Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Carmen Arroyo
A team of aviation and telecom veterans—including former Surf Air Mobility staffers and xAI/SpaceX alumni—is forming a blank-check company targeting a public listing of a space company. The SPAC setup underscores how quickly capital markets are moving to fund space assets as Wall Street competes for space exposure.
mynorthwest.com
• Marcia Dunn
By mynorthwest.com: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Neptune’s far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet’s original companions that managed to survive a cosmic crash,.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Fixed and mobile satellite services provider Space42 said its future Equatys direct-to-device (D2D) joint venture with Viasat Inc.
DefenseNews.com
• Linus Höller
By DefenseNews.com: Austria’s Defense Minister Claudia Tanner reaffirmed that Austria plans to put three operationally designated military satellites into orbit next year.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — A new report from supply-chain intelligence firm Altana quantifies the extent to which the U.S. commercial space industry remains dependent on components sourced from Chinese suppliers.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: The giant rocket still can’t carry as much stuff to orbit as Elon Musk has promised.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Starfighters Space, which is developing F-104 supersonic jets for satellite air-launch, is turning its Texas facility into a staging ground for microgravity flight testing in response to NASA’s call for information on commercial parabolic capabilities.
Payload
• Elizabeth Howell
By Payload: NASA has potentially funded or supported hundreds of scientific collaborations since 2015 that might involve Chinese researchers, a new Congressional report says.
Via Satellite
• Leandra Bernstein
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
