SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
The US Space Force is seeking potential users for a new launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base reserved for smaller rockets. The move broadens Vandenberg’s launch infrastructure as the Space Force looks to scale throughput and as West Coast cadence accelerates—highlighting how spaceport access is becoming a strategic constraint.
CNBC
• Lora Kolodny
By CNBC: Heading into its IPO, SpaceX's only profitable business is Starlink. But there are red flags for investors. Average revenue per user is down, just as the company is trying to move into more cities and suburbs, where it will face steeper competition from terrestrial broadband providers.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Yun Li
By CNBC: The Elon Musk-led company plans to direct a percentage in the low 20s of the offering to retail buyers, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say.".
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
By Space.com: A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations.
Bloomberg
• Frances Schwartzkopff
By Bloomberg: The list of sustainability-focused fund managers opting to blacklist SpaceX is growing, as they contemplate the unprecedented level of control that Elon Musk will hold over the rockets-to-chatbot behemoth.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's experience as a test pilot was a decisive factor in his selection for the Artemis III crew.
CNBC
• Michelle Fox
By CNBC: These are the companies making headlines in midday trading. Viasat – Shares were up more than 8% after Viasat announced that the U.S. Space Force awarded it a multi-year contract to deliver a dual-band satellite system under the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global program.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
CNBC
• Hayley Cuccinello
Washington Post
• Faiz Siddiqui
