Space.com
• Mike Wall
Rocket Lab launched the Japanese Earth-observing satellite on the mission “The Grain Goddess Provides,” following a five-week delay. The company had first attempted to launch the mission on June 30; the launch was documented with video and photographs.
Bloomberg
• Dana Hull
By Bloomberg: SpaceX plans to build its own power plants to support the massive semiconductor manufacturing facility it’s developing in Texas with Tesla Inc.
SpaceWatch Africa
• Space Watch
By SpaceWatch Africa: Total Revenue Grows 50% YoY Driven by Demand for Gen-3 International Revenue Grows 200% YoY from Diversified Customer Base Space-Based Intelligence Revenue Grows 50% Sequentially Accelerating Contribution Performance**.
Satellite Evolution
• Satellite Evolution Group
By Satellite Evolution: Satellite Evolution Group 3 minutes ago 1 min read Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the successful demonstration of a breakthrough AI-based interference detection and cancellation technology for satellite communication links.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: MatSing developed a new proprietary manufacturing technology that it says will enable multibeam, wideband antennas to able to transmit and receive signals simultaneously across a range of directions and frequencies.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A Redwire subsidiary working on space biotech and pharma signed an agreement to fly microgravity research payloads on SpaceX’s Starfall reentry vehicle.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar-imaging satellite Aug. 6, more than a month after the previous launch attempt was aborted.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: TUPPER LAKE, NY — Satellite-based space situational awareness service provide NorthStar Earth & Space has lost its two-year arbitration against Spire Global alleging under-performance of four Spire-built NorthStar satellites and awarded Spire about $12.4 million in counterclaims against NorthStar.
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Reuters
• Joey Roulette
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Associated Press
• Bernard Conodn
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
