SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
At the International Space Summit, Astrolab’s Manny Shar discusses the company’s effort to develop a lunar rover in just 17 months. The project highlights the pace, engineering demands and commercial ambitions shaping the emerging market for lunar mobility systems.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: ColliMate Space has demonstrated its Nexus software for autonomously managing satellite downlinks onboard a spacecraft for the first time, the Silicon Valley startup announced Sept.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Launch services provider Exolaunch said Sept. 14 it secured capacity for rideshare payloads on two launches, including a flight on a Japanese rocket.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: GTON — The nuclear microreactor startup Antares won a $161 million Department of the Air Force contract to develop and demonstrate a nuclear reactor for spacecraft.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: European officials used an international space conference to bolster the continent’s own space capabilities as they push for greater autonomy.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Why custom silicon and common terminal architectures could determine the economics of LEO networks, from Starlink to Europe’s IRIS² constellation.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: NOAA selects 14 providers in a new framework to expand satellite data use for U.S. weather forecasting and space-weather monitoring.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: Orbital compute startup Sophia Space and space asset leasing company SLI have set terms for a $300M asset-financing deal.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
