NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
China has completed its first successful recovery of an orbital-class booster, using a novel cable-net catch system at sea. LandSpace’s booster has now returned to port after the recovery milestone, underscoring progress toward reusable orbital launch operations.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: TUPPER LAKE, NY — The 440 OneWeb satellites Eutelsat has on order from Airbus Defence and Space could include multiple features including optical inter-satellite links and other features absent from today’s 640-satellite OneWeb fleet, according to a Eutelsat filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
CNBC
• Samantha Subin
By CNBC: SpaceX shares dropped below their IPO price of $135 on Wednesday, falling for a fourth day. Shares have been volatile since the Elon Musk rocket maker's historic June IPO.
SpaceNews.com
• Commercial Space Federation
By SpaceNews.com: Washington, D.C. — J uly 15, 2026 — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF), the leading trade association representing the commercial space industry, today announced the launch of its State and Local Council (SLC), a new membership body that convenes states and regions to collectively address the commercial space sector’s most pressing capacity challenges and to align regional strengths into national capability.
Associated Press
• Gerald Imray
By Associated Press: Amazon says that the technology company will launch its new satellite internet service Amazon Leo in South Africa in 2027.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: The space acquisition nominee said the military's legacy space programs weren't built for the acquisition reforms reshaping the Space Force.
Breaking Defense
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: SES and Airbus have secured a site in Noordwijk for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station, as the demonstration's space segment faces further launch delays.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Loft Orbital announced the purchase of new satellite bus inventory today designed to fly larger, more power hungry customer payloads.
