SpaceNews.com
A new book examines the converging forces that are remaking the space domain: China’s rapid industrial and state-backed expansion, renewed lunar ambitions and the commercialisation of orbital services. It traces how policy, capital and technology are realigning strategic competition and market opportunities across civil and military space.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill intended to streamline satellite licensing after revising provisions related to automatic approvals.
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
By Via Satellite: Planet Labs’ German subsidiary is partnering with a new arm of insurance firm AXA to integrate its Earth Observation data into an AI-powered risk management system to monitor and predict natural disasters.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Via Satellite editor Mark Holmes interviews Spire Global CEO Theresa Condor in a new Thursday Morning Conversation video interivew.
Bloomberg
• Preeti Singh
By Bloomberg: Blackstone Inc.’s private equity fund for wealthy individuals notched a net 20% gain last year, thanks in part to some artificial intelligence investments the firm doesn’t hold in its institutional portfolios.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: You absolutely have to have a plan to compete with SpaceX on price.".
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: "What happens if the minimum lethal amount of debris from each satellite does not burn up and reaches the ground intact?".
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets Chinese launch firm iSpace has secured a record D++ funding round to accelerate its reusable rocket development efforts and expand its industrial footprint.
Wall Street Journal
• Alexander Ward, Robbie Gramer
