Wall Street Journal
• Cristina Gallardo
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales’ proposed consolidation of space activities is facing formal pushback from local competitors, exposing friction points that could lengthen regulatory reviews and threaten clearance. The objections heighten political and antitrust scrutiny and increase the likelihood of conditions or blocked approval.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Landspace tests 220-ton methane engine for future heavy-lift launchers Chinese launch startup Landspace says it has completed a long-duration full-system hot-fire test of its new 220-ton-class methane rocket engine as it looks beyond Zhuque-3.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Scientists occasionally have a hard time figuring out whether data they are seeing is an actual physical phenomenon or just a trick of their instrumentation.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has issued a call for European SMEs to design a spaceplane-based launch system that incorporates novel propulsion technologies.
Reuters
• Anirban Sen, Echo Wang
By Reuters: Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is leaning toward listing its shares on the Nasdaq for what could rank as the biggest initial public offering of all time, according to four people familiar with the company's thinking.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Deutsche Telekom is expanding its network coverage through satellite-based direct connectivity in partnership with Starlink.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: EchoStar XXV will beam TV signals down for the Dish Network.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: With NASA committed to a human return to the moon, Mars exploration advocates say those lunar missions can be useful to achieve their long-term goals.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson