SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Gatehouse Satcom is partnering with Rohde & Schwarz to strengthen validation and testing of 5G IoT-NTN and NR-NTN technologies. The collaboration targets faster, more standardized testing of device and network behavior across both GEO and LEO non-terrestrial network scenarios.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: True Anomaly has raised $650 million in a fresh funding round, bringing the defense aerospace startup’s valuation to $2.2 billion as it looks to hire more employees and scale up its satellite business.
The Space Review
• Alan T. Dugger
By The Space Review: The United States is entering a new phase of strategic competition in cislunar space. At present, there is no coherent and actionable plan to monitor, administer, or defend what is becoming one of the most strategically consequential regions beyond Earth.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A manufacturing issue involving a European company has resulted in corrosion in modules for both the lunar Gateway and a commercial space station.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Spaceflux has raised £9 million in its seed round, raising £5.5 million and an additional £3.5 million, to accelerate its global expansion.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Using nothing but a laser beam, scientists at Texas A&M University have demonstrated that tiny engineered devices can be lifted and steered in three dimensions without any physical contact.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Six launches are expected from Florida, California, and French Guiana this week, with SpaceX scheduled to launch its Falcon Heavy vehicle for the first time since October 2024.
spacecoastdaily.com
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: SpaceX's 13th flight under NASA's Commercial Crew Program will fly as Crew 13, with no pause for triskaidekaphobia (the fear or avoidance of the number 13).
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
