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SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

Planet expands Berlin headquarters with first European production facility

Planet is expanding its headquarters into the BERLIN DECKS innovation campus in Berlin, acquiring space for its first European production facility. The site will add manufacturing capacity to the satellite company’s European presence and marks a significant expansion of its headquarters footprint.

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2026-08-03T03:50:07.426075-07:00

Space Debris & Traffic Management

SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

University of Warwick Astronomers Detect Tiny, Previously Undocumented Debris in Geosynchronous Orbit

By SpaceWatch Global: Astronomers have uncovered some of the faintest debris in geo orbit ever observed, obtaining valuable data for characterizing their behavior.

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2026-08-03T03:50:08.475495-07:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Platform Joshua Faleti

Outlier Space Raises US$7.35m to Develop a Commercial Microgravity Research and Return Platform

By SpaceWatch Global: Outlier Space has completed a successful pre-seed round, raising US$7m to develop a commercial microgravity payload capsule.

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2026-08-03T03:50:08.142718-07:00

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Bloomberg • Edward Ludlow

SpaceX Investors Are Ready to Quiz Musk Over Ever-Closer Ties With Tesla

By Bloomberg: Many wonder whether a merger is ahead Expand Elon Musk during a video interview in May at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv.

Also: Economic Times, Axios and MarketWatch

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2026-08-03T04:15:18.832523-07:00

Satellite Commercial Space Space Defense & Militarization

SpaceWatch Global • Guest Author

Earth Observation’s “Dual-Use” Promise Is a Cost Function, Not an Opportunity

By SpaceWatch Global: Earth observation companies pitch 'dual-use' as optionality, a second market stacked on the climate business. It is a cost function, not an opportunity: one capability the state can place on either side of a line it controls, and when the line is drawn the commercial buyer is the one moved to the back.

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2026-08-03T01:14:26.855200-07:00

Satellite Commercial Space

Bloomberg • Reshmi Basu

EchoStar Unit Hughes Satellite Files for Bankruptcy as Debt Falls Due

By Bloomberg: Hughes Satellite Systems Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying intensifying competition was undermining its core broadband business.

Also: Seeking Alpha

2 Sources

2026-08-03T00:14:38.321534-07:00

Commercial Space

Bloomberg • Alastair Marsh

Jefferies Analyst Calls Out ‘Simple-Minded’ Criticism of SpaceX’s Governance

By Bloomberg: Investors who blacklist Space Exploration Technologies Corp. out of governance qualms are too hung up on box-checking and risk depriving themselves of long-term financial gains, according to Aniket Shah of Jefferies.

Also: Fortune and Seeking Alpha

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2026-08-02T05:17:06.392170-07:00

Europe Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Space.com • Elizabeth Howell

Rocket issue delays 1st orbital rocket launch from the UK

By Space.com: While testing a rocket on the launch pad at the U.K.'s SaxaVord Spaceport, RFA found 'an issue with the vehicle that requires further investigation.'.

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2026-08-02T04:31:41.194267-07:00

Planet expands Berlin headquarters with first European production facility

University of Warwick Astronomers Detect Tiny, Previously Undocumented Debris in Geosynchronous Orbit

Outlier Space Raises US$7.35m to Develop a Commercial Microgravity Research and Return Platform

SpaceX Investors Are Ready to Quiz Musk Over Ever-Closer Ties With Tesla

Earth Observation’s “Dual-Use” Promise Is a Cost Function, Not an Opportunity

EchoStar Unit Hughes Satellite Files for Bankruptcy as Debt Falls Due

Jefferies Analyst Calls Out ‘Simple-Minded’ Criticism of SpaceX’s Governance

Rocket issue delays 1st orbital rocket launch from the UK

SpaceX Investors Are Ready to Quiz Musk Over Ever-Closer Ties With Tesla

Outlier Space Raises US$7.35m to Develop a Commercial Microgravity Research and Return Platform

University of Warwick Astronomers Detect Tiny, Previously Undocumented Debris in Geosynchronous Orbit

Planet Acquires Berlin Innovation Campus Space to Set up its First European Production Facility

Earth Observation’s “Dual-Use” Promise Is a Cost Function, Not an Opportunity

EchoStar Unit Hughes Satellite Files for Bankruptcy as Debt Falls Due

Boeing's Starliner set for potential 2026 cargo run to ISS

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