Bloomberg
• Yash Roy
Europe is emerging as a laggard in the global effort to move data centers into orbit, trailing the United States and China. The competitive gap highlights a developing strategic contest over space-based computing infrastructure and the technologies needed to support it.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: East Aurora, NY — Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems announces a new, High Delta-V configuration for its METEORITE (ESPA) class satellite bus to deliver greater flexibility, more maneuvering capability, and higher thrust for targeted missions.
SpaceNews.com
• Doug Anderson, Steve Jordan Tomaszewski
By SpaceNews.com: America’s space economy is scaling faster than its industrial base can support.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: TUPPER LAKE, NY — It’s too early to say whether Intuitive Machines’ $853.3-million purchase of large-satellite builder Maxar Space Systems was a good deal.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Zeno Power signed an agreement with Firefly Aerospace to send a radioisotope heating unit on a Firefly mission launching to the MoonNET 2028.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Space Forge has signed a master research agreement with The Texas A&M University System, establishing a framework for research collaboration.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: The Beijing-based company LandSpace landed its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), notching a huge milestone for commercial Chinese spaceflight.
NASA Spaceflight
Reuters
• Mirko Miorelli
By Reuters: Italy's fragmented space industry is facing growing pressure to consolidate as defence and government customers increasingly favour larger suppliers capable of handling complex programmes.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space.com
• Mike Wall
