SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Intel has introduced Starfire, a new processor designed to handle onboard data processing for space missions, with an emphasis on accelerating AI workloads. The chip targets the growing need for more capable on-board computing to reduce reliance on downlink and improve real-time mission performance.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Amazon filed plans with the FCC for a constellation of more than 5,100 satellites that would provide direct-to-device services using Globalstar spectrum.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Exo-ORB is a ~12U, sub-26-kg spacecraft that’s designed to launch on-board customer infrastructure for ready-to-go inspection.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: The FCC can greenlight massive space projects that will change the sky around the world, and international space law has no tools to stop it.
Via Satellite
• Mathieu Luinaud
By Via Satellite: Opinion In the AI Era, Constellations Emerge As a New Strategic Class of Assets By Mathieu Luinaud Monday, July 27, 2026 For decades, military space was the business of a few select nations.
Via Satellite
• Leandra Bernstein
By Via Satellite: Smallsat manufacturing is undergoing an industrial revolution. Inside today’s smallsat assembly lines, global producers are serving a more diverse market while balancing the constraints of speed, cost, quality, and mission flexibility.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: ocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab will establish a new launch site in Alaska under a $266 million U.S. Space Force contract for up to 18 suborbital missions, expanding the company’s role in military launch services as the Pentagon seeks more capacity for weapons testing.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Blue Origin will use NASA’s Stennis Space Center to test New Glenn upper stages as it rebuilds its Cape Canaveral launch complex.
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