Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
A hearing on the Office of Space Commerce’s framework for novel mission authorization turned into a debate over whether the office can afford to implement the approach. The proceedings highlighted funding and budget constraints as a central gating factor for execution of the authorization process.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX plans to launch Starship Flight 13 today (July 16), a test mission that will send "V3" Starlink satellites to space for the first time ever. Here's how to watch it live.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
By Ars Technica: Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
Inflight Online
• Keith Mwanalushi
By Inflight Online: Amazon Leo expands its constellation to 396 satellites after a 29‑satellite Atlas V launch, completing its final Atlas V mission and advancing toward Vulcan‑powered high‑rate deployment and initial service rollout.
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.
Payload
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.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceNews.com
• Commercial Space Federation
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
