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Reuters • Joey Roulette

NASA taps new Artemis Moon Base contracts: nearly $600M for robotic landers and a potential nuclear-powered rover mission “PROMI

NASA has awarded new lunar landing and payload-delivery contracts under Artemis Moon Base, selecting three companies for four robotic lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million. The agency is also seriously considering deploying a full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance rover to accelerate south-pole exploration, and is eyeing the nuclear-powered rover mission “PROMISE.”

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2026-06-30T12:17:35.514226-07:00

Bloomberg

SpaceX cuts Starlink internet prices in Memphis, Tennessee amid local data-center opposition and legal challenges

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2026-06-30T12:58:55.307450-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Matthew Williams named Senior Advisor, National Security at the Commercial Space Federation

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2026-06-30T11:18:55.200242-07:00

Space Intel Report

SSC Space and Firefly Aerospace say first Firefly Alpha launch from Sweden’s Esrange is set for 2028

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2026-06-30T05:16:33.925136-07:00

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Bloomberg

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SpaceX cuts Starlink internet prices in Memphis, Tennessee amid local data-center opposition and legal challenges SpaceX has discounted Starlink internet plans for customers in Memphis, Tennessee, as it faces blowback and legal challenges from opponents of its data center development in the area and neighboring Mississippi. The pricing shift highlights how regulatory and community pressure is affecting Starlink’s go-to-market approach at the local level.

2026-06-30T12:58:55.307450-07:00

SpaceX cuts Starlink internet prices in Memphis, Tennessee amid local data-center opposition and legal challenges

Reuters

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NASA taps new Artemis Moon Base contracts: nearly $600M for robotic landers and a potential nuclear-powered rover mission “PROMI NASA has awarded new lunar landing and payload-delivery contracts under Artemis Moon Base, selecting three companies for four robotic lunar lander missions worth nearly $600 million. The agency is also seriously considering deploying a full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance rover to accelerate south-pole exploration, and is eyeing the nuclear-powered rover mission “PROMISE.”

2026-06-30T12:17:35.514226-07:00

NASA taps new Artemis Moon Base contracts: nearly $600M for robotic landers and a potential nuclear-powered rover mission “PROMI

SpaceNews.com

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Matthew Williams named Senior Advisor, National Security at the Commercial Space Federation Matthew Williams, a former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Air Force, is joining the Commercial Space Federation (CSF) as Senior Advisor for National Security. The CSF announcement positions Williams to advise the association on defense and national security issues affecting the commercial space sector.

2026-06-30T11:18:55.200242-07:00

Matthew Williams named Senior Advisor, National Security at the Commercial Space Federation

SpaceNews.com

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Vast appoints The Aerospace Corp. ex-president & CEO as senior adviser Commercial space station developer Vast has named retired The Aerospace Corporation president and chief executive as a senior adviser. The appointment underscores Vast’s push to expand its space station plans with guidance from senior leadership with deep experience in space systems and service-of-record style program execution.

2026-06-30T06:04:46.063526-07:00

Vast appoints The Aerospace Corp. ex-president & CEO as senior adviser

SpaceNews.com

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Orbital asks FCC for permission to deploy up to 100,000 “data center” satellites to deliver 10 GW of space-based compute Orbital, a five-month-old startup, has filed with the Federal Communications Commission seeking authorization to deploy as many as 100,000 data center satellites. The company says the constellation would provide about 10 gigawatts of computing power from space to address accelerating AI demand.

2026-06-30T05:31:03.667858-07:00

Orbital asks FCC for permission to deploy up to 100,000 “data center” satellites to deliver 10 GW of space-based compute

Space Intel Report

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SSC Space and Firefly Aerospace say first Firefly Alpha launch from Sweden’s Esrange is set for 2028 Sweden’s SSC Space and US launch-services provider Firefly Aerospace say they’ve completed enough regulatory and technical preparations to announce a first launch of Firefly’s Alpha vehicle from Esrange in 2028, marking a trans-Atlantic milestone for Sweden’s space launch ambitions.

2026-06-30T05:16:33.925136-07:00

SSC Space and Firefly Aerospace say first Firefly Alpha launch from Sweden’s Esrange is set for 2028

Space Intel Report

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Tesat Spacecom ramps satellite lasercom terminal output to ~5 units/day (single shift) as Mynaric is bought out of Rocket Lab’s Tesat Spacecom says it is production-ramping its satellite optical laser-communications terminals to about five per day on a single shift, meeting near-term market demand. The news comes as competitor Mynaric emerges from bankruptcy, purchased by Rocket Lab, reshaping the competitive landscape for lasercom terminals.

2026-06-30T00:57:48.959607-07:00

Tesat Spacecom ramps satellite lasercom terminal output to ~5 units/day (single shift) as Mynaric is bought out of Rocket Lab’s

New York Times

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NASA’s Swift Observatory orbital rescue: Katalyst Space Tech mission to be air-launched on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from a NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies will launch an orbital-servicing mission on June 30, 2026 to arrest the atmospheric decay of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The Pegasus XL rocket will be released from a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Stargazer on a racetrack approach from Kwajalein Atoll—its final operational flight.

2026-06-29T10:55:39.248124-07:00

NASA’s Swift Observatory orbital rescue: Katalyst Space Tech mission to be air-launched on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from a

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