Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX is scheduled to launch three of AST SpaceMobile’s large BlueBird satellites early Wednesday, Aug. 5. The mission will expand AST SpaceMobile’s planned direct-to-cell satellite constellation, with the launch available for live viewing.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. SpaceX launched.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: A new startup Endeavor Optical Networks emerged from stealth on Tuesday, with a plan to build an optical satellite network in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) for space-based data transfer.
Bloomberg
• Steven Church
By Bloomberg: A judge has allowed Hughes Satellite Systems Corp. to use noteholders’ cash to keep operating for the next four weeks, after a two-day court fight over how the company will pay its bills while in bankruptcy.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue to evaluate data from Spire Global’s Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) under a $3 million contract extension announced Aug.
NASA Spaceflight
• Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX is recovering the intact Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after its soft landing on Flight 13, while teams are readying Ship 41 for engine testing at Massey’s and continuing Pad 2 work toward a potential Flight 14 as early as late August.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: 3D printed RL10 rocket engine combustion chambers shown in the manufacturing area at L3Harris’ facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: An increasingly competitive market is forming around a capability military satellites have historically used sparingly: propulsion after launch.
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SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Associated Press
• Bernard Conodn
NASA Spaceflight
• John Sharp
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
