SpaceWatch Global
• Connor Sattely
SpaceWatch Global reports: September saw a bounce back for the global space tech Venture Capital industry, with over $1.5b invested in 39 deals.
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SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Space Forge Inc. has successfully trialed the deployment of its novel origami-based heat shield, Pridwen, on a zero gravity flight.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Lynk Global plans to merge with Omnispace to upgrade its direct-to-device services with globally coordinated S-band spectrum, joining SpaceX and AST SpaceMobile in shoring up satellite frequencies after initially relying on cellular partnerships.
Satellite Evolution
• Satellite Evolution Group
By Satellite Evolution: Maxime Verrière is appointed Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of Arianespace.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: “We’re doing this on our own dime,” he said. “We are just trying to do our part, and then if we do a good job here, we hope that great folks who make interceptors will want to work with us and partner with us—and we can help supply their constellations.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: Samara Aerospace pointing technology to be tested in orbit.
CNBC
• Samantha Subin
By CNBC: Elon Musk criticized acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy after he said that the billionaire's space company is falling behind U.S. plans to return to the moon.
Reuters
• Giulia Segreti; Tim Hepher
By Reuters: The board of Italy's Leonardo held a crucial meeting on Tuesday to review a tentative deal to forge a new European satellite manufacturer with its existing partner Thales and rival Airbus , people familiar with the matter said.
Reuters
• Gianluca Lo Nostro
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
