Bloomberg
• Benoit Berthelot
Blue Origin has started reconstruction of its Florida New Glenn launch pad after a May explosion during a ground test, CEO Dave Limp said. The company expects launches to resume before year-end 2026, aiming to restore access to a heavy-lift option to compete with SpaceX.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy’s ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit collision avoidance service, the French startups announced June 17.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: What does "peaceful use" really mean in outer space? This analysis explores how the Outer Space Treaty, military activities, commercial interests, and competing visions of peace shape today's space governance debate.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: Dawn will use the new funds to accelerate development of its Aurora spaceplane, and to conduct an in-space refueling demo.
SpaceNews.com
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up.".
Via Satellite
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: A strike that saw entrances to the Guiana Space Centre blockaded ended on 16 June, with Arianespace saying its Ariane 6 launch remains on track.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: PARIS — The steep and sudden increase in German space spending, especially military space, was always going to be complicated for France.
Reuters
• Aditya Soni, Deborah Mary Sophia
By Reuters: Elon Musk's SpaceX is buying the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, Anysphere, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
