SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
A state-funded tender for tank tooling, a delivered stainless-steel forging, and launch pad planning point to China developing reusable rockets with a ~7-meter-diameter class. The industrial and ground-infrastructure steps suggest Beijing is moving from components toward a larger reusable launch system.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Mitchell Institute workshop participants found little consensus on where competition ends and conflict begins as China expands counterspace June 23, 2026.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space.".
Reuters
• Joey Roulette
By Reuters: Rocket and spacecraft maker Firefly Aerospace is expected to secure a $110 million U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan that would help fund the company's expansion of spacecraft production facilities in Texas, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Rajesh Roy
By Bloomberg: India said it plans to share its technology involving the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the country’s most reliable rocket, to help speed up development of the local space industry.
Universe Today
• Alan Boyle
By Universe Today: A proposal to create a new network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year's Schweickart Prize, which recognizes bright ideas for planetary defense.
Universe Today
• Alan Boyle
By Universe Today: A proposal to create a new network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year's Schweickart Prize, which recognizes bright ideas for planetary defense.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA’s safety advisers say that while progress continues in addressing problems with the CST-100 Starliner, it could be up to a year before it flies again.
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Gerson Freitas Jr.
Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo, Rachel Metz
