August 24, 2025

ISRO Unveils Module Of Bharatiya Antariksh Station, Launch Set For 2028 (Source: News18)
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Friday unveiled a model of the highly anticipated Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) module during the two-day National Space Day celebrations in New Delhi. India plans to launch the first module of the BAS, its home-built space station, by 2028, marking its entry into the group of a handful of nations that operate orbital laboratories. (8/23)

SpaceX Is Losing a Staggering Amount of Money Every Time One of Its Starships Explodes (Source: Futurism)
Each Starship prototype costs hundreds of millions of dollars to build, highlighting the astronomical costs of SpaceX's unique iterative design approach to developing the world's most powerful rocket. It's an eye-wateringly expensive process that's so far delivered muted results. The mess is also reportedly starting to affect the company's fundraising efforts, according to Bloomberg, with investors balking at a proposed $500 billion valuation. (8/23)

What’s Really Inside Jupiter? (Source: SciTech Daily)
New research challenges the long-standing idea that Jupiter’s unusual core was formed by a colossal planetary collision. Instead, scientists now believe its “dilute core”—a fuzzy mix of rock, ice, hydrogen, and helium—formed gradually as the planet grew. (8/22)

Exoplanets Suffering From a Plague of Dark Matter Could Turn Into Black Holes (Source: Physics World)
Dark matter could be accumulating inside planets close to the galactic center, potentially even forming black holes that might consume the afflicted planets from the inside-out, new research has predicted. According to the standard model of cosmology, all galaxies including the Milky Way sit inside huge haloes of dark matter, with the greatest density at the center. Now some researchers propose that dark matter could elastically scatter off molecules inside planets, lose energy and become trapped inside those planets, and then grow so dense that they collapse to form a black hole. (8/21)

Indigenous Clocks Delay ISRO’s Plans to Replace Defunct Navic Satellites (Source: The Hindu)
Officials at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) say they are looking to launch at least three satellites before 2026-end, to replace defunct satellites that are part of the ‘Indian GPS’ or Navic (Navigation with Indian constellation) system. However, there seems to be a key element impeding the launch — the development of indigenous clocks. These high-precision clocks — now proposed at five per satellite — are what provides accurate timing (and hence location) services to users on earth. (8/23)

Rocket Lab Launches 5 Satellites on Mystery Mission (Source: Space.com)
Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its Electron rocket. An Electron carrying the satellite quintet lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site. (8/23)

Florida Starship Ops Bring Investment and Jobs (Source: Florida Today)
Florida officials project the Starship program will generate at least $1.8 billion in capital investment and 600 new full-time jobs on the Space Coast by 2030. Already under construction at the Cape: a Gigabay standing 380 feet tall and housing about 46.5 million cubic feet of interior processing space with 815,000 square feet of workspace. (8/23)

Rocket Lab to Expand U.S. Investments for National Security Programs and Semiconductor Manufacturing (Source: Rocket Lab)
Rocket Lab is boosting its U.S. investments to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity and provide supply chain security for space-grade solar cells and electro-optical sensors for national security space missions. The Trump Administration will support these investments with a $23.9 million award through the Department of Commerce, part of the CHIPS and Science Act that ensures U.S. leadership in space-grade semiconductor technology. (8/22)

Amazon and Starlink Awarded 50% of Colorado’s Underserved Broadband Locations (Source: Colorado Sun)
Satellite internet companies dominated Colorado’s revised broadband plan that aims to finally get the rest of the state’s households online and up to modern-day internet speeds, the Colorado Broadband Office announced Friday. Amazon’s upcoming Project Kuiper and Space X’s Starlink satellite services bid on pretty much every eligible location for a chance to qualify for some part of the state’s $826.5 million allocation as part of the federal Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD program. (8/23)