Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
ESA has placed a €65 million commitment behind ispace-Europe’s effort to deliver Europe’s first lunar polar ice exploration rover. The mission is designed to support surface exploration of lunar polar regions, targeting scientifically and operationally relevant ice-related objectives.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The Commerce Department is moving ahead with plans to implement a voluntary mission authorization system for novel space activities.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Parsonson
By SpaceNews.com: JOHANNESBURG — The European Union has ordered a 24-hour delay in the release of some Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery following a request from the United States based on concerns that the Earth observation satellites’ output could pose a security risk.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: The chip race and the race back to the Moon race have just crossed paths.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: NATO's new HALO initiative brings together allied military satellite networks, but how does it relate to APSS, EU intelligence structures, and Europe's strategic autonomy ambitions? An analysis of the evolving European space intelligence architecture.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Azercosmos launches National Space Incubation program to develop local space startups and strengthen Azerbaijan’s innovation ecosystem.
Payload
• Andrew Parsonson
By Payload: Eutelsat outlined plans for a 528-satellite constellation in LEO called Eutelsat Next, which would operate separately from OneWeb.
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow, Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: SpaceX has started to turn away satellite operators seeking dedicated rides to orbit aboard its staple Falcon 9 rocket beyond 2028, people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the massive bet Elon Musk is making on its unproven Starship.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
