Reuters
• Echo Wang
SpaceX has lined up at least 21 banks for a blockbuster IPO codenamed "Project Apex," creating one of the largest underwriting syndicates in years. The move — accompanied by merger chatter and analysis of broad valuation and capital-allocation effects — could reshape financing across commercial space.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Virgin Galactic still expects to resume commercial suborbital flights by the end of the year as its first next-generation spaceplane nears completion.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: WASHINGTON— The next meeting of the quadrennial World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), scheduled for Oct. 18 -….
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Es’hailSat and EgyptSat have signed multi-year satellite capacity agreement for EgyptSat to provide VSAT services to their customer base located in Egypt and spread across the Middle East and North Africa region.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Faced with the game-changing advent of vertically integrated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) megaconstellations like Starlink and Amazon Leo, ground segment hardware and service providers are having to rethink both their technology and their business model, a panel of ground segment CEOs told SATShow last week.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: ST Engineering iDirect has named CTO Sridhar Kuppanna as CEO, to succeed Don Claussen in leading the company.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: WASHINGTON — The March 26 Series C funding by US-based Xona Space Systems and the March….
