SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
The U.S. Space Force says it intends to add 2,800 active-duty service members and 2,000 civilian employees in fiscal year 2027, aiming to nearly double the service’s size by the end of the decade. The move is framed by senior leaders as a war-fighting requirement, not simply a budget push.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch multiple spacecraft to geostationary orbit in 2027 for two separate in-space services demonstrations: one to test satellite refueling and another to test whether a servicing vehicle can dock with and maneuver another spacecraft.
Bloomberg
• Kara Carlson, Mark Chediak
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is planning to build a massive, 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin as part of Elon Musk’s ambition to power artificial intelligence data centers in space.
CNBC
• Annie Palmer, Lora Kolodny
By CNBC: SpaceX's IPO prospectus underscores the importance of Starlink to the company's operations.
Bloomberg
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his government is creating a fund dedicated to building a secure satellite communications network that would be compatible with Europe’s Iris2 multi-orbit constellation but focused on Spanish military requirements.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker
By CNBC: SpaceX is taking an unusual approach that could allow pre-IPO investors to sell sooner.
Space.com
• Brett Tingley
By Space.com: "We're a lunar infrastructure company, and the infrastructure of the moon base won't be built by astronauts alone.".
Universe Today
• David Dickinson
By Universe Today: It’s getting crowded up there. Over the past few years, the advent of SpaceX’s Starlink and other players in the mega-satellite constellation game are adding an exponential load of satellites and orbital debris to the low Earth orbit environment.
