Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Space Debris & Traffic Management  
NASA Spaceflight • Bastiaan Vellekoop, Haygen Warren

SpaceX to demonstrate Starfall reentry vehicle recovery on Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX plans an early-Tuesday demonstration mission for its upcoming Starfall reentry vehicle, launching on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 6:43 a.m. EDT (10:43 UTC) as part of the program’s flight-test effort.

Also: Space.com
2026-06-22T14:11:30.498182-07:00
Satellite   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Defense & Militarization   Policy & Regulation   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)  
SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Trump executive order directs NASA to plan quantum space applications

By SpaceNews.com: The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications.

2026-06-22T14:41:53.561420-07:00
Satellite   Space Force   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Space Defense & Militarization  
Ars Technica • Stephen Clark

A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing

By Ars Technica: The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.

Also: Via Satellite, Defense Daily and investors.rocketlabcorp.com
2026-06-22T08:26:52.095436-07:00
Satellite   AI   Commercial Space  
Bloomberg • Carmen Arroyo, Rachel Metz

SpaceX Inks Multibillion-Dollar Computing Deal With Reflection AI

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.

Also: CNA, Seeking Alpha, newsable.asianetnews.com and Yahoo Finance
2026-06-22T08:26:48.588448-07:00