SpaceX will launch 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday, inserting the batch into a polar low Earth orbit. Falcon 9 will depart on a southerly trajectory to place the broadband payload into polar LEO.
Runway Girl
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The War Zone
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SpaceWatch Global
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By SpaceWatch Global: There are strategy documents you read, and there are strategy documents you feel. The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS) belongs to the second category.
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By Runway Girl: GetJet Aviation Holdings, an international aviation services group headquartered in Lithuania, is rebranded as GetJet Group to support its growth strategy.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo
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By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A United Airlines flight diverted after a passenger's laptop fell through a cabin crack into the cargo hold, prompting safety concerns.
Skift
• John Walton
By Skift: Europe’s legacy business class meal may no longer reflect how passengers eat – or how airlines want to operate.
Wall Street Journal
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Breaking Defense
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