NASA Spaceflight
• Arran Reid, Chris Bergin
SpaceX says Starbase teams are already in preparations for the next integrated flight test after the conclusion of Starship Flight 12, moving Booster 20 into cryogenic testing ahead of Starship Flight 13. The step signals the program’s continued push through its high-tempo test cadence.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: JAKARTA — Indonesian government and industry officials repeatedly stressed the need for sovereign space capacity as part of a development plan to 2045 that they said should include Indonesia-built telecommunications and Earth observation satellites and a domestic launch service.
The Hill
• Peter A. Garretson, Richard M. Harrison
By The Hill: The threat of space-based nuclear weapons is real and poses a serious risk to US interests. A detonation in low Earth orbit could have catastrophic consequences.
Bloomberg
• Alastair Marsh, Frances Schwartzkopff, Olivia Raimonde
By Bloomberg: New York City Comptroller Mark Levine says the unprecedented control that Elon Musk will have over SpaceX represents a new level of disregard for regular shareholders’ rights.
Bloomberg
• Alisha Sachdev, Santosh Kumar
By Bloomberg: Industries Telecom Starlink India Launch Hits Security Roadblock Before SpaceX IPO Expand A Starlink satellite-internet communication system antenna and router.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: lans in March to develop a lunar base as part of its “Ignition” event that outlined the agency’s new direction in human spaceflight.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: European launch company Isar Aerospace has raised 270 million euros ($312 million) to support its global expansion as it prepares for its next launch.
By exterrajsc.com: Hydrogen Peroxide System Marks First Chemical Propulsion Integration for Reflex Aerospace.
