SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its fourth mission, according to commercial space surveillance firm LeoLabs. The observation reinforces the program’s ongoing testing cadence and provides externally observed performance data for a vehicle that has limited public transparency.
Payload
• Kepler Communications
By Payload: Historically, deploying a new capability in space required significant time, investment, and technical expertise. Companies often had little choice but to build nearly everything themselves—from spacecraft and payload integration to ground infrastructure and mission operations.
Bloomberg
• Kaula Nhongo
By Bloomberg: Namibia rejected more than 600 appeals against its decision to deny trillionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink a license to operate in the country, including a challenge brought by the satellite internet provider.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.
Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo, Rachel Metz
By Bloomberg: SpaceX has inked a multibillion-dollar agreement to provide computing resources to artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, the latest in a string deals from Elon Musk’s firm as it vies to become an AI infrastructure provider.
CNBC
Wall Street Journal
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: The new hardware comes amid Northwood’s rapid global expansion of its physical ground station footprint, and will allow the company to support more data downlinks over a wider range of frequencies.
SpaceNews.com
• Philip Dackiw
By SpaceNews.com: If the Trump administration is serious about executing its “America First in Africa” policy and transforming American engagement on the continent, it needs to focus on sectors where it still holds a decisive advantage.
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Gerson Freitas Jr.
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is selling investment-grade bonds for the first time in what’s expected to be the start of a massive borrowing spree to fund the company’s AI ambitions following its record $75 billion IPO.
newsable.asianetnews.com
Yahoo Finance
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
