SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
On June 23, NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program announced contract awards covering eight new commercial satellite data providers, including three European firms: Kuva Space (Finland), OroraTech (Germany) and Satlantis (Spain).
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: A space thruster using superconducting magnets completed its first orbital tests. The technology could in the future propel spacecraft using just the power of the sun.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Italy has brought its IRIDE marketplace online, opening initial access to Earth observation imagery and analytics for Italian government users.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BALLYSEEDE, Ireland — Space situation awareness service provider NorthStar Earth & Space of Canada, which is planning an IPO following a merger with Viking Acquisition Corp.
Space.com
• Chelsea Gohd
By Space.com: NASA's new alien-hunting telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), will be serviceable out in space.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – June, 2026 The Centre for Space Futures (CSF), together with leading international partners including Novaspace, and SpaceTech Gulf, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to jointly develop a Global Space Capability Mapping and Index Dashboard.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the near Earth asteroid to be a small, elongated rocky body.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The Africa-Europe Space Partnership Program has unveiled a GMV-led initiative to develop a scalable Earth observation mission delivering socio-economic benefits across Africa, with Space in Africa, Astrofica Technologies, LocateIT, and Alén Space.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
