Payload
• Douglas Gorman
Bellatrix Aerospace is partnering with Korean optical payload maker TelePIX to build a Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) demonstration satellite. The satellite is slated to launch in 2028 (NET), extending Bellatrix’s push into sustained VLEO operations with an optical payload element via TelePIX.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The undisclosed customer for small-GEO satellite manufacturer Swissto12’s 7th satellite is Viasat Inc., which already has three Swissto12 HummingSat’s on order as a result of Viasat’s purchase of Inmarsat.
SpaceNews.com
• Craig Hrinkevich
By SpaceNews.com: After more than three decades in public and project finance, I have learned that real inflection points in infrastructure development rarely announce themselves loudly.
Bloomberg
• Phil Serafino
By Bloomberg: Index providers, fund managers rush to accommodate Musk’s company Expand Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg Contact us: Provide news feedback or report an error Confidential tip?.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Fast-growing radar satellite constellation builder/operator Iceye Oy received a "continuation grant" of 28.3 million euros ($33 million) from Business Finland, the public innovation agency, to boost manufacturing capability and R&D expansion into optical and radio-frequency sensors and.
Payload
• G. Theresa Quitto-Dickerson
By Payload: Launch cadences, debris accumulation rates, reusing hardware, conjunction events—the commercial sector is generating more operational signals than any previous era of space activity.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China conducted the maiden launch of its reusable Long March 12B rocket Monday, providing no advance warning and delivering operational payloads to orbit.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The explosion of a New Glenn rocket has generated reverberations across the space industry with the rocket out of service for potentially a year or more.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
