NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
A busy international launch slate will see Russia debut the Soyuz‑15 while U.S. rockets — Falcon 9 and Atlas V — lift internet‑satellite payloads for commercial constellations. China, New Zealand and Norway are also scheduled to host launches, underscoring a crowded global manifest in the near term.
Bloomberg
• Matt Levine
By Bloomberg: Also AI inequality, Tesla/SpaceX Terafab, JPMorgan monitoring and AI startup parties.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: NSF NOIRLab has completed end-to-end runs of its ecosystem for following up on alerts from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The runs demonstrated how multiple NOIRLab-developed software tools, plus a network of telescopes around the globe, will enable quick follow-up observations of the countless transient objects that Rubin will uncover during its ten-year survey.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force adds cyber units to guard rocket launches.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Amazon vowed to double the annual launch rate for its low Earth orbit broadband constellation to more than 20 missions, hinging largely on rockets yet to prove themselves at scale.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Kymeta is working toward releasing the first prototypes this year of its multi-band, multi-orbit single aperture user terminal.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Large infrastructure funds are “carefully looking” into entering the space sector, Seraphim Space CEO Mark Boggett said March 23, giving early-stage investors more confidence to back ambitious startups that may later need billions of dollars to scale.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: China’s space asset developments are coming fast and furious as China drives toward the goal of becoming a major space power.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
