SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
York Space Systems is confronting a core business-model test as its Pentagon program underpinning earlier growth is reorganized. The company is defending its strategy amid changes to Space Development Agency (SDA) programming, which alters how and where spacecraft and related capabilities will be procured.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has released the final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications system, confirming requirements that limit the companies that can bid on it.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to build a prototype communications satellite intended to demonstrate anti-jamming technologies for military operations in contested environments, the Space Systems Command said May 15.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the solar system.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Space Machines Company, UTS, AMRF and Fordyno will develop AI-driven design and rapid manufacturing for Optimus Viper spacecraft.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Finland's ICEYE has delivered POLSARIS, a four-satellite SAR reconnaissance constellation, to Poland's armed forces less than a year after contract signature.
Via Satellite
defence-blog.com
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: A pioneering joint ESA-China science mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere is set to launch May 19, after a decade of preparations.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: AMSTERDAM — Multi-payload satellite constellation operator Spire Global forecasts reaching adjusted EBITDA break-even by Q1 2027 and to report positive operating cash flow in 2027, starting with a 13% increase in Q1 revenue and a forecasted 50% increase in revenue this year.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Morgan Brennan
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
