SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
The Space Development Agency has slowed Tranche 1 satellite launches to prioritise on‑orbit performance and integration testing, agency leaders say. SDA director GP Sandhoo acknowledged the program is behind schedule: the planned optical inter‑satellite mesh for Tranche 1 has not yet been built up or linked.
New York Times
• Kenneth Chang
By New York Times: The agency’s leader said the plans and timelines for the coming decade aimed to make Americans “start believing again” in the mission of space exploration.
SpaceNews.com
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s Astronstone raises $29 million for reusable rocket with chopstick-style recovery Astronstone, one of China’s younger launch startups, has secured new funding as it builds toward the first flight of its reusable AS-1 rocket.
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
By Space.com: Laying fiber-optic cables on the lunar surface could transform how scientists monitor seismic activity on the moon.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: SES has ordered an initial 28 satellites from manufacturing startup K2 Space for meoSphere, a next-generation MEO network slated to be in operation by 2030.
New York Times
• Nina Riggio, Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
By New York Times: A new satellite could transform how water is studied worldwide. But to help unlock its capabilities, scientists first needed to take critical measurements on a mountaintop.
Reuters
By Reuters: Russia said on Tuesday it had launched 16 low-orbit satellites as Moscow seeks to build a rival to Elon Musk's Starlink network.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: SpaceEye-T: 25 cm Satellite Imagery and Tasking Now Available Through Pacific Geomatics Limited.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
NASA Spaceflight
• Arran Reid, Chris Bergin, Colton Williams
