New York Times
• Christoph Koettl
A new set of U.S. limits on satellite imagery access is changing how journalists and analysts can depict Iran, closing off long-reliance visual sources that helped fill gaps in closed-off regions. The reporting impact highlights how export and compliance rules can directly affect information availability from space.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is widening the field of companies eligible to compete for national security launch contracts, adding launch startup Relativity Space and orbital transportation company Impulse Space to a roster of commercial providers as it looks to diversify how military satellites reach orbit.
Reuters
• Kantaro Komiya
By Reuters: Japanese moon transport company ispace said on Wednesday it would start a new, lower-cost lunar cargo business using the Starship heavy rocket and moon lander developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX .
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Rapid launch alone will not deliver space resilience. Pietro Guerrieri argues that logistics and ground readiness are the real bottlenecks in responsive space.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Tumbleweed has launched its first mission Oasis Alpha, to a Sun-synchronous 590km low Earth orbit, aboard SpaceX's Transporter 17 mission.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO – Italian space logistics specialist D-Orbit will provide a series of launches aboard its ION Satellite Carrier for Japanese startup ArkEdge Space, under a contract announced July 8 in Japan.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Rocket Factory Augsburg is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its RFA ONE rocket from SaxaVord no earlier than 10 August.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: With a new chief executive and funding round, satellite refueling company Orbit Fab hopes to make the transition from technology development to operations.
