SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Rush
Major cloud providers are preparing to host AI compute and cloud services in LEO, shifting competition from bandwidth and latency to orbital power architecture — from large deployable solar arrays to beamed power and in‑orbit energy management. Whoever solves sustained, scalable power will control on‑orbit data centers.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: It looks like United Launch Alliance will build more upper stages for NASA's SLS rocket.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The European Space Agency has lost contact with one of two PROBA-3 spacecraft after an anomaly forced it into survival mode.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: During the Amsterdam Space Symposium, SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Marjolijn van Deelen, Space Envoy at the European External Action Service.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China designates space sector an “emerging pillar industry,” sets deep space ambitions in new economic blueprint China has designated aerospace to be an “emerging pillar industry” in a draft national economic plan, also setting major objectives for the five years ahead.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: GMV has won a contract to develop algorithmic capabilities for space launch monitoring, supporting the analytical requirements of the NSpOC.
By rocketlabcorp.com: Mahia, New Zealand. Match 6, 2026: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has today turned around its second successful launch in less than a week from two different countries, maintaining Rocket Lab’s position as….
Payload
• Laurence Russell
By Payload: Satellite operating giant Viasat and UAE-based Space42 are planning a 2,800 sat constellation to bring connectivity to billions.
