Financial Times
Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire satellite operator Globalstar for about $9 billion, a move intended to strengthen its Amazon Leo LEO broadband effort. The deal would add assets to Amazon's nascent, roughly 200‑satellite network as it seeks to catch up with SpaceX's Starlink.
The Atlantic
• Ross Andersen
By The Atlantic: On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: A conversation with Robert Long, President and CEO, Space Florida.
New York Times
• Kenneth Chang, Marco Hernandez
By New York Times: While SpaceX and Blue Origin get much of the attention among rocket makers these days, traditional aerospace companies, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, built the vehicles for Artemis II.
Australian Aviation
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: It’s time to make industry aware of the role Ohio can play in America’s space future.
Reuters
• Lucila Sigal
By Reuters: An Argentine-built microsatellite, the only one from Latin America selected for NASA's return to the moon, will test experimental navigation systems and measure radiation far beyond Earth's orbit when it flies on the Artemis II mission.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès joins Via Satellite for a "Live in the Booth" interview as the launcher works to ramp up its cadence.
Reuters
• Joe Brock
By Reuters: SpaceX on Wednesday filed for an IPO that Elon Musk says will bankroll an effort to turn the rocket maker into an AI powerhouse, launching up to 1 million data‑center satellites into orbit to bypass power and water limits on Earth.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
