Reuters
FCC Chair Brendan Carr dismissed Amazon’s petition challenging SpaceX’s proposal to deploy up to 1 million satellites, saying Amazon should concentrate on meeting its own deployment obligations for Project Kuiper rather than attacking a rival. Carr framed the response as a defense of regulatory fairness and process.
SpaceNews.com
• Amadi Brians Chinonso
By SpaceNews.com: The perils of political impatience in the Artemis program.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: China has just laid out one of its most ambitious spaceflight schedules yet and the details reveal a programme that is accelerating. Two crewed missions, a cargo resupply flight, a year long solo endurance experiment, and the first ever space station flight by astronauts from Hong Kong or Macao are all on the cards for 2026.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force officially terminates AeroVironment contract for satellite control antennas Space Force officially terminates AeroVironment Contract for satellite control antennas.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Planet announced that it would be extending restrictions for commercial access to EO data of the Middle East—from 96 hours, to two weeks.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on upheaval within NASA last year.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "At first, we thought something was wrong with the camera.".
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: When a powerful solar storm erupts, the warning system we currently rely on gives us just hours to respond, barely enough time to protect the satellites, power grids, and communication networks that modern life depends on.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
