DefenseNews.com
• Rudy Ruitenberg
Finnish radar-satellite maker ICEYE says it plans to scale production capacity to expand global output from 50 radar satellites to 100 by the end of 2027. The ramp is intended to support surging demand from European militaries, with a production cadence of roughly two satellites per week.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Vienna-based newspace company, R-Space, has unveiled AT-Astra, its first fully in-house satellite mission and the first commercial satellite designed and built entirely in Austria.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion.".
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon and bolster a rapidly growing commercial space industry is facing an infrastructure obstacle.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: GTON — The U.S. Space Force is launching a new competition for mobile satellite-control antennas, formally restarting a program it canceled after abandoning a $1.7 billion contract with AeroVironment and shifting toward a more commercial procurement strategy.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: British startup Shield Space plans to combine its autonomous satellite operations software with ClearSpace’s in-orbit servicing capabilities to address emerging orbital threats.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government studies options for a next-generation satellite system.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — European officials all but quashed any hope that global telecom regulators would decide next year on whether to loosen power limits on non-GEO constellations that were put into place 25 years ago to protect GEO-orbit satellites from interference.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Caleb Mutua, Davide Barbuscia
