Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
NASA is driving renewed lunar exploration, but military leaders warn the Pentagon will ramp up presence and capabilities to secure U.S. interests on and around the Moon. Officials say they don't want to be "flat-footed" as lunar activity expands, signaling growing overlap between civil and defense space programs.
Reuters
• Echo Wang
By Reuters: SpaceX is working with at least 21 banks on its blockbuster initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, one of the largest underwriting syndicates assembled in recent years.
Universe Today
• Bruce Dorminey
By Universe Today: Ordinary telecoms grade optical fiber could help planetary scientists better characterize the moon’s deep interior as well as its lava tubes, say two new journal papers.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Virgin Galactic still expects to resume commercial suborbital flights by the end of the year as its first next-generation spaceplane nears completion.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: WASHINGTON— The next meeting of the quadrennial World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), scheduled for Oct. 18 -….
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Es’hailSat and EgyptSat have signed multi-year satellite capacity agreement for EgyptSat to provide VSAT services to their customer base located in Egypt and spread across the Middle East and North Africa region.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Faced with the game-changing advent of vertically integrated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) megaconstellations like Starlink and Amazon Leo, ground segment hardware and service providers are having to rethink both their technology and their business model, a panel of ground segment CEOs told SATShow last week.
