Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Spire has opened a new satellite manufacturing facility in Munich with stated capacity to produce up to 100 satellites annually. The move signals an acceleration of smallsat production throughput in Europe as operators and data providers look to scale constellation builds and refresh cycles.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: HawkEye 360 raised $416 million in its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, becoming the second space company to go public this year. The signals.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — MDA Space said it remains on schedule to open the high-volume production facility that will be producing Telesat’s Lightspeed broadband and Globalstar’s direct-to-device (D2D) satellites, an event the company hopes will draw new customers, including defense ministries interested in satellites for.
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
By NASA Spaceflight: China is preparing to launch both cargo and crew missions to its Tiangong space station, as a new cargo freighter is tested in low-Earth orbit and new designs are revealed to expand the orbiting outpost.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Redwire is taking a renewed interest in lunar landers given the demand signal from NASA to support the agency’s ambitions to develop a moon base.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: NASA, working with the Space Force, plans to launch a space weather mission later this month to study a strange "ring current" surrounding our planet.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company has completed a hot-fire test campaign of its Huracan rocket engine, which is designed to power its future lunar lander.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace has raised $60 million in a funding round that gives the company a valuation of more than $1 billion.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
