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South Korean startup Innospace fails on its 1st orbital launch attempt

Innospace tried to make history on Monday night (Dec. 22), but it didn

Summary: The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec. 22 from Brazil.

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-25T23:25:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T14:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a 📖 **Details**: The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: LVM-3 | BlueBird Block 2 #1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T03:24:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) 📖 **Details**: AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature a single satellite. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 12A | Demo Flight 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-23T02:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 12A 📖 **Details**: First test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. The rocket’s 1st stage will attempt to land on a landing pad about 300 km downrange of the launch site. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-23T01:13:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: HANBIT-Nano 📖 **Details**: Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean stratup Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T14:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a 📖 **Details**: The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: LVM-3 | BlueBird Block 2 #1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T03:24:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) 📖 **Details**: AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature a single satellite. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 12A | Demo Flight 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-23T02:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 12A 📖 **Details**: First test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. The rocket’s 1st stage will attempt to land on a landing pad about 300 km downrange of the launch site. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-23T01:13:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: HANBIT-Nano 📖 **Details**: Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean stratup Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T01:51:30Z 🚀 **Rocket**: H3-22 📖 **Details**: QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

Latest Space News: Nebula knowledge: Do you know these stunning space structures? Link:

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Nebula knowledge: Do you know these stunning space structures?

Test your cosmic eye: can you match these dazzling nebula images to their names?

Summary: Test your cosmic eye: can you match these dazzling nebula images to their names?

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T14:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a 📖 **Details**: The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: LVM-3 | BlueBird Block 2 #1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T03:24:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) 📖 **Details**: AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature a single satellite. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 12A | Demo Flight 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-23T02:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 12A 📖 **Details**: First test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket. The rocket’s 1st stage will attempt to land on a landing pad about 300 km downrange of the launch site. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-23T01:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: HANBIT-Nano 📖 **Details**: Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean stratup Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T01:51:30Z 🚀 **Rocket**: H3-22 📖 **Details**: QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

Latest Space Breaking News: Supermassive black holes show selective feeding habits during galaxy mergers Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-supermassive-black-holes-habits-galaxy.html Summary: Black holes are notorious for gobbling up everything that comes their way, but astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered that even supermassive black holes can be picky eaters, and this can have a significant impact on their growth.

Latest Space News: 12 days of space and sci-fi books: Check out these festive holiday titles for your gift list or yourself! Link:

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12 days of space and sci-fi books for the 12 days of Christmas

These are the 12 best new space and sci-fi books on the market, so if you

Summary: Yuletide season is officially upon us and here's a joyous array of new titles to add to your holiday reading list.

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T14:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a 📖 **Details**: The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience