SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Exolaunch and SEOPS—long-time brokers of rideshare payload space on SpaceX—have each purchased Falcon 9 launches to support dedicated rideshare missions. The moves underscore rising customer demand for assured launch capacity and ride-along integration on Falcon 9.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: How do you maintain spacecraft 22,000 miles away? DARPA wants to find out with the first launch of the dexterous, deep-space robot program as soon as this summer.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Redwire has delivered a robotic arm prototype to ESA as the agency opens a €68 million call for a similar system for its Argonaut lunar lander.
SpaceNews.com
• Andreas Raspotnik, Johannes Schmied-Wirén
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SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: SpaceX’s IPO filing outlines a bold plan to deploy orbital AI compute starting in 2028. The strategy hinges on energy constraints on Earth, falling launch costs, and the emergence of orbit as a new industrial layer.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Following the Bundeswehr's contract for a new telescope surveillance system, two 1-meter telescopes have passed their Site Acceptance Test.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: ESA hosts the African Space Agency, the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization.
The Hill
• Mark R. Whittington
By The Hill: In 2028, if all goes well, NASA plans to test a new technology that could reduce trip times to the Red Planet.