SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
Eutelsat and Indian maritime connectivity provider Station Satcom have agreed a multi-year contract to expand Eutelsat-owned OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across Station Satcom’s maritime fleet. The partners say the agreement is designed to scale onboard coverage and service delivery for shipping operations.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Leonardo Space reported increased revenue profit and backlog in the three months ending March 31, meaning all three components of a planned European space industry merger have confirmed continued robust health in 2026.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Space Rider, a novel spacecraft concept from the European Space Agency, is passing key milestones in its tests and qualifications to bring the vehicle to flight readiness.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Two Russian satellites got within 10 feet (3 meters) of each other recently, demonstrating a sophisticated set of orbital maneuvering skills.
CNBC
• Ashley Capoot
By CNBC: Anthropic has signed a deal with SpaceX, which owns rival xAI, to use all of the compute capacity at the company’s Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
CNA
By CNA: NEW YORK, May 6 : SpaceX has adopted corporate governance policies that will erode typical shareholder protections in unprecedented ways, giving founder Elon Musk virtually unchecked executive authority when the rocket maker goes public later this year.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is our best bet for “living off the land” for a future Martian base, but tracking down those resources is no easy task.
SpaceNews.com
• Sulaiman Al Ali
By SpaceNews.com: In 2025, Space42’s systems helped save over 660 lives across 25 distress events, from earthquakes in Myanmar, Nepal, and Turkey to cyclones in Mozambique and floods in Nigeria.
SpaceNews.com
• Olivier Lemaitre, Pierre Lionnet
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
