SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
OroraTech says four of its Hellenic Fire System thermal-sensing satellites launched May 3 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission have deployed in orbit. The same flight delivered 13 European satellites supporting Italian and Greek monitoring programs, plus CubeSats testing satellite connectivity.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Interlune, a startup with plans to harvest helium-3 from the moon, has won a NASA contract to develop a payload to test ways to extract it from regolith.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
By SpaceWatch Global: The space economy is growing fast, but far from the seamless galaxy imagined in Star Wars. A closer look at infrastructure, investment, and Europe’s position.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: As SpaceX prepares for the first flight of version 3 of its Starship vehicle, the company is facing a new legal challenge from local residents.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: DENVER — IonQ said it will begin offering a satellite data product that detects subtle changes in the Earth’s surface using radar imaging spacecraft operated by its Capella Space subsidiary.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Dr. Amanda Fetch applies machine learning to space debris, turning millions of untrackable objects into manageable data for collision risk analysis.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA is considering shifting the launch of its two Harmony satellites from Vega C to a two-booster Ariane 6 rocket.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: ESPI’s Space Venture 2025 report reveals record global investment but growing structural challenges for Europe’s space sector in exits and scale-up funding.
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin, Ryan Weber
