Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Aalto has signed an agreement with Telkomsel to advance Indonesia’s stratospace ecosystem, committing the HAPS operator to work with the telecom to develop high-altitude platform capabilities and services. The partnership aims to accelerate local stratospheric connectivity and commercial use-cases across the archipelago.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Stargazing into the future of SSA.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: America succeeds in space when American companies compete.
CNBC
• Kai Nicol-Schwarz
By CNBC: The service will go live in 2028. It comes as Starlink's owner, SpaceX, gears up for an IPO.
SpaceNews.com
• John David Callison, Joseph Minafra
By SpaceNews.com: Hardware is no longer the problem holding back space-based data centers — the supply chain is.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Starpath Space launched a new line of space solar panels today—called Starlight Air—which claim to be far lighter than anything on the market.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force rethinks satellite ground station strategy.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace has pushed back the expected launch date for the inaugural flight of its rocket to 2027.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
