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Vast Space sets up Paris HQ and signs a two-mission crewed plan with France for ISS and Haven-1

Vast Space—founded by former crypto executive Jed McCaleb—will establish a European headquarters in Paris and fly French astronaut Thomas Pesquet on two crewed missions. The deal, announced at France’s Choose France Summit, links Pesquet to ISS operations and to Haven-1, with crew transport via SpaceX capsules.

2026-06-01T13:45:26.558627-07:00

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As SpaceX eyes a $75bn Nasdaq IPO, market tests whether mega listings from SpaceX and AI firms (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be absorb

2026-06-01T14:22:55.043034-07:00

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PLD Space commits €35M to build out its MIURA 5 launch complex at Kourou’s ELM-Diamant, speeding civil works for a late-2026 deb

2026-06-01T03:41:09.367969-07:00

Space Intel Report

Viasat to buy Swissto12’s 7th small-GEO satellite, growing HummingSat orders to four after Inmarsat deal

2026-06-01T07:41:14.725344-07:00

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The Economist

As SpaceX eyes a $75bn Nasdaq IPO, market tests whether mega listings from SpaceX and AI firms (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be absorb SpaceX reportedly aims to raise about $75bn from investors in a Nasdaq IPO, with trading expected to start the next day after a June 11 share sale. The planned offering is framed alongside other mega-tech debut expectations, including Anthropic and OpenAI—raising questions about liquidity and appetite for unusually large public-market entrants.

2026-06-01T14:22:55.043034-07:00

As SpaceX eyes a $75bn Nasdaq IPO, market tests whether mega listings from SpaceX and AI firms (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be absorb

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Vast Space sets up Paris HQ and signs a two-mission crewed plan with France for ISS and Haven-1 Vast Space—founded by former crypto executive Jed McCaleb—will establish a European headquarters in Paris and fly French astronaut Thomas Pesquet on two crewed missions. The deal, announced at France’s Choose France Summit, links Pesquet to ISS operations and to Haven-1, with crew transport via SpaceX capsules.

2026-06-01T13:45:26.558627-07:00

Vast Space sets up Paris HQ and signs a two-mission crewed plan with France for ISS and Haven-1

Space Intel Report

Viasat to buy Swissto12’s 7th small-GEO satellite, growing HummingSat orders to four after Inmarsat deal Swissto12 says the undisclosed customer for its 7th small-GEO satellite is Viasat. The order expands Viasat’s Swissto12 HummingSat backlog to four spacecraft, following Viasat’s purchase of Inmarsat—adding another GEO node to its connectivity-focused satellite plans.

2026-06-01T07:41:14.725344-07:00

Viasat to buy Swissto12’s 7th small-GEO satellite, growing HummingSat orders to four after Inmarsat deal

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Spaceport facility bonds become law, reframing how space infrastructure can be financed A new law authorizes “spaceport facility bonds” after more than three decades in public and project finance, signaling a step-change in how space infrastructure projects can be capitalized. The measure is positioned as a fundamental shift for space infrastructure finance, with implications for future buildout cadence and project risk allocation.

2026-06-01T06:13:47.660079-07:00

Spaceport facility bonds become law, reframing how space infrastructure can be financed

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Bellatrix Aerospace teams with TelePIX on Korean VLEO optical-payload demo satellite, targeting NET 2028 Bellatrix Aerospace is partnering with Korean optical payload maker TelePIX to build a Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) demonstration satellite. The satellite is slated to launch in 2028 (NET), extending Bellatrix’s push into sustained VLEO operations with an optical payload element via TelePIX.

2026-06-01T06:13:12.588154-07:00

Bellatrix Aerospace teams with TelePIX on Korean VLEO optical-payload demo satellite, targeting NET 2028

Payload

Opinion: Commercial space’s rising conjunction and debris signals outpace the data-to-decision channel A new opinion argues that the commercial space boom is generating more operational signals—launch and orbital cadence, debris accumulation rates, and conjunction alerts—than decision-makers can effectively process. The core problem isn’t sensing, but a broken mechanism for converting those signals into timely, actionable decisions.

2026-06-01T05:12:35.156159-07:00

Opinion: Commercial space’s rising conjunction and debris signals outpace the data-to-decision channel

Space Intel Report

Business Finland approves €28.3M final tranche to scale ICEYE SAR manufacturing and expand into optical/RF sensors and AI-enable Finland’s Business Finland has approved a €28.3 million continuation grant to ICEYE, the final tranche of a prior R&D investment decision. The funding is intended to expand SAR satellite manufacturing capability and accelerate next-generation, AI-enabled satellite intelligence, including work into optical and radio-frequency (RF) sensing.

2026-06-01T05:00:29.707267-07:00

Business Finland approves €28.3M final tranche to scale ICEYE SAR manufacturing and expand into optical/RF sensors and AI-enable

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PLD Space commits €35M to build out its MIURA 5 launch complex at Kourou’s ELM-Diamant, speeding civil works for a late-2026 deb PLD Space says it will invest €35 million in the development and deployment of its MIURA 5 Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, over 2025–2026. The company has tripled its prior plan to accelerate civil works for its inaugural flight later this year.

2026-06-01T03:41:09.367969-07:00

PLD Space commits €35M to build out its MIURA 5 launch complex at Kourou’s ELM-Diamant, speeding civil works for a late-2026 deb

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Vast Space sets up Paris HQ and signs a two-mission crewed plan with France for ISS and Haven-1

As SpaceX eyes a $75bn Nasdaq IPO, market tests whether mega listings from SpaceX and AI firms (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be absorb

PLD Space commits €35M to build out its MIURA 5 launch complex at Kourou’s ELM-Diamant, speeding civil works for a late-2026 deb

Viasat to buy Swissto12’s 7th small-GEO satellite, growing HummingSat orders to four after Inmarsat deal

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