Associated Press
• Marcia Dunn
Katalyst Space Technologies says its Link satellite, deployed to assist NASA’s aging Swift Observatory, is experiencing thruster problems and has entered an uncontrollable spin. The attitude disturbance is disrupting communications as the mission works through the anomaly.
Space.com
• Monisha Ravisetti
By Space.com: NASA's Roman Space Telescope is set to launch in August. It just got its fuel supply for the trip.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Parsonson
By SpaceNews.com: BURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar Link, a communications system developed for NASA’s now-paused Gateway space station, as a dedicated lunar communications asset.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Eutelsat detailed a recently signed MoU with Poland to help support Europe’s flagship IRIS² program.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The U.S. aviation regulator on Tuesday proposed new rules to speed up approval of commercial space missions like SpaceX's rocket and satellite launches by no longer requiring them to follow provisions of 13 environmental and other laws.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Impulse Space detailed the company’s first electric propulsion system called Electra, built to support long-duration operations in space. This comes.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Iridium and Orbcomm company Skywave have a new strategic partnership for industrial IoT to bring Iridium’s Short Burst Data (SBD) services to heavy equipment OEM customers.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 demonstrated that the Ship can complete its mission and return intact, surviving water impact without destruction. The Booster, however, remains a work in progress as SpaceX continues refining the clean-sheet Block 3 design.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
