SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
ICEYE has established two new European offices—ICEYE Portugal and ICEYE Germany—appointing Rui Costa and Philipp Herkelmann as their respective CEOs. The move signals a push to deepen regional presence and management oversight across Europe for its SAR satellite operations.
Bloomberg
• Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg: China successfully landed an orbital-class reusable booster at sea for the first time, making it the second nation to achieve the technological milestone following the US.
New York Times
• Richard Goldstein
By New York Times: As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX has applied for approval to operate a 100,000-member megaconstellation of next-gen Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. And each of the new spacecraft will weigh about 4,400 pounds.
Via Satellite
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Parsonson
By SpaceNews.com: JOHANNESBURG — The Exploration Company, a space transportation company based in Germany, established TEC Federal, a United States-based entity that will enable it to compete for government programs and contracts.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: An office of the U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking information on concepts for performing offshore orbital launches.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: Using the ESA's Euclid space telescope, astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of black hole-powered quasars in the early universe, including the most ancient and distant ever seen.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup has shared details about a previously unannounced test campaign of an upgraded Ariane 6 upper stage rocket engine.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
