Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
Swissto12 has struck a new partnership in Germany aimed at bringing expanded media broadcast capabilities to geostationary (GEO) satellites. The deal underscores the company’s push to broaden the payload and services tied to its small-GEO platform as D2D use cases scale.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Voyager Technologies says it is ready should NASA change plans for supporting development of commercial space stations.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, and the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite is tracking the rate.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: After months of rumors in the market that Globalstar was for sale, Amazon moved last month to acquire the company in a deal worth roughly $10.8 billion.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Satellite fleet operator Telesat said its declining GEO-satellite division has enough cash to manage the business in 2026 but not enough to refinance $1.7 billion in debt coming due starting in December.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: Over six months after the end of Flight 11, the old design, Pad 1, was demolished, and conversion to the newer pad design, like Pad 2, is underway. In that time, crews have made impressive progress, with excavation of the trench about to start.
SpaceNews.com
• Jarosław Adamowski
By SpaceNews.com: Poland — Polish space company Eycore has launched Eycore-1, an Earth observation satellite equipped with the company’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: In March, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) unveiled its plan to serve as a one-stop shop for licensing novel space missions.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
