Axios
• Dan Primack
Coverage ahead of SpaceX’s pending IPO focuses on an ask at roughly $1.78T–$1.8T valuations and whether that level is defensible. Analysis compares “break records” expectations with concerns that the pricing is overly optimistic, shaping how investors parse the company’s growth narrative and risks post-listing.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: JAKARTA — Indonesian government and industry officials repeatedly stressed the need for sovereign space capacity as part of a development plan to 2045 that they said should include Indonesia-built telecommunications and Earth observation satellites and a domestic launch service.
The Hill
• Peter A. Garretson, Richard M. Harrison
By The Hill: The threat of space-based nuclear weapons is real and poses a serious risk to US interests. A detonation in low Earth orbit could have catastrophic consequences.
NASA Spaceflight
• Arran Reid, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship Flight 12 may have only recently concluded, but SpaceX’s Starbase teams are already deep into preparations for the next integrated flight test.
Bloomberg
• Alastair Marsh, Frances Schwartzkopff, Olivia Raimonde
By Bloomberg: New York City Comptroller Mark Levine says the unprecedented control that Elon Musk will have over SpaceX represents a new level of disregard for regular shareholders’ rights.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: European launch company Isar Aerospace has raised 270 million euros ($312 million) to support its global expansion as it prepares for its next launch.
European Spaceflight
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: lans in March to develop a lunar base as part of its “Ignition” event that outlined the agency’s new direction in human spaceflight.
Bloomberg
• Alisha Sachdev, Santosh Kumar
By Bloomberg: India has effectively frozen approvals for Elon Musk’s space-based internet service Starlink to begin commercial operations, due to concerns over the use of its satellite terminals in the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
