Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
Scientists analyzing a powerful X9 solar flare report “strange changes” in the sun’s atmosphere hours before eruption. The findings suggest identifiable precursors to major flares and improve the physical basis for short-lead space-weather forecasting. (X9 flare study focus: pre-eruption atmospheric anomalies.)
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,.
SpaceNews.com
• Michael J. Patterson
By SpaceNews.com: For years, space architecture was treated mostly as a question of placement: where to put a spacecraft, and how reliably it could hold position.
Bloomberg
• Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro
By Bloomberg: German satellite maker OHB SE is kicking off a stock offering to help it contribute to Europe’s space and defense programs as well as increase its free float.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Unseenlabs has successfully launched BRO-22, the first satellite from a foreign private company to fly aboard Japan’s H3 Launch Vehicle. The launch took place on Friday, June 12, 2026, from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space Center.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BERLIN — Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace does not lack for security-based space ambition:.
Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg
By Wall Street Journal: Two-ton satellites, laser communications, in-space mobility ships and more draw attention and new funding.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: In a recent NASA-supported study, researchers assessed Titan's resource base and how it could be leveraged for ISRU. Compared with other locations under study (the Moon, Mars, etc.), they concluded that there is unrivaled potential for human exploration and settlement.
Via Satellite
• Christina Patsioura
