SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Relativity Space plans to launch a Mars orbiter in 2028 as part of a new initiative to privately develop planetary missions. The move extends the company’s focus beyond launch and mission enabling into dedicated interplanetary spacecraft development and operations.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Intellian Technologies is opening a huge new manufacturing facility in the United States, with CEO Eric Sung calling it “a defining milestone” for the company.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Jeff Bezos’ philanthropic organization the Bezos Earth Fund is joining the investment coalition for the wildfire-monitoring FireSat constellation. Bezos.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: The company has been preparing to launch the S3 servicing mission with a satellite platform and robotic arm developed in-house.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — The European Space Agency (ESA) is examining ways to increase the launch rates of its Ariane 6 heavy-lift and Vega-C medium-lift rockets to capture what’s almost certain to be a surge in demand starting now and continuing through the end of the decade.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Cybersecurity DHS Promotes Latest Space Cybersecurity Research in SPARTA By Mark Holmes Wednesday, June 17, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has revealed details of the latest space cybersecurity research to help protect critical infrastructure.
Bloomberg
• Alisha Sachdev
By Bloomberg: Starlink can’t get permission to enter the market, and demand is uncertain Expand The New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square rises during the SpaceX closing bell ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite last Friday.
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: Three support towers that stood as unintentional monuments to unrealized space history have been toppled.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Reuters
• Aditya Soni, Deborah Mary Sophia
