Associated Press
• Gerald Imray
Amazon says its satellite internet service, Amazon Leo, will begin launching in South Africa in 2027, with residential service expected at commercial start. The partnership with Herotel is described as the first such agreement for Leo in Africa, targeting consumer connectivity ahead of launch.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: SES and Airbus have secured a site in Noordwijk for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station, as the demonstration's space segment faces further launch delays.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: NAPA, Calif. – Icarus Robotics, the New York startup developing dexterous mobile robots for space missions, selected KULR Technology Group to provide batteries for Joy, a free-flying platform destined for the International Space Station.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: The space acquisition nominee said the military's legacy space programs weren't built for the acquisition reforms reshaping the Space Force.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Loft Orbital announced the purchase of new satellite bus inventory today designed to fly larger, more power hungry customer payloads.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers over the past year with each satellite now dodging other objects almost weekly.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Artemis II astronauts praise Europe's Service Module in Bremen, detailing Orion's trans-lunar accuracy, degraded-state hand-flying and a vivid reentry.
Space.com
• Tariq Malik
By Space.com: SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission on Thursday, July 16. Here's what time it flies.
Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Carmen Reinicke
