NASA Spaceflight
• John Sharp
Seven orbital launches are scheduled across six sites next week, headlined by SpaceX's Falcon 9—targeted Wednesday from Vandenberg SFB to deploy 25 Starlink satellites—and a second launch attempt of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum vehicle. The schedule will pressure commercial launch cadence and range operations.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — French President Emmanuel Macron promised to find supplemental funding to ensure development….
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) that was damaged last fall is expected to remain offline until May.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Daniel Metzler framed Spectrum’s upcoming flight as a stress test not only of hardware, but of Europe’s credibility as a space power.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: Ars checks in with the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
SpaceNews.com
• Walt Faulconer
By SpaceNews.com: NASA must act now to ensure U.S. leadership in space.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
By Space.com: Mock observations test the performance of the Chinese Space Station Telescope as the 2-meter-class observatory moves closer to launch.
Space.com
• Daisy Dobrijevic
By Space.com: Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Colorado tonight as a speedy coronal mass ejection impacts Earth.
SpaceWatch Global
• Blaine Curcio
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
