Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
NASA’s science leadership says it wants to “get more science into space” by pursuing mass-produced satellites—seeking a repeatable, scalable approach to spacecraft delivery. The goal is to reduce friction in getting more missions out the door, enabling higher science throughput in orbit.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Sky Perfect JSAT is investing in Astroscale as part of a strategic partnership between the companies to work together on on-orbit servicing initiatives.
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
By Space.com: Researchers propose placing lasers in the moon's permanently shadowed craters to build a lunar navigation system that could guide future Artemis missions and support a GPS-like network on the lunar surface.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Eutelsat’s U.S. government service provider Eutelsat Network Solutions has added the Get SAT Aero Blade terminal to its lineup, to give more multi-orbit options to government and defense customers.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher has called on Europe to develop an autonomous human spaceflight capability.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: The Liquid Oxygen Flight demonstration (LOXSAT) will help NASA test and develop technologies to support in-space transfer and storage of cryogenic propellants, critical abilities for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: The commercial space station company announced this morning that it would start selling satellite buses, specifically targeting the low-cost, high-volume, high-power niche for missions from comms, to EO, to national-security programs.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Since SpaceX disrupted the satellite communications market with low-latency broadband from low Earth orbit, traditional satellite operators have promoted “multi-orbit” architectures that combine low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit and geostationary satellites into integrated communications systems designed to survive outages, attacks and congestion.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
