Orbital OSINT 35

Space and telecoms this week (21–28 Aug 2025) were dominated by SpaceX : Starship Flight 10 hit all major objectives, while Falcon 9 lofted Luxembourg’s NAOS plus rideshares and more Starlinks ; Blue Origin queued NS-35. On orbit and policy beats, York Space Systems delivered 21 satellites for the Space Force’s first LEO comms network, Viasat reshuffled leadership and won a SouthPAN award, IBM/NASA rolled out a geospatial AI model, and FAA comments signaled broad support for space-based ADS-B.

Market notes included Sumitomo backing Kongsberg NanoAvionics, Tampnet’s Petrobras deal, and imagery firms warning about X-band spectrum at the next WRC. Astronomy/stargazing pieces highlighted a black moon, a Mars–crescent Moon pairing, and striking ISS imagery.