Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
NASA is working toward Moon landing imaging that can deliver HDTV-class video by “pushing a button” to initiate an automated capture pipeline over roughly three hours. The method emphasizes counting photons—an approach designed to turn faint light into usable onboard imagery for landing workflows.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded contracts to data analytics firms Leidos and MapLarge to support what the military calls battle management and command and control — the process of understanding what is happening in orbit, deciding what it means and directing a response.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Rocket Lab will launch eight Japanese satellites to orbit tonight (April 22), including one that features an origami-folded antenna, and you can watch the action live.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — US regulators approved a commercial license for satellite direct-to-device operator AST Space Mobile’s full 248-satellite constellation and set satellite deployment deadlines and requirements relating to orbital debris mitigation, collision avoidance and avoiding signal interference with.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ATMOS Space Cargo has raised €25.7 million to build an initial fleet of three PHOENIX 2 return capsules and begin regular Earth return operations.
SpaceNews.com
• Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir
By SpaceNews.com: Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign systems, insulated from external influence and designed to survive in the most extreme circumstances.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The Commerce Department is proposing to halt work on its space traffic coordination system while it develops a “new operating and financial structure”.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Atomic-6 CEO Trevor Smith explains orbital data centers, satellite shielding technology, and how space infrastructure is becoming easier to access and scale.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
