European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
ESA says it will reattempt the final full-scale drop test for its reusable Space Rider spacecraft no earlier than October 2026, following an anomaly that aborted a previously unannounced test. The slip pushes ESA’s next step in validating the Space Rider drop/flight transition plan into the later 2026 window.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros in funding from Europe’s government-backed accelerator program, joining a wave of European companies attracting capital for greater space sovereignty.
Bloomberg
• Gian Volpicelli, Paula Doenecke
By Bloomberg: SpaceX criticized the European Union’s plans for the distribution of satellite spectrum, a key element in the growth plans for the Elon Musk-led company’s Starlink service following its record-setting initial public offering.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs.".
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Davide Barbuscia, Gowri Gurumurthy
By Bloomberg: Bankers for Elon Musk’s SpaceX are preparing to hold calls with investors as soon as next week to discuss a potential bond offering on the heels of the company’s record IPO, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Financial Times
newsable.asianetnews.com
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — EQT Private Equity of Sweden is purchasing ride-share mission management and integration provider Exolaunch of Germany in a transaction of undisclosed value that dealroom.co estimated at $339 million, an amount that would testify to Exolaunch’s rapid growth in the last couple of years.
SpaceNews.com
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: For the first time, an experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: CNES has selected Sirius Space Services to fill a vacancy at the Guiana Space Centre’s future multi-user commercial launch facility.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
Reuters
• Aditya Soni, Deborah Mary Sophia
