Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
The European Space Agency is assessing what it would take to lift Ariane 6 heavy-lift and Vega-C medium-lift launch rates to meet a demand surge expected to build immediately and run through the end of the decade. The review targets a cadence of 15 missions or more per year before 2030.
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.
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
• 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.
Bloomberg
• Alisha Sachdev
By Bloomberg: Starlink can’t get permission to enter the market, and demand is uncertain Expand The New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square rises during the SpaceX closing bell ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite last Friday.
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: Three support towers that stood as unintentional monuments to unrealized space history have been toppled.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Instinct Space announced a significant pivot today from helping lunar surface missions find their way to getting in on the surface action itself.
CNBC
• Diana Olick
By CNBC: The rise of the private space industry, with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, has spurred demand for commercial real estate on Florida's space coast.
Reuters
• Aditya Soni, Deborah Mary Sophia
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
