SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Lunar Outpost Europe will contribute to Moonraker, a lunar LiDAR mapping program led by NUVIEW GmbH under ESA’s initiative. The announcement positions the subsidiary as an enabling supplier for surface sensing and mapping efforts aimed at generating higher-fidelity lunar terrain data.
SpaceNews.com
• Flexell Space
By SpaceNews.com: UIWANG, South Korea, July 14 — FLEXELL SPACE, a developer of next-generation space solar solutions, announced that it has completed a $20 million Series A funding round.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts will launch toward the International Space Station atop a Russian rocket on Tuesday (July 14), and you can watch it live.
SpaceNews.com
• Jarosław Adamowski
By SpaceNews.com: WARSAW, Poland — Poland will host the first European Space Agency (ESA) center located in an eastern flank member state, one that will be focused on civil security and resilience.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: European government space spending jumped 12% to 13.5 billion euros in 2025, according to a July 13 European Space Agency report, bucking a 3% global decline on the back of rising national defense budgets.
Via Satellite
• Chiara Manfletti
By Via Satellite: For many years Europe organized space around clear distinctions. Civil programs were separated from defense. Commercial companies served institutional customers.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: TUPPER LAKE, NY — In its second attempt in four months, Italy was unable to secure regulatory approval of a deadline extension for its Sicral 3A and 3B military telecommunications satellites, both expected to be used by the NATO alliance as well as by the European Union’s GovSatCom program.
CNBC
• CJ Haddad
By CNBC: SpaceX went public a month ago in a record IPO. Elon Musk's space and AI company was added to the Nasdaq-100 last week.
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