Bloomberg
• Cathy Chan, Youkyung Lee
Mirae Asset Securities said it completed all work tied to SpaceX’s initial public offering in coordination with the lead underwriters, disputing a Bloomberg News report dated June 30. The firm also claims a lead underwriter confirmed its SpaceX IPO orders.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida early Thursday morning (July 2), and you can watch it live.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: BALLYSEEDE, Ireland — The UN committee crafting a coordinated international framework for space situational awareness and satellite collision avoidance has hit a roadblock: Some nations refuse to allow private sector operator-to-operator communications, insisting that government agencies be the first contact point.
Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo
By Bloomberg: Antonio Gracias, a long-time SpaceX board member, is looking for more investments in artificial intelligence, energy and space after bets in Elon Musk’s company netted his fund nearly $100 billion.
SpaceNews.com
• Chuck Webb, Greg Hoyt
By SpaceNews.com: mall, errant drone can scrub a space launch at the cost of millions of dollars in delays, with further repercussions spanning across multiple commercial and government launch service providers.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Lunar Forge’s idea is to drastically reduce the cost required to set up fission reactors, by using regolith to build the majority of the support structure to house and shield the reactor core.
SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO – Vantor, the company previously known as Maxar Intelligence, unveiled WorldView 3D July 1, to provide customers with updated and high-definition imagery.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
