SpaceWatch Global
• Blaine Curcio
Chinese commercial space investors directed 12 of 137 funding rounds to companies developing space laser communications — about 9% of deals — indicating a measurable shift of capital toward lasercom. The concentration underscores growing investor interest in optical communications within China’s space sector.
Space.com
• Charles Q Choi
By Space.com: "If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe.".
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing a successful parachute descent of the capsule.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Spacecoin, the space startup working to build a decentralized satellite network has signed agreements to pilot satellite internet demonstrations in Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Intelsat’s former CEO David Wajsgras has joined cyber firm Everfox as the company’s CEO.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — A French parliamentary committee used the occasion of the ratification of the….
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: The space community is breathing a sigh of relief after lawmakers rejected Trump proposed cuts.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.
SpaceNews.com
• Clinton Clark, Ralph Dinsley
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
