Space.com
• Mike Wall
Ariane 6's A64 variant completed its maiden flight on Feb. 12 — the rocket's sixth flight overall and first with four boosters — deploying 32 Amazon LEO (Kuiper) satellites into orbit. The A64 lifts roughly 20 tonnes, making it Europe's most powerful launcher and accelerating commercial LEO deployments.
Reuters
By Reuters: Italian high‑speed rail operator Italo said on Thursday it would introduce SpaceX's Starlink system across its fleet, becoming the world's first major train company to rely on the low‑Earth‑orbit satellite connectivity service.
By Spaceflight Now:  NASA is loading liquid hydrogen aboard its Space Launch System moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday for an unpublicized but crucial test of the repairs made to a leaky umbilical that derailed a countdown rehearsal on Feb.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: It is time to take astronomy off Earth.
By Spaceflight Now:  United Launch Alliance said an issue affected one of the four solid rocket boosters that helped propel its Vulcan rocket into space Thursday on a mission for the United States Space Force.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Launch companies are divided on how to compete with SpaceX in a market where demand outstrips supply, yet customers remain price sensitive.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: "The tools we are building are about our planetary future.".
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: From the New Space Initiative Symposium at the Munich Security Conference, Torsten Kriening speaks with Matthias Wachter (BDI) about a decisive turning point for Germany’s space sector.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
