Bloomberg
• Abhishek Vishnoi
Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of SpaceX (SPCX) with an Overweight rating and a $300 target, citing AI-driven upside and projecting $3.3T revenue by 2040. SpaceX also joins the Nasdaq-100 on July 7, 2026, with analysts expecting about $4.3B in mandatory passive inflows from index-tracking ETFs.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 81 payloads to orbit from California early Tuesday morning (July 7), then landed on a ship at sea.
NASA Spaceflight
AINonline
• Amy Wilder
By AINonline: Aireon will continue as a wholly owned subsidiary.
SpaceWatch Africa
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA's Swift observatory.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Neo Space Group and Hughes Network Systems have deployed three new Hughes ground gateways in Saudi Arabia and Europe to support NSG’s in-flight connectivity.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Blue Origin is continuing to develop its Blue Moon lunar landers while recovering from the New Glenn pad explosion more than a month ago.
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: AN — NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program (CSDA) announced June 23 contract awards with eight new commercial satellite data providers, three of which are European: Kuva Space (Finland), OroraTech (Germany) and Satlantis (Spain).
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: A space thruster using superconducting magnets completed its first orbital tests. The technology could in the future propel spacecraft using just the power of the sun.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
