Bloomberg
• Alisha Sachdev
Starlink is reportedly unable to obtain permission to enter one of the world’s largest telecom markets, with demand uncertainty clouding the expansion thesis. The episode underscores how regulatory approvals—not just satellite capacity—can gate growth for LEO broadband providers.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Cybersecurity DHS Promotes Latest Space Cybersecurity Research in SPARTA By Mark Holmes Wednesday, June 17, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has revealed details of the latest space cybersecurity research to help protect critical infrastructure.
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: Three support towers that stood as unintentional monuments to unrealized space history have been toppled.
CNBC
• Diana Olick
By CNBC: The rise of the private space industry, with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, has spurred demand for commercial real estate on Florida's space coast.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Instinct Space announced a significant pivot today from helping lunar surface missions find their way to getting in on the surface action itself.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China continued its accelerated launch pace with a series of missions, but long silence followed liftoff of a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket Wednesday, suggesting potential issues.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The Karman Project' has announced that its Karman Week event will take place in South Africa this year, hosted from November 2-6 by RIIS.
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow
By Bloomberg: Some longtime investors say they’ll hold their ever-more valuable shares Expand SpaceX executives and backers at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York during the company’s first day of public trading on June 12.
Reuters
• Aditya Soni, Deborah Mary Sophia
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
