Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
ICEYE and KT SAT have formed a strategic partnership to deliver flood-monitoring solutions to South Korean government and commercial organizations. The agreement includes the first deployment of ICEYE Solutions in South Korea, expanding the use of satellite-based flood intelligence for faster detection and response planning.
Via Satellite
• Zaheer Ali
By Via Satellite: Orbital data centers are now taking shape enough to have brand names. SpaceX has put Starmind on the map, with Elon Musk describing it as an AI satellite megaconstellation that could eventually operate as “orbital data centers” at enormous scale.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Frequency Electronics reports $18 million in recent contract wins, including an $11 million award from an undisclosed major aerospace prime contractor to support a proliferated satellite program.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The German government, whose skepticism about Europe’s Iris2 multi-orbit secure connectivity project is well-known and long-standing, accepted a remarkably pro-Iris2 statement following the July 17 Franco-German Council of Ministers in Brühl, Germany.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Thales Group’s space business, run mainly through Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, continued its recovery in the three months ending June 30, with increases in both sales and profit, despite a customer’s cancellation of two geostationary-orbit telecommunications satellites.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: EO data is a privilege, not a right, and the US government wants to control what EO satellite operators can and can’t share with the public.
Bloomberg
• Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: SpaceX will again attempt a major test of its massive Starship rocket on Thursday after abandoning takeoff last week, exposing investors to the risks of the company’s rocky development cycle and heightening the stakes for the critical milestone.
Bloomberg
• Sarah Frier
By Bloomberg: Alphabet Inc.’s Google said its equity holdings include $94.1 billion in SpaceX shares, after the space-and-AI company’s blockbuster initial public offering.
Wall Street Journal
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Politico
• Andrew Howard, Audrey Decker, Calen Razor, Jasper Goodman, Jennifer Scholtes, Katherine Hapgood, Kelsey Brugger, Mark Satter, Meredith Lee Hill, Mia McCarthy, Riley Rogerson, Robert King, Samuel Benson, Simon J. Leven
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
