NASA Spaceflight
• Bastiaan Vellekoop, Haygen Warren
SpaceX plans an early-Tuesday demonstration mission for its upcoming Starfall reentry vehicle, launching on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:43 a.m. EDT (10:43 UTC) as part of the program’s flight-test effort.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: A California satellite startup is developing a low-Earth-orbit navigation network designed as a jamming-resistant commercial backup to GPS.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: People Former SES Exec John-Paul Hemingway to Lead Vast’s Satellite Business By Rachel Jewett Monday, June 22, 2026 JP Hemingway SES ’s former CCO John-Paul Hemingway has joined Vast to lead business development for Vast’s new satellite manufacturing business.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission, according to space surveillance firm LeoLabs.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
Aviation Week
Bloomberg
• Kaula Nhongo
By Bloomberg: Namibia rejected more than 600 appeals against its decision to deny trillionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink a license to operate in the country, including a challenge brought by the satellite internet provider.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
