Wall Street Journal
• Cristina Gallardo
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales’ proposed consolidation of space activities is facing formal pushback from local competitors, exposing friction points that could lengthen regulatory reviews and threaten clearance. The objections heighten political and antitrust scrutiny and increase the likelihood of conditions or blocked approval.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Denver-based Lux Aeterna has secured $10 million in seed funding to develop a reusable satellite designed to survive atmospheric reentry and fly again with new payloads, starting with a demonstration flight slated for early 2027.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Scientists occasionally have a hard time figuring out whether data they are seeing is an actual physical phenomenon or just a trick of their instrumentation.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Landspace tests 220-ton methane engine for future heavy-lift launchers Chinese launch startup Landspace says it has completed a long-duration full-system hot-fire test of its new 220-ton-class methane rocket engine as it looks beyond Zhuque-3.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has issued a call for European SMEs to design a spaceplane-based launch system that incorporates novel propulsion technologies.
Reuters
• Anirban Sen, Echo Wang
By Reuters: Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is leaning toward listing its shares on the Nasdaq for what could rank as the biggest initial public offering of all time, according to four people familiar with the company's thinking.
SpaceNews.com
• Dan Garretson
By SpaceNews.com: Starliner and Artemis: commercial label vs. commercial discipline.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Deutsche Telekom is expanding its network coverage through satellite-based direct connectivity in partnership with Starlink.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
