launch pads.

i-Space tested larger fairings with a diameter of 1.6 meters for its Hyperbola-1 rocket.

Total R&D expenses since 2022 for Landspace are $327 million.

Landspace is losing between $100 million and $150 million a year.

Landspace has not sold a launch for more than $5 million.

AT&T is integrating satellite capabilities into FirstNet, the dedicated communications platform for public safety.

Verizon has entered an agreement to utilize AST SpaceMobile’s network via 850 MHz low-band spectrum.

The phased array antenna of BlueBird 6 measures approximately 2,400 square feet, making it 3.5 times larger than the five BlueBird Block 1 satellites launched in September 2024.

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile intend to initiate a beta satellite service for commercial and FirstNet users in the first half of 2026.

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile announced infrastructure milestones on December 30, 2025, for the expansion of direct-to-cell satellite connectivity across the United States.

BlueBird 6, the first of AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 satellites, was deployed on December 23, 2025, and is designed to provide broadband services to unmodified smartphones using AT&T’s terrestrial spectrum.

The Block 2 architecture of BlueBird 6 is designed to support peak data rates of up to 120 Mbps.

The collaboration between AT&T and AST SpaceMobile is governed by a commercial agreement signed in May 2024.

Testing agencies are evaluating satellite-based mission-critical push-to-talk and FirstNet Fusion services for connectivity in remote areas.