AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
A California satellite startup is developing a low-Earth-orbit navigation network intended to serve as a commercial backup to GPS in the face of jamming threats. The effort positions LEO-based PNT as a resilience layer for users exposed to degraded-PNT scenarios where GPS reliability can no longer be assumed.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: People Former SES Exec John-Paul Hemingway to Lead Vast’s Satellite Business By Rachel Jewett Monday, June 22, 2026 JP Hemingway SES ’s former CCO John-Paul Hemingway has joined Vast to lead business development for Vast’s new satellite manufacturing business.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission, according to space surveillance firm LeoLabs.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
Payload
• Kepler Communications
By Payload: Historically, deploying a new capability in space required significant time, investment, and technical expertise. Companies often had little choice but to build nearly everything themselves—from spacecraft and payload integration to ground infrastructure and mission operations.
Bloomberg
• Kaula Nhongo
By Bloomberg: Namibia rejected more than 600 appeals against its decision to deny trillionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink a license to operate in the country, including a challenge brought by the satellite internet provider.
Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo, Rachel Metz
By Bloomberg: SpaceX has inked a multibillion-dollar agreement to provide computing resources to artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, the latest in a string deals from Elon Musk’s firm as it vies to become an AI infrastructure provider.
CNBC
Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Gerson Freitas Jr.
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time in what’s expected to be the start of a massive borrowing spree to fund the company’s AI ambitions following its record $75 billion IPO.
Wall Street Journal
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
