SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Vast has appointed Melanie Stricklan as senior vice president of a newly created Special Programs division and named Steve Isakowitz as an adviser. The moves accompany Vast’s stated pivot toward U.S. national security missions, signaling an organizational shift to support defense-focused programs.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Karolina Sarna explores why commercial Earth Observation's biggest challenge is not pricing, but the missing institutional layer between buyers and suppliers.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The UK Space Agency has unveiled a new funding program at the ongoing Farnborough International Airshow, pledging up to £62 million to develop homegrown satellite communications and space technologies.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: The International Space Station’s (ISS) crew grew by three members with the arrival of the Soyuz MS-29 mission on July 14.
Politico
• Andrew Howard, Audrey Decker, Calen Razor, Jasper Goodman, Jennifer Scholtes, Katherine Hapgood, Kelsey Brugger, Mark Satter, Meredith Lee Hill, Mia McCarthy, Riley Rogerson, Robert King, Samuel Benson, Simon J. Leven
By Politico: NASA wants to return to the moon and go even further, but the new agency head said he’s got the cash to get there.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ONERA has selected Belgium’s AMOS to build a 2.5-metre telescope for French military and civil space surveillance.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: The service now expects 170 NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 launches between 2025-2034, up from 60.
Space.com
• Brett Tingley
By Space.com: The outgoing head of the U.S. Space Force had some stark words in his last public speech, stating that "none of us will be able to avoid the war zone" should conflict extend to space.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
