Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
SES says it is advancing work on a multi-band, multi-orbit, multi-beam European Space Agency (ESA) satellite architecture intended to underpin meoSphere’s MEO plus LEO inflight connectivity service. The effort targets a scalable space-to-air broadband design across orbital regimes and beam coverage.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: More than two months after NASA announced revised plans for the Artemis 3 mission, the agency has provided few details about the mission itself.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX launched 45 satellites to orbit from California early Sunday morning (May 3), including a South Korean spacecraft that was originally supposed to fly in 2022.
koreatimes.co.kr
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: GTON — President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess for promotion to four-star general and selected him to become the next chief of space operations, positioning a career operator to lead the U.S.
Air & Space Forces Mag
Breaking Defense
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin, Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: The return of Starship launches may be just weeks away, with notices for the upcoming Flight 12 launch attempt publishing notification for windows opening as early as May 12.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA is planning to increase the total value of a contract for robotic lunar lander missions to support a proposed surge in flights for a moon base.
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
By NASA Spaceflight: Russia’s brand new Soyuz-5 rocket made its first flight on Saturday, lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Thursday on a suborbital demonstration mission with a dummy payload that will pave the way for its entry into service.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: It's not clear whether Virgin Galactic has the cash reserves to fund a prolonged test phase.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
