Satellite and Launch Orders - April 2025

The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in April 2025:

Construction Orders:

Astranis received a US$115 million GEO comsat order for Taiwan's Chunghwa TelecomChina revealed solar system exploration launch plansBoeing readies its Q4S quantum demo satellite for 2026 launch plus a ground twinChang'e 8 lunar lander to carry three rovers for partners plus other international payloadsDate set for Astroscale APS-R to refuel Space Force’s Tetra-5 sat in GEOKonsberg NanoAvionics won Meridian Space constellation contractBlue Skies Space - which plans to launch satellites Mauve and Twinkle later this year - is planning a constellation to look for ancient signalFirefly Aerospace to demo Elytra Dawn spacecraft to US military in 2027 as US DoD books its launch as part of Sinequone projectNanoAvionics won order for first batch of SpinLaunch constellation

Launch Orders:

Three winners for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 launch procurement: SpaceX, ULA and Blue OriginRadian hopes to fly its re-entry capsule on a hypersonic test flight in 2026

Other

Portal Space raised US$17.5 million funds as it plans for the first launch of its 'solar thermal propulsion' Supernova bus spacecraft in 2026Military suborbital cargo delivery test flight for Astra Rocket 4Sources include Cision, BBC, CNBC, msn.com, NASA, Orbitaltoday, Payload, phys.org, Politico, scmp.com and SpaceNews with links provided to each story.