Associated Press
• Marcia Dunn
A new study reports that Neptune’s third-largest moon, Nereid, may be an intact survivor from the planet’s primordial satellite system. Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study Nereid in 2024, challenging earlier views of a more heavily disrupted past.
Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Carmen Arroyo
By Bloomberg: A group of aviation and telecommunication experts, including former staffers from Surf Air Mobility, xAI, and SpaceX, are forming a blank check company that will seek to take a space company public, as Wall Street chases the industry.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Fixed and mobile satellite services provider Space42 said its future Equatys direct-to-device (D2D) joint venture with Viasat Inc.
DefenseNews.com
• Linus Höller
By DefenseNews.com: Austria’s Defense Minister Claudia Tanner reaffirmed that Austria plans to put three operationally designated military satellites into orbit next year.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: The giant rocket still can’t carry as much stuff to orbit as Elon Musk has promised.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Starfighters Space, which is developing F-104 supersonic jets for satellite air-launch, is turning its Texas facility into a staging ground for microgravity flight testing in response to NASA’s call for information on commercial parabolic capabilities.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — A new report from supply-chain intelligence firm Altana quantifies the extent to which the U.S. commercial space industry remains dependent on components sourced from Chinese suppliers.
Payload
• Elizabeth Howell
By Payload: NASA has potentially funded or supported hundreds of scientific collaborations since 2015 that might involve Chinese researchers, a new Congressional report says.
Via Satellite
• Leandra Bernstein
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
