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On-Orbit

* LeoLabs detected a Starlink destructive anomaly creating tens of debris at 560km altitude. [source]

* Amazon is in discussions to buy Globalstar for $9B to acquire their 48 satellites, 24 ground stations, L & S band spectrum rights, and partnership with Apple. [source]

* Delta Airlines selected Amazon LEO to provide in-flight connectivity for 500 planes in 2028. [source]

* SpaceX filed a request with the FCC to add two additional radio frequency bands — 13.75 to 14.0GHz and 14.5 to 14.8GHz — across its satellite internet hardware lineup. [source]

* Raytheon gained $45.3M to their OCX contract with the USAF to further their development of a GPS ground-system despite delays in its delivery. [source]

* Wyvern secured $3M under Canadian Regional Development Investment to develop defense maritime ISR capabilities.[source]

Launch

* Artemis II launched a 10 day mission taking humans back to the moon for the first time since 1972! [source]

* SpaceX TR-16 launched 119 payloads, including the first Gravitas spacecraft from K2 Space, a return to flight for Momentus Vigoride-7, and the sixth flight for Varda testing new heat shield technology. [source]

* CAS Space Kinetica 2 successfully made it to orbit in its debut launch and deployed the Qingzhou cargo capsule. [source]

* Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 rocket suffered a failure during the transition from first to second stage. [source]

* ESA launched their first Celeste satellite to serve as a LEO PNT augmentation to their Galileo GPS capability. [source]

* ULA’s Atlas 5 launched 29 Amazon Leo satellites, an increase over the 27 satellites per launch they’ve carried previously. [source]

Advanced Systems

* Phantom Space bought Thermal Management Technologies to acquire their capabilities for the development of their Phantom Cloud project for Orbital Data Centers. [

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