SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Mauritius has joined the U.S.-led Artemis Accords, taking the agreement to 70 total signatories. The move also makes Mauritius the seventh African country to sign the accords, underscoring expanding African participation in the Artemis framework for civil lunar exploration.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Skyroot Aerospace reached a 453 km orbit on the first flight of Vikram-1, making India the third nation with private orbital launch capability.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: , e-GEOS will be providing technical training to the African Space Agency as part of the Africa-EU Space Partnership Program (AESPP).
Reuters
By Reuters: SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 23, for another attempt to launch its Starship rocket, the company said in a statement on Sunday.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: On the first attempt, reaching orbit, I never thought it was possible.".
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: The rise in demand for sovereign communications spells fresh opportunities for GEO-capable hardware, including from aero antenna-makers.
AINonline
• Charlotte Bailey
By AINonline: Airbus and Lockheed Martin partnering to deploy AI-enabled solution.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
By Space.com: Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned spectacular images of a near-Earth asteroid following a super-close flyby on July 5, but heated debate was needed before teams signed off on the daring attempt.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Bloomberg
• Clara Hernanz Lizarraga, Paula Doenecke
