SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its fourth mission, according to commercial space surveillance firm LeoLabs. The observation reinforces the program’s ongoing testing cadence and provides externally observed performance data for a vehicle that has limited public transparency.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: People Former SES Exec John-Paul Hemingway to Lead Vast’s Satellite Business By Rachel Jewett Monday, June 22, 2026 JP Hemingway SES ’s former CCO John-Paul Hemingway has joined Vast to lead business development for Vast’s new satellite manufacturing business.
Payload
• Kepler Communications
By Payload: Historically, deploying a new capability in space required significant time, investment, and technical expertise. Companies often had little choice but to build nearly everything themselves—from spacecraft and payload integration to ground infrastructure and mission operations.
Bloomberg
• Kaula Nhongo
By Bloomberg: Namibia rejected more than 600 appeals against its decision to deny trillionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink a license to operate in the country, including a challenge brought by the satellite internet provider.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo, Rachel Metz
By Bloomberg: SpaceX has inked a multibillion-dollar agreement to provide computing resources to artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, the latest in a string deals from Elon Musk’s firm as it vies to become an AI infrastructure provider.
CNBC
Wall Street Journal
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: The new hardware comes amid Northwood’s rapid global expansion of its physical ground station footprint, and will allow the company to support more data downlinks over a wider range of frequencies.
SpaceNews.com
• Philip Dackiw
By SpaceNews.com: If the Trump administration is serious about executing its “America First in Africa” policy and transforming American engagement on the continent, it needs to focus on sectors where it still holds a decisive advantage.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
