Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
A new study finds Amazon Leo’s low Earth orbit broadband satellites, though generally invisible to the naked eye, are bright enough to contaminate and obstruct astronomical observations. The finding highlights the growing optical impact of mega-constellations as deployments accelerate.
By Spaceflight Now:  SpaceX launched 25 of its Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites from California on Sunday morning.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: There are strategy documents you read, and there are strategy documents you feel. The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS) belongs to the second category.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Rocket Factory Augsburg has been awarded an ESA Flight Ticket Initiative contract to launch two missions aboard its RFA One rocket.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: Tom Ainsworth has been named as the Air Force's top space acquisition officer, taking over from Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy who will remain in place as Ainsworth's military deputy.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: With the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process effectively complete, a key House appropriator says the next spending bill for NASA should build on that.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: As they roll across shadowed regions of the moon's surface, future lunar rovers could develop hazardous buildups of electric charge on their wheels. Through new analysis published in Advances in Space Research, Bill Farrell at the Space Science Institute in Colorado, together with Mike Zimmerman at Johns Hopkins University, outline realistic precautions for mitigating this risk—offering valuable guidance for engineers designing future lunar missions.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has issued a call for tender for a study examining the re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage over Poland in early 2025.