Inflight Online
• Keith Mwanalushi
Amazon’s Project Leo constellation expanded to 396 satellites following a 29-satellite Atlas V launch, which marked the completion of Atlas V’s final Leo mission. The deployment sequence is positioned to transition toward Vulcan-powered high-rate rollout and initial service operations.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Swissto12 said it has raised $70 million in fresh funding to keep up with growing demand for its small geostationary satellite manufacturing business.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: NASA astronaut Anil Menon launched aboard Soyuz MS-29 with two Russian cosmonauts as the heads of NASA and Roscosmos attended.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: NASA is busy preparing for Artemis III, the next crewed mission of its moon program, which is set to launch on the massive SLS rocket next year.
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
By NASA Spaceflight: China reached a major milestone less than a week ago with the first successful recovery of an orbital-class booster, using a novel cable-net catch system at sea.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Rocket Lab recently performed a full-duration static fire test with the engine that will power the second stage of its powerful new Neutron launch vehicle.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: UPDATE July 15: This story has been updated to include comment from Eutelsat.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: The FCC may explore allowing unlicensed wireless devices like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to communicate directly with satellites for direct-to-device (D2D).
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
