SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Ran Livne has been appointed director of the Israel Space Agency after an announcement from Minister Gila Gamliel. Livne becomes the agency's newest director and will assume responsibility for guiding the ISA's programs and initiatives. The appointment marks a leadership change for Israel's national space efforts.
Reuters
By Reuters: An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft has a problem with an antenna so it will have to be manually docked when it reaches the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation said in a statement.
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: NASA is revising its moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing’s role while elevating SpaceX’s Starship rocket to do the job of propelling astronauts to lunar orbit, people familiar with the matter said.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: In a world where regulatory filings can feel dull and dry, this case brings the drama—and the snark. Let’s walk through how these two satcom mega constellations are publicly dueling in a governmental arena.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: EchoStar Moves Into Chinese, Korean Mobile Video Markets.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed more technical, but not financial, details about his company’s plans to deploy an orbital data center constellation.
The Hill
• Mark R Whittington
By The Hill: The 2026 version of the NASA authorization bill that passed out of Senate Commerce is as different from the 2010 legislation as day to night.
Bloomberg
• Kara Carlson, Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: Elon Musk said his Terafab project — a grand plan to eventually manufacture his own chips for robotics, artificial intelligence and space data centers — will be built in Austin and jointly run by Tesla and SpaceX.
Wall Street Journal
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
