Reuters
• Joey Roulette
With a SpaceX IPO expected this year, sources say the company plans to expand Starlink's revenue mix by launching a consumer Starlink phone, rolling out direct‑to‑device internet services and offering a space‑tracking service — moves aimed at opening new markets and bolstering commercial revenue ahead of a listing.
Wall Street Journal
• Holman W Jenkins Jr
By Wall Street Journal: America’s ‘strategic’ industries are those that reward innovation with profits.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: The International Security Forum Bonn 2025 followed by the Bonn Future Lab on Strategic Foresight 2025 was not just another date on the space conference calendar.
ukspace.org
By ukspace.org: GMV is leading development of a secure Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer system under the TOUCAN project, funded by the UK Space Agency through its membership of ESA's Navigation Innovation and Support Program.
SpaceWatch Global
Satellite Evolution
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: OHB has established the European Moonport Company to consolidate the company's activities related to future lunar missions in Bavaria.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: Falcon 9/Dragon: Preparing to Berth With the International Space Station.
Payload
By Payload: In today’s rapidly proliferating orbital environment, spacecraft are only as capable as their ability to stay connected. Traditional communications architectures—built around scheduled ground passes and line-of-sight links—can’t keep pace with the speed and complexity of modern missions.Viasat’s HaloNet hybrid terminal aims to change that by unifying multiple communications pathways into one adaptive system, designed to keep satellites in constant contact—from launch, through orbit.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The House Science Committee unanimously approved a NASA authorization bill Feb. 4 after adopting dozens of amendments.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
