AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
Space Machines Company (Aust.), UTS, AMRF and Fordyno are partnering to develop AI-driven spacecraft design and rapid manufacturing for the Optimus Viper vehicle. The collaboration focuses on accelerating how spacecraft are engineered and produced, aligning academic and industrial capabilities to speed development cycles.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: AMSTERDAM — Multi-payload satellite constellation operator Spire Global forecasts reaching adjusted EBITDA break-even by Q1 2027 and to report positive operating cash flow in 2027, starting with a 13% increase in Q1 revenue and a forecasted 50% increase in revenue this year.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: A pioneering joint ESA-China science mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere is set to launch May 19, after a decade of preparations.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Instead of running silent and deep, most satellites easily stand out against the blackness of space.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: AMSTERDAM — The 10 nations of the Combined Space Operations initiative (CSpO) have agreed to review whether CSpO is up to the task of dealing with fast-evolving space threat landscape, according to statements from several of the members of the 10-nation organization.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Finland's ICEYE has delivered POLSARIS, a four-satellite SAR reconnaissance constellation, to Poland's armed forces less than a year after contract signature.
Via Satellite
defence-blog.com
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Virgin Galactic remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane by year's end.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped the "cosmic web" of galaxies, the largest structure in the universe, with unprecedented detail.
CNBC
• Leslie Picker, Morgan Brennan
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
