Bloomberg
• Lynn Doan
Google (Alphabet) has agreed to pay SpaceX as much as $920 million per month for cloud compute capacity, with the multiyear arrangement running through mid-2029 and valued at up to roughly $30 billion. The deal is announced about a week before SpaceX’s IPO and follows similar positioning amid competitive AI compute deals.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: The FCC granted Amazon a deadline waiver to launch half of its constellation by the end of July, but the waiver came with conditions on spectrum priority.
Reuters
• Joey Roulette
By Reuters: A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.
By newsroom.arianespace.com: On June 17, 2026, Arianespace will place into orbit 36 satellites for Amazon Leo with the Ariane 64 equipped with four P160C advanced solid-propellant boosters for the very first time.
European Spaceflight
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland— Planet Labs PBC reported record revenue for the three months ending Jan. 31, including a 20% increase in commercial revenue, to $17 million, which the company said results from a “reset” of its approach that is now bearing fruit.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Overpressure from the Blue Origin blast shattered windows at a hangar about a mile away from the pad.
Bloomberg
• Albertina Torsoli, Alberto Brambilla, Samuel Stolton
By Bloomberg: A proposed satellite joint venture between Airbus SE, Leonardo SpA and Thales SA is set to test the EU’s revamped merger framework, which aims to help create globally competitive European champions.
Reuters
• Kane Wu, Summer Zhen
By Reuters: SpaceX's website and IPO marketing documents were not accessible on Friday in Hong Kong and mainland China, a Reuters review showed, a step that threatens to curb participation by investors there in a listing expected to be the world's largest.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
