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Yesterday China successfully conducted the maiden flight of the Lijian-2 (Kinetica-2) liquid fueled launch vehicle. It carried three satellites, among them the prototype of the Qingzhou transporter to be used to supply the Chinese Space Station.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/lijian-2.htm

Lijian-2 (Kinetica-2)

Lijian-2 or Kinetica-2 is a Chinese liquid-fueled medium launch vehicle developed by CAS Space, a rocket manufacturer affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Firefly Alpha successfully returned to flight. The last flight of the Block 1 version tested systems for Block 2 and put a Lockheed Martin Technology Test payload (possibly similar to the one lost in the last launch failure) in orbit.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/firefly.htm

Firefly-Alpha (Firefly-Ξ±)

Firefly is a small liquid fueled orbital launch vehicle, which is being developed by Firefly Aerospace, Inc.. Both stages are Kerosene and LOX fueled and pressurized by Helium.

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HEO (@heospace) has imaged @AST_SpaceMobile 's Bluebird 6 satellite in orbit. It looks significantly different from the illustrations on AST Space Mobile's website.

https://x.com/heospace/status/2031492874576212340

A SpaceX Falcon-9 booster has launched the large EchoStar 25 direct broadcasting satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The 6800 kg satellite was built by Lanteris (formerly Maxar).

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/echostar-25.htm

EchoStar 25

EchoStar 25 (EchoStar XXV) is a direct broadcasting communications satellite manufactured by Maxar Technologies (United States) for EchoStar Corpor...

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Space One's KAIROS small solid fueled launch vehicle has launched for the 3rd time from Spaceport Kii and again failed to reach orbit. About 1 min into the flight an energetic event was observed.
5 small satellites were lost.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/kairos.htm

KAIROS

KAIROS (Kii-based Advanced & Instant Rocket System), developed by Space One, is an advanced launch vehicle, featuring a propulsion system comprising solid fuel for its three stages and a liquid prope…

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The number of launches and especially of individual satellites have drastically increased in 2025.

And here are the launch statistics for 2025 by launch vehicle families:

Note:
* includes the marginally suborbital Starship launches
* includes Iranian Zoljanah launch, which is unclear, if it was orbital attempt

As every year, here are the launch statistics for 2025 by country.
Note:
* includes the marginally suborbital Starship launches
* includes Iranian Zoljanah launch, which is unclear, if it was orbital attempt
* RocketLab launches are listed as New Zealand / USA
Wow - the Musk-Trump-bromance turns into a full-bloom divorce battle.
Collateral damage may be crewed spaceflight, as Musk threatens to decommission the Dragon crewed spacecraft.
I did not see this escalating so fast...

This leaves a small number of LEO sats:

USA 320, ..., 323
USA 328, ..., 331
USA 350, 351
USA 485, 486

Any thoughts?
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