Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Finnish space tech ReOrbit secured €4.6M from Business Finland to launch OrbitCloud, a private satellite network that performs AI inference directly in orbit for direct-to-device connectivity to drones and mobile users. The program is projected to exceed €40M total value, per the company’s description of the R&D effort.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Tototheo Global has expanded its agreement with SES to deploy the FlexMartime connectivity service to the maritime market. FlexMaritime is a connectivity service that combines SES’s satellite network and integrated terrestrial infrastructure — the service originated with Intelsat.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: NASA has delivered the first braking engines for ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Mars mission. Work to secure the required RHUs continues.
Ars Technica
• Financial Times
By Ars Technica: Move would test whether group can turn ambition into a mass-market phone business.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — The EU Commission’s proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) faced rough going by other European organizations and, surprisingly, even from satellite-sector companies that are supposed to be a principal beneficiary.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA astronauts on the space station are preparing for a spacewalk to repair a robotic arm as safety advisers raise concerns about its long-term health.
Space.com
• Tariq Malik
By Space.com: NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Crustdata found that ~1,330 SpaceX alumni have founded new ventures after leaving the company. Collectively, these founders have raised $9.2B to date.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner, Emma Gatti
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
