SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
The European Space Agency has awarded AAC Clyde Space a €10.9 million contract (about $12.6 million) to complete development and demonstrate VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) satellites for Inflecion. The satellites are intended to support maritime domain awareness under the program.
CNBC
• Lora Kolodny
By CNBC: Heading into its IPO, SpaceX's only profitable business is Starlink. But there are red flags for investors. Average revenue per user is down, just as the company is trying to move into more cities and suburbs, where it will face steeper competition from terrestrial broadband providers.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Yun Li
By CNBC: The Elon Musk-led company plans to direct a percentage in the low 20s of the offering to retail buyers, according to a person familiar with the matter.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The U.S. Space Force is seeking potential users of a new launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base reserved for smaller rockets.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say.".
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
By Space.com: A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations.
Bloomberg
• Frances Schwartzkopff
By Bloomberg: The list of sustainability-focused fund managers opting to blacklist SpaceX is growing, as they contemplate the unprecedented level of control that Elon Musk will hold over the rockets-to-chatbot behemoth.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's experience as a test pilot was a decisive factor in his selection for the Artemis III crew.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
CNBC
• Hayley Cuccinello
Washington Post
• Faiz Siddiqui
