SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $514 million contract to build Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIF space vehicles SV23 and SV24. The award supports anti-jam protection, M-Code security, and improved positioning, navigation and timing, bringing Lockheed’s total GPS IIIF commitment to 14 satellites.
Business Wire
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By Business Wire: CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
Space.com
• Robert Z. Pearlman
By Space.com: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, June 15, 2026.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: A T-Minus Barracuda sound rocket suffered an anomaly after launching from Spaceport Nova Scotia, prompting teams to abandon a second planned flight.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the moon.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting input from the space industry on how the United States could rapidly restore critical space capabilities if satellites were disabled or destroyed during a conflict.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: Scientists analyzing a powerful X9 solar flare found unusual changes in the sun's atmosphere hours before eruption, offering clues to space weather forecasts.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: PARIS — Europe’s Iris2 multi-orbit secured connectivity network, facing pressure from European governments to limit it schedule delays, is adding 66 smaller satellites to its low-Earth-orbit component to assure launches starting in 2029, with the full-capacity, 264-satellite system to be launched around 2032,.
Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg
