Bloomberg
• Will Daley
US S&P 500 futures rose 0.6% in premarket trading after reports of fresh progress toward a provisional US-Iran deal to end the war. The same session marked SpaceX’s landmark $75 billion IPO, immediately placing the company among the world’s largest public firms.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: The Canadian government has signed a slew of new contracts as it looks to boost its capabilities in Earth Observation (EO).
Via Satellite
• Jeffrey Hill
By Via Satellite: Department of State signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SpaceX to utilize the Starlink satellite internet system to enhance international disaster preparedness and U.S.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BERLIN — European governments spent years trying to figure out how to stimulate demand for their Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket so that, even it it’s not profitable, its losses could be kept to a level acceptable to its contributing nations.
Bloomberg
• Yasutaka Tamura
By Bloomberg: SpaceX raised $2.2 billion from Japanese investors, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, as part of the world’s largest-ever initial public offering.
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Reflex Aerospace have entered a strategic co-development partnership at ILA Berlin 2026.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Bloomberg
• Frances Schwartzkopff
