Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo
SpaceX has appointed Roelof Botha—an ex-Sequoia Capital leader and long-time investor who previously worked with Elon Musk at PayPal—as an independent director to fill an existing board vacancy. The change comes less than a week after SpaceX launched an IPO widely described as record-setting in scale.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Relativity Space plans to launch a Mars orbiter in 2028 as part of a new initiative to privately develop planetary missions.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Intellian Technologies is opening a huge new manufacturing facility in the United States, with CEO Eric Sung calling it “a defining milestone” for the company.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Jeff Bezos’ philanthropic organization the Bezos Earth Fund is joining the investment coalition for the wildfire-monitoring FireSat constellation. Bezos.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: The company has been preparing to launch the S3 servicing mission with a satellite platform and robotic arm developed in-house.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — The European Space Agency (ESA) is examining ways to increase the launch rates of its Ariane 6 heavy-lift and Vega-C medium-lift rockets to capture what’s almost certain to be a surge in demand starting now and continuing through the end of the decade.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Cybersecurity DHS Promotes Latest Space Cybersecurity Research in SPARTA By Mark Holmes Wednesday, June 17, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has revealed details of the latest space cybersecurity research to help protect critical infrastructure.
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: Three support towers that stood as unintentional monuments to unrealized space history have been toppled.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Reuters
• Aditya Soni, Deborah Mary Sophia
