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Musk retreats on Dragon decommission threat after spat with Trump

Elon Musk has quietly dropped his warning to pull SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft from NASA and Pentagon programs, easing a standoff with President Trump that had put critical ISS cargo and crew missions and some $22 billion in contracts at risk.

2025-06-05T13:30:00.315979-07:00

Ars Technica

Trump Cancels Key SpaceX Contracts, Threatening U.S. Space Program

2025-06-05T13:10:30.983925-07:00

Spaceflight Now

ispace Sets Second Lunar Landing Attempt for 4:17 a.m. JST

2025-06-05T09:18:27.546370-07:00

Space.com

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX Set June 10 for Axiom Mission 4 Falcon 9 Launch

2025-06-03T13:12:17.438666-07:00

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kyma.com

Yuma Spaceport First Launch Slips to 2028 The Yuma spaceport project in Arizona, originally due to see its first orbital launch by late 2026, now targets 2028 at the earliest, officials said. Despite the setback, local stakeholders remain supportive, citing potential economic and strategic benefits from hosting commercial launches.

2025-06-06T07:18:27.386431-07:00

Yuma Spaceport First Launch Slips to 2028

biz.chosun.com

CONTEC Chairman Calls for State Funding and Industry Collaboration to Boost South Korea’s Space Program Lee Seong-hee, chairman of satellite supplier CONTEC, this week urged Seoul to bolster policy frameworks and direct funding for the country’s nascent space sector, while fostering cross-industry collaboration on satellite manufacturing, launch services and downstream applications to keep pace with global competitors.

2025-06-06T07:16:21.899302-07:00

CONTEC Chairman Calls for State Funding and Industry Collaboration to Boost South Korea’s Space Program

Via Satellite

Nova Scotia Grants C$10.5M Tax Credit to Seed Spaceport Development Nova Scotia’s government will award Maritime Launch Services a C$10.5 million Capital Investment Tax Credit to advance Spaceport Nova Scotia, bolstering infrastructure for small-satellite and hypersonic launches from Canada’s Atlantic coast.

2025-06-06T05:59:34.795431-07:00

Nova Scotia Grants C$10.5M Tax Credit to Seed Spaceport Development

SpaceNews.com

Geospatial Intelligence Firms Showcase High-Resolution Earth Observation Satellite Imagery Geospatial intelligence firms have unveiled their latest Earth observation satellite imagery, featuring sub-meter resolution, rapid revisit rates and enhanced analytics overlays. Providers say these advances support defense and intelligence missions, infrastructure monitoring and environmental assessments, underscoring growing demand for timely, high-fidelity geospatial data.

2025-06-06T04:03:40.028216-07:00

Geospatial Intelligence Firms Showcase High-Resolution Earth Observation Satellite Imagery

SpaceWatch Global

Dhruva Space to Demonstrate Sodern’s HORUS Star Tracker on P-30 Hosted Payload Mission Dhruva Space has partnered with France’s Sodern to integrate and in-orbit demonstrate the HORUS star tracker on its upcoming P-30 mission, leveraging the Indian firm’s hosted payload platform. The collaboration marks Sodern’s first live space test on a commercial satellite bus.

2025-06-06T02:35:29.806433-07:00

Dhruva Space to Demonstrate Sodern’s HORUS Star Tracker on P-30 Hosted Payload Mission

SpaceNews.com

China Deploys Fourth Batch of Guowang Internet Megaconstellation Satellites China launched its fourth tranche of Guowang low Earth orbit internet satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, expanding its burgeoning domestic megaconstellation. Beijing provided scant details on the payload specifications or mission objectives, highlighting the opaque nature of its sovereign broadband rollout in LEO.

2025-06-06T01:39:28.707330-07:00

China Deploys Fourth Batch of Guowang Internet Megaconstellation Satellites

TechCrunch

Europe’s Tenacious rover lands on Moon as first European-made lunar explorer Europe’s Tenacious rover has touched down on the Moon, becoming the first rover entirely designed and built in Europe. The landing marks a crucial milestone in Europe’s push to commercialize lunar resources and assert its role in the rapidly evolving private lunar exploration sector.

2025-06-05T14:33:40.250246-07:00

Europe’s Tenacious rover lands on Moon as first European-made lunar explorer

Space Intel Report

Mynaric shares surge 297% after German market debut Shares of Mynaric AG, the Germany-based satellite lasercom terminal manufacturer, jumped 297% on June 5 after it entered Germany’s exchange equivalent to US markets. The surge reflects strong investor appetite for space-based optical communications as Mynaric scales production of its terminals.

2025-06-05T13:30:28.194955-07:00

Mynaric shares surge 297% after German market debut

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