Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Indra Group says its space business—now encompassing satellite fleet operator Hispasat and military satcom provider Hisdesat since January—remains on track to reach €400 million ($455 million) in revenue this year. In the three months ended, revenue declined 6% but the division’s outlook is unchanged.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
Wall Street Journal
• Adriano Marchese
By Wall Street Journal: Rocket Lab RKLB received a $266 million U.S. Space Force contract, its largest agreement to date, for up to 18 suborbital launches that will support missile defense capabilities.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Amazon filed plans with the FCC for a constellation of more than 5,100 satellites that would provide direct-to-device services using Globalstar spectrum.
Via Satellite
• Shaun Waterman
By Via Satellite: The vision of a commercial ecosystem beyond Earth orbit — on the Moon and in cislunar space — depends crucially on a new communications infrastructure.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past few years, it's gone from a proposal to a relatively fleshed-out plan for how and what the next Great Observatory should do—in this case, look at and characterize potentially habitable exoplanets.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Exo-ORB is a ~12U, sub-26-kg spacecraft that’s designed to launch on-board customer infrastructure for ready-to-go inspection.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Starfire is designed to support onboard data processing and AI workloads.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Associated Press
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