European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SSC Space’s SubOrbital Express-5 mission lifted off from Esrange with a red-kite-powered sounding rocket carrying 12 experiments, including one focused on microgravity effects on red hair. The flight underscores SSC Space’s expanding role in providing rapid, experiment-driven suborbital access.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: HyImpulse has signed a LOI with Etlaq Spaceport to assess future launch-related activities and operational presence at the Omani spaceport.
By Spaceflight Now: SpaceX hopes to launch its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday morning, but poor weather may prove insurmountable.
Bloomberg
• Anthony Hughes
By Bloomberg: Applied Aerospace & Defense Inc., a space and defense engineering firm, raised $650 million in an initial public offering, pricing the shares near the top of a marketed range.
Bloomberg
• Anthony Hughes
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is planning to set the terms of its initial public offering as early as Wednesday afternoon, according to people familiar with the matter, ahead of what’s expected to be the biggest ever listing.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland —Europe’s Eagle-1 quantum key distribution (QKD) satellite is facing fresh delays to its payload and will not be launched before late 2027 or early 2028, but program backers defended the project and said post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is no substitute for it for sensitive communications.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: People Iceye U.S. Appoints ASRC Federal Exec Ann Stevens as CEO By Rachel Jewett Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Ann Stevens, CEO of Iceye U.S. Iceye ’s U.S. subsidiary has appointed Ann Stevens to the role of CEO, as Eric Jensen who held the position, takes the role of COO of Iceye.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Greece’s HellasSat telecom satellite fleet operator, once considered a clear target for consolidation and ultimately purchased by Arabsat for $280 million, now finds itself in the thick of Europe’s sovereignty-focused space picture.
SpaceNews.com
• Marshall H. Kaplan
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti