SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
Boeing says its Q4S quantum networking satellite system successfully demonstrated high-fidelity entanglement swapping in ground testing on a compact, space-qualified payload. The company also conducted ground verification of a key quantum networking protocol in a payload set targeted for an on-orbit experiment in 2027.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: For the first time, an experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year of development.
SpaceNews.com
• Savannah McNamara
By SpaceNews.com: In January 2026 alone, the Federal Communications Commission authorized 15,000 Starlink Gen2 satellites. Starcloud has filed for 88,000 orbital data center satellites.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: CNES has selected Sirius Space Services to fill a vacancy at the Guiana Space Centre’s future multi-user commercial launch facility.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: True Anomaly's Jackal spacecraft has completed all of its Mission X-3 test objectives, clearing the final hurdles to being fully commissioned.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Illustration of Quantum Space's Ranger vehicle WASHINGTON — Quantum Space has won a Pentagon contract to develop a spacecraft capable of transferring propellant to satellites in geostationary orbit.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: SPACEBEL has signed an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to supply RDC-SAT, an Earth observation satellite for independent monitoring of its territory, borders, and environment.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
