SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Orbit Fab has appointed a new chief executive and secured additional funding aimed at moving satellite refueling from technology development into operational services. The company’s latest financing and leadership change signal a push to commercialize in-orbit servicing capabilities and accelerate deployment timelines.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Rocket Factory Augsburg is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its RFA ONE rocket from SaxaVord no earlier than 10 August.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
By Universe Today: JAXA's Hayabusa 2 has completed its flyby of asteroid Torifune. The spacecraft came within about 800 meters of the asteroid's surface.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded SES Space and Defense a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for global Ku-band connectivity, including a number of managed connectivity services.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: CesiumAstro submitted an FCC filing for a 737-satellite constellation called Synchronicity to provide reconfigurable connectivity to fixed and mobile.
Bloomberg
• Abhishek Vishnoi
By Bloomberg: Wall Street’s biggest banks shopped SpaceX shares for $135 a pop during its record initial public offering. Just weeks later, sell-side analysts from many of those same banks are telling clients those shares should be worth $236 each on average.
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced last week that the commission is expected to vote on the Space Modernization Order on July 22.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine questions the designs for NASA's commercial moon landers for its Artemis program.
