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SUSTAINABILITY

Mind the blind spots.

USSF taps Vantor for a space tracking contract. RPI and Texas A&M researchers to track cislunar objects. ESA to track space health in their report. And more.

Maria Varmazis
Oct 22, 2025
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Summary

Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, has been awarded a contract to support the US Space Force (USSF) in tracking high-interest objects that pass through "blind spots" in space. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Texas A&M University have secured a $1 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for cislunar tracking. The European Space Agency (ESA) is adding a new numerical health index to its yearly Space Environment Report, and more.

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Torsten Kriening from SpaceWatch.Global brings us the latest from the Secure World Foundation’s 7th Summit for Space Sustainability in Paris.

Selected Reading

Vantor Awarded Space Force SDA Contract for Tracking of Space Objects

RPI Awarded Air Force Grant to Monitor Growing Traffic Between Earth and Moon- News

Sounding the alarm: ESA introduces space environment ‘health index’

It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon - Ars Technica

Lynk and Omnispace Announce Plans to Merge to Deliver Next-Generation Global Direct-to-Device (D2D) Connectivity

NASA stacks Artemis 2 moon mission's Orion capsule atop SLS rocket ahead of 2026 launch- Space

Eutelsat Communications: First Quarter 2025-26 Revenues

Coming Soon: ESA Student Internships 2026

ispace Secures Toyota’s Support for Next-Generation Small-Sized Rover Development

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