Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX is targeting May 19 for the debut of Starship Version 3, with the first flight of the Block 3 configuration. The move refines the company’s near-term Starship orbital test campaign following earlier scheduling shifts into May.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: SpaceX has the FCC’s blessing to buy EchoStar spectrum to improve direct-to-device services in the United States, subject to a $2.4 billion escrow tied to disputes over the seller’s abandoned terrestrial 5G network buildout.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
By NASA Spaceflight: Just over two weeks after Progress MS-34 docked to the Station, the ISS is set to receive a new visiting vehicle loaded with cargo.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: AST SpaceMobile still expects to have 45 BlueBird satellites in orbit this year despite the recent failure on a Blue Origin launch. CEO Abel Avellan told investors on Monday that it is preparing to launch with SpaceX in mid-June, in mission that will launch three BlueBird satellites.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: SES’s latest results are broadly in line with analyst expectations and show the business in good shape with the Networks side of SES’s business.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: JAKARTA — Satellite fleet operators SES and Eutelsat said negotiations on the final cost, configuration and schedule of Europe’s Iris2 multi-orbit secure connectivity constellation will require several weeks of additional work before being finalized with the European Commission.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Quantum Space announced May 12 it will build the company’s highly maneuverable spacecraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to the company’s new chief executive.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get a boost from the Red Planet.
