SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Firefly Aerospace announced an Alpha Block II configuration upgrade—due to debut on Alpha Flight 8—designed to improve reliability, streamline production and expand operational flexibility for commercial, civil and national‑security missions. The move follows recent Alpha anomalies and ongoing return‑to‑flight corrective work.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Europe is to get a new polar satellite constellation, EPS-Sterna, that could provide up to 30 billion euros ($35 billion) in economic value to Europe over the course of its lifetime.
NASA
• Jennifer M Dooren
By NASA: NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research and.
By Spaceflight Now:  The next Global Positioning System satellite is switching from a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket to a SpaceX Falcon 9, a spokesperson for the U.S.
NASA Spaceflight
• Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX continues to make rapid progress on its Starship program infrastructure, with significant developments at….
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE in-orbit servicing and debris removal mission.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Intuitive Machines has completed the acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems, formerly known as Maxar Space Systems. By acquiring a spacecraft manufacturer, Intuitive Machines says this positions the company as a vertically integrated space prime.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: "It points to a slow starvation rather than a single dramatic death blow.".
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
SpaceNews.com
• A C Charania, Alex Gilbert, Tyler Bernstein
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
