SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
SBQuantum and Spire will send a diamond-based quantum magnetometer into low Earth orbit aboard a Spire smallsat, performing an in-orbit demonstration of the sensor. The mission will collect magnetometer data to evaluate the performance of SBQuantum's diamond quantum sensing technology in space.
Reuters
• Kantaro Komiya
By Reuters: Japanese spacecraft startup ispace said on Friday it will further delay a U.S. government-sponsored lunar mission to 2030 and cut its global workforce, in a strategic shift after two failed lunar landings.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: ESA and European space primes were developing many of the key components of the planned lunar orbiting station.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: NASA's prolific Hubble Space Telescope has hit a major milestone after 21 years in orbit: one million science.
techfundingnews.com
• Abhinaya Prabhu
By techfundingnews.com: Spanish startup Arkadia Space has secured €14.5 million through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator.
Wall Street Journal
• Alexander Saeedy, Suzanne Vranica
By Wall Street Journal: Redundant roles have been removed as the social-media company tries to boost profit and integrate with Musk’s space-exploration company.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Bridgit Mendler detailed how she and the team at Northwood Space are working to solve the “gnarly problem” of satellite ground infrastructure by developing an end-to-end ground system built for rapid deployment.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Nations are seeking stronger control over their own communications architectures. But how to define what sovereign space means, and what it can do within a more geopolitically complex space infrastructure, is still an evolving discussion.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
