August 27, 2025 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- AT&T to Acquire Spectrum Licenses from EchoStar
Jay: “This is not Spectrum the cable company, these are radio spectrum rights that EchoStar owns, and I would be surprised if old AT&T leases them out.”
- Rocket Lab’s Neutron launch pad has been completed
The company is still targeting the first Neutron launch before the end of this year.
- Firefly Aerospace gets Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) clearance to resume Alpha rocket launches
This completes the investigation into the April launch failure.
- Chinese pseudo-company Galactic Energy signs agreement to launch Piesat’s satellites with its Ceres-2 solid-fueled rocket
This is for Piesat’s Nuwa radar satellite constellation.
- RKK Energia, Russia’s prime contractor in human space flight, publicly admits that the company is in dire financial straits, with debt eating its budget, demotivated staff and obsolete processes
The Russian invasion of the Ukraine cut Energia off from all its international customers. It no longer has any way to make money.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- AT&T to Acquire Spectrum Licenses from EchoStar
Jay: “This is not Spectrum the cable company, these are radio spectrum rights that EchoStar owns, and I would be surprised if old AT&T leases them out.”
- Rocket Lab’s Neutron launch pad has been completed
The company is still targeting the first Neutron launch before the end of this year.
- Firefly Aerospace gets Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) clearance to resume Alpha rocket launches
This completes the investigation into the April launch failure.
- Chinese pseudo-company Galactic Energy signs agreement to launch Piesat’s satellites with its Ceres-2 solid-fueled rocket
This is for Piesat’s Nuwa radar satellite constellation.
- RKK Energia, Russia’s prime contractor in human space flight, publicly admits that the company is in dire financial straits, with debt eating its budget, demotivated staff and obsolete processes
The Russian invasion of the Ukraine cut Energia off from all its international customers. It no longer has any way to make money.