Payload
• Douglas Gorman
Planet Labs announced it will extend commercial access restrictions for Earth-observation imagery over the Middle East from an earlier 96-hour pause to a two-week delay. The policy prevents immediate commercial distribution of newly captured imagery, widening a recent temporary withholding of Gulf-area data.
SpaceNews.com
• Amadi Brians Chinonso
By SpaceNews.com: The perils of political impatience in the Artemis program.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force officially terminates AeroVironment contract for satellite control antennas Space Force officially terminates AeroVironment Contract for satellite control antennas.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on upheaval within NASA last year.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "At first, we thought something was wrong with the camera.".
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: China has just laid out one of its most ambitious spaceflight schedules yet and the details reveal a programme that is accelerating. Two crewed missions, a cargo resupply flight, a year long solo endurance experiment, and the first ever space station flight by astronauts from Hong Kong or Macao are all on the cards for 2026.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Traditional chemical rockets, though they are the most commonly used propulsion method for space exploration today, are beholden to the tyranny of the rocket equation.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: BlackSky Technology Inc. has delivered first light imagery from its fourth Gen-3 satellite within hours following the satellite's launch.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
