SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Virgin Galactic says it remains on track—technically and financially—to begin commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane by the end of 2026. The company’s latest reaffirmation frames year-end service as a near-term milestone for revenue operations.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: OHB Space UK and Thales Alenia Space have signed a Preliminary Authorisation to Proceed for work on ESA’s EnVision mission worth approximately €24 million.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Artemis II has barely left the headlines. On April 1st 2026, four astronauts climbed aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, rode the most powerful rocket ever to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit, and swung around the far side of the Moon.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Chinese satellite maker MinoSpace has seen its initial public offering application accepted, seeking $736 million for constellation and product expansion plans.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: MBS is acquiring a 20% stake in Berlin Space Technologies, marking the birth of Germany’s first SME-led, fully integrated space ecosystem.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Europe has a growth-stage capital problem. The European space economy is blooming, but private funding at scale is hard to access.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Morgan Brennan
By CNBC: Elon Musk's reusable rocket company is getting closer to what's expected to be a record stock market debut.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Cowboy Space has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite “Stampede” orbital data center constellation, shortly after raising $275 million to develop rockets whose upper stages would serve as the computing platforms.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
