Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX is preparing for its 13th Starship/Super Heavy test flight on July 16, with Ship 40 and Booster 20 participating. The mission is also set to deploy Starlink “V3” satellites for the first time, as SpaceX nears its reported 10,839 working satellites across the Starlink fleet.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
By Ars Technica: Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
Inflight Online
• Keith Mwanalushi
By Inflight Online: Amazon Leo expands its constellation to 396 satellites after a 29‑satellite Atlas V launch, completing its final Atlas V mission and advancing toward Vulcan‑powered high‑rate deployment and initial service rollout.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Swissto12 said it has raised $70 million in fresh funding to keep up with growing demand for its small geostationary satellite manufacturing business.
Payload
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: NASA astronaut Anil Menon launched aboard Soyuz MS-29 with two Russian cosmonauts as the heads of NASA and Roscosmos attended.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: NASA is busy preparing for Artemis III, the next crewed mission of its moon program, which is set to launch on the massive SLS rocket next year.
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
By NASA Spaceflight: China reached a major milestone less than a week ago with the first successful recovery of an orbital-class booster, using a novel cable-net catch system at sea.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Rocket Lab recently performed a full-duration static fire test with the engine that will power the second stage of its powerful new Neutron launch vehicle.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Commercial Space Federation
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
