Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Sweden’s SSC Space and US launch-services provider Firefly Aerospace say they’ve completed enough regulatory and technical preparations to announce a first launch of Firefly’s Alpha vehicle from Esrange in 2028, marking a trans-Atlantic milestone for Sweden’s space launch ambitions.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Five-month-old startup Orbital has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy up to 100,000 data center satellites, aiming to bring 10 gigawatts of computing power from space to meet rising artificial intelligence demand.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Part II examines how ISOS4I could become an operational space resilience capability, exploring command structures, industry, funding, and strategic risks.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BERLIN — Tesat Spacecom of Germany, which pioneered the use of satellite optical laser communications terminals on satellites, has seen multiple competitors surface and a veteran competitor, Mynaric, purchased out of bankruptcy from Rocket Lab of the United States.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: As SpaceX and others pursue development of very large launch vehicles, a new study suggests that there may be such a thing as a rocket that is too large.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will fix the International Space Station's Canadarm2 during a spacewalk today (June 30), and you can watch the action live.
New York Times
• Kenneth Chang
By New York Times: Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will burn up in the atmosphere within a few months.
science.nasa.gov
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Rocket Lab has completed its 10th consecutive StriX launch for Synspective, whose Earth observation constellation now numbers ten operational satellites, all deployed by Electron.
Wall Street Journal
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
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Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
