Space.com
• Daisy Dobrijevic
In a 24‑hour period a rapidly growing sunspot produced at least 18 M‑class flares and three X‑class flares — including an intense X8.3 eruption — as the active region rotates into an Earth‑facing position. The concentrated burst elevates near‑term space‑weather monitoring for satellites and HF/GNSS services.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Amazon has purchased an additional 10 Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX as part of its efforts to accelerate deployment of its broadband constellation.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Engineers at JPL successfully used Anthropic’s AI model, called Claude, to map a 450-meter Martian path for NASA’s Perseverance rover.
SpaceWatch Global
• Kelly Soverns
By SpaceWatch Global: Two leaders from SPARK Microgravity GmbH have made the case that the path to better cancer treatments may run through outer space.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: CesiumAstro to scale operations with $470 million in equity and debt financing.
spaceanddefense.io
By spaceanddefense.io: The European Space Agency Council has approved the reassignment of Laurent Jaffart to a newly created senior leadership role focused on resilience, navigation and connectivity, reflecting the growing strategic importance of space-based infrastructure to European security and defence priorities.
SpaceNews.com
• Mustafa Bilal
By SpaceNews.com: Starlink and the unravelling of digital sovereignty.
Aviation Week
• Robert Wall
By Aviation Week: Transcelestial is branching out with its space-based laser links to provide intra-satellite connectivity.
Reuters
• Echo Wang, Joey Roulette, Milana Vinn
NASA Spaceflight
• Sawyer Rosenstein
