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The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) this autumn. This agreement reflects the shared commitment of both organizations to promote international collaboration in space science and strengthen their respective global impacts.

LeoLabs has announced the appointment of Karen Cox as Chief of Corporate Affairs at LeoLabs. The newly formed role of Chief of Corporate Affairs will integrate LeoLabs’ government affairs, strategic communications, and marketing teams under one executive leader. As Chief of Corporate Affairs, Karen will consequently drive LeoLabs’ corporate strategy and external engagement efforts

Spaceport Cornwall, alongside Cornwall Airport Newquay, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wholeship Ltd, which operates the National Drone Hub at Predannack, near Helston. The proposed collaboration supports the spaceport’s ambitions to make Cornwall Europe’s leading Future Air and Space solution, enabling the joint and coordinated use of facilities and expertise across all three sites to create a unique future air and space offer in Cornwall, from testing through to operations

Axiom Space has partnered with Nokia to integrate advanced 4G/LTE communication capabilities into the next-generation spacesuits for the Artemis III lunar mission. Together, Nokia and Axiom Space will incorporate high-speed cellular-network capabilities in the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), supporting HD video, telemetry data, and voice transmission over multiple kilometers on the Moon

Northrop Grumman Corporation has won the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract from the U.S. Space Force. The second site, located in the United Kingdom, continues DARC’s path to become one of the world’s most advanced radars for tracking objects in deep space. This award follows the previous competitive award of DARC Site 1.

Aerospace New Zealand and Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to supercharge the aerospace and space sectors in New Zealand and Australia. The agreement signals a new chapter in Southern Hemisphere aerospace collaboration and the groundwork for transformative partnerships and groundbreaking innovations

Scout Space Inc. has announced its plans for its first demonstration of a novel very low Earth orbit (vLEO) Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capability, aboard a reusable, taskable, sub-orbital spaceplane platform. This proof-of-concept mission, dubbed "Morning Sparrow", aims to represent a significant leap in responsive space operations and introduces a capability developed in partnership with Dawn Aerospace. Scout signed a flight agreement with Dawn in August, covering this initial demonstration and a series of future flights.

Astroscale Japan Inc. a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”) has signed a contract with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for Phase II of JAXA’s Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) program, one of the world’s first technology demonstrations of removing large-scale debris from orbit. The contract is valued at approximately 13 billion yen (including tax). 

NASA has announced that it will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew. 

Andøya Spaceport has received its Launch Site Operator license from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, marking another milestone for the spaceport towards the first launch of satellites from Norwegian soil. This demonstrates Norway's important steps into the newspace age and consolidating Norway’s position as one of the leading space nations in the Arctic.