Ars Technica
• Jon Brodkin
SpaceX is introducing a monthly $10 hardware fee for Starlink service, raising overall costs by roughly $5 to $10 versus prior customer-facing pricing built around one-time purchases. The change underscores the company’s evolving revenue model for its primary cash generator as Starlink demand expands.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: A new propulsion system feeds the same "monopropellant" fuel into electrical and chemical thrusters, potentially saving on mass and complications for future missions to Mars.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Astroscale is leading a new initiative to improve the study of spacecraft reentry and atmospheric impact, while protecting sensitive data for commercial.
Axios
• Dan Primack
By Axios: The IPO is going to break records. What happens next?.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: JAKARTA — Indonesian government and industry officials repeatedly stressed the need for sovereign space capacity as part of a development plan to 2045 that they said should include Indonesia-built telecommunications and Earth observation satellites and a domestic launch service.
NASA Spaceflight
• Arran Reid, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship Flight 12 may have only recently concluded, but SpaceX’s Starbase teams are already deep into preparations for the next integrated flight test.
The Hill
• Peter A. Garretson, Richard M. Harrison
By The Hill: The threat of space-based nuclear weapons is real and poses a serious risk to US interests. A detonation in low Earth orbit could have catastrophic consequences.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: European launch company Isar Aerospace has raised 270 million euros ($312 million) to support its global expansion as it prepares for its next launch.
European Spaceflight
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
