Payload
• Douglas Gorman
Europe’s space economy is expanding, but the cluster highlights a persistent capital bottleneck: private funding at scale remains difficult to access for growth-stage startups. Founders are increasingly pitching “infrastructure” finance as the path to bridge from early traction to durable, scalable space-business operations.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: MBS is acquiring a 20% stake in Berlin Space Technologies, marking the birth of Germany’s first SME-led, fully integrated space ecosystem.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Morgan Brennan
By CNBC: Elon Musk's reusable rocket company is getting closer to what's expected to be a record stock market debut.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Cowboy Space has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite “Stampede” orbital data center constellation, shortly after raising $275 million to develop rockets whose upper stages would serve as the computing platforms.
Unmanned Airspace
• Philip Butterworth-Hayes
By Unmanned Airspace: Philip Butterworth-Hayes UAS traffic management news .entry-header Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC, operator of the world’s only space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Intuitive Machines has agreed to purchase a company that operates ground stations in the United States and United Kingdom to help build out a lunar communications network.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Space42’s overall revenues were flat in the three months to the end of March. However, while overall revenues remained flat, it did see a strong increase in revenues for the Space Services part of its business for this period.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: AMSTERDAM — Satellite geospatial imagery constellation operator Satellogic reported an 80% increase in revenue in the three months ending March 31 compared to a year earlier, a reduced EBITDA loss and a cash balance of $129 million, up 29% from Dec.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
