Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Swissto12 says the undisclosed customer for its 7th small-GEO satellite is Viasat. The order expands Viasat’s Swissto12 HummingSat backlog to four spacecraft, following Viasat’s purchase of Inmarsat—adding another GEO node to its connectivity-focused satellite plans.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Bellatrix Aerospace is teaming up with Korean optical payload manufacturer TelePIX on a new VLEO demo satellite, launching NET 2028.
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.
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.
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
• 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
