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OST Daily September 4, 2026 — General Douglas Schiess was sworn in on September 3 as the third Chief of Space Operations, taking over a service running on a $32 billion budget with a $71 billion fiscal 2027 request pending, Norwegian maritime notices set a September 4 to 10 launch window for Isar Aerospace's second Spectrum flight from Andøya, and Hungary's 4iG Group signed to launch Starlink Mobile in Hungary and Albania and to carry SpaceX's 2 GHz Mobile V2 service across the Western Balkans.Issue 70Schiess Takes Command of the Space Force With a $71B Request Pending, Isar Lines Up a September 4 to 10 Spectrum Window, and 4iG Brings Starlink Mobile to HungaryOST Daily Sep 4, 2026OST Daily September 3, 2026 — Rocket Lab deployed a StriX satellite to a 575-kilometer orbit on its 94th Electron mission, Boeing handed SES the final three O3b mPOWER satellites for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch later this month, and Astroscale Japan signed Isar Aerospace to fly the ADRAS-J2 active-debris removal mission on Spectrum during Japan's FY2027.Issue 69Rocket Lab Launches Its 94th Electron for Synspective, Boeing Delivers the Final O3b mPOWER Trio to SES, and Astroscale Awards Isar the ADRAS-J2 LaunchOST Daily Sep 3, 2026OST Daily September 2, 2026 — NASA awarded Blue Origin a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to about $700 million to build the Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter for delivery by December 2028, PLD Space added €108 million to its Series C and HyImpulse more than €50 million to its Series A, and Intuitive Machines signed an unnamed commercial customer for two IM 300 satellite platforms.Issue 68NASA Picks Blue Origin for a $700M Mars Relay, PLD Space Adds €108M and HyImpulse €50M, and Intuitive Machines Books Two IM 300 SatellitesOST Daily Sep 2, 2026OST Daily September 1, 2026 — SES committed nearly €1 billion to OHB for 18 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites anchoring Europe's IRIS² secure network, Viasat brought its third ViaSat-3 satellite into service over the Asia-Pacific with a terabit of added capacity, and quantum imaging startup Diffraqtion pulled in more than $5 million from Lockheed Martin Ventures and Sumitomo's Presidio Ventures.Issue 67SES Awards OHB Nearly €1B for 18 IRIS² Satellites, ViaSat-3 F3 Enters Service Over Asia-Pacific, and Diffraqtion Doubles Its Pre-Seed With Lockheed BackingOST Daily Sep 1, 2026OST Daily August 31, 2026 — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off at 7:26 a.m. EDT on August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A and is now on a three-month cruise to the Sun-Earth L2 point, President Trump awarded the Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and signed an executive order to design a NASA-led U.S. Space Academy, Gilat Satellite Networks accepted commitments for about $100 million of 3.75% convertible notes, and NASA put SpaceX Crew-13 on hold after an oxidizer leak turned up in Dragon's propulsion system.Issue 66Roman Space Telescope Launches on Falcon Heavy, Trump Orders a U.S. Space Academy, and Gilat Lines Up a $100M ConvertibleOST Daily Aug 31, 2026OST Daily August 28, 2026 — The European Space Agency signed the first European Launcher Challenge contracts, committing €543.6 million across Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg and PLD Space against a hard end-2027 orbital deadline, Arianespace flew Ariane 6 on its first mission to geostationary transfer orbit to deliver Eumetsat's MTG-I2, and Space Systems Command awarded LeoLabs a $20.68 million prototype agreement to adapt its transportable Scout radar for national-security work.Issue 65ESA Signs €543.6M in First Launcher Challenge Contracts, Ariane 6 Delivers MTG-I2 to Geostationary Transfer Orbit, and LeoLabs Wins a $20.68M Scout AwardOST Daily Aug 28, 2026OST Daily August 27, 2026 — NOAA awarded Spire Global a two-year, $28 million contract to build and qualify a hyperspectral microwave sounder through flight readiness, Iridium mailed its definitive proxy setting a September 24 vote on the Rocket Lab merger, and NASA moved the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into SpaceX's Launch Complex 39A hangar for mating to Falcon Heavy ahead of an August 30 window.Issue 64NOAA Puts $28M Behind Spire's Hyperspectral Sounder, Iridium Mails Its Merger Proxy, and Roman Moves to the Falcon Heavy HangarOST Daily Aug 27, 2026OST Daily August 26, 2026 — SpaceX unveiled a 10-pad Starship spaceport on Louisiana's Gulf Coast with at least $100 billion in planned investment, flew what a company vice president called the last planned Starlink mission on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, and set an initial Louisiana launch as soon as 2029.Issue 63SpaceX Commits $100B to Starbase Louisiana, Ends Florida Falcon 9 Starlink Runs, and BlackSky Says International Growth Now Outpaces the USOST Daily Aug 26, 2026OST Daily August 25, 2026 — Rocket Lab's amended Form S-4 fixed the Iridium exchange ratio between 0.2400 and 0.4000 Rocket Lab shares on top of $27.00 in cash and set a September 24 stockholder vote, a financial disclosure showed President Trump bought as much as $50,000 of SpaceX shares on June 23, and Starcloud closed a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion valuation with Nvidia and Cisco joining.Issue 62Rocket Lab Sets the Iridium Exchange Collar and a September 24 Vote, Trump Discloses a June SpaceX Buy, Nvidia and Cisco Join Starcloud's $250MOST Daily Aug 25, 2026OST Daily August 24, 2026 — Starcloud added a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion valuation for orbital data centers while racing to lock in launch capacity, the national space transportation policy President Trump signed on Thursday directs the Interior Department to find federal land for a heavy- and super-heavy-lift spaceport, and China stood Chang'e 7 down from its lunar south pole launch window.Issue 61Starcloud Raises $250M for Orbital Data Centers, Trump's Transportation Policy Calls for a New Heavy-Lift Spaceport, China Stands Down Chang'e 7OST Daily Aug 24, 2026OST Daily August 21, 2026 — Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C to scale its San Jose satellite line toward 500 spacecraft a year, Portal Space Systems bought an entire Falcon 9 for its 2028 Motus Via Sol mission and will resell the remaining fairing capacity, and the White House issued the first National Space Transportation Policy since 2013, targeting 1,000 U.S. launches and reentries a year by 2030.Issue 60Muon Space Raises $250M for 500-Satellite Line, Portal Buys a Whole Falcon 9, White House Sets 1,000-Launch TargetOST Daily Aug 21, 2026OST Daily August 20, 2026 — Castelion closed a $1 billion round at a $13 billion valuation to scale hypersonic missile production, Firefly Aerospace signed Zeno Power to fly a radioisotope heater on a 2028 Blue Ghost mission, and NASA and Katalyst abandoned plans to save the Swift gamma-ray observatory after Link's attitude control failed.Issue 59Castelion Raises $1B for Blackbeard as Firefly Books Zeno Power for 2028 Lunar Night Demo and NASA Ends Katalyst's Swift RescueOST Daily Aug 20, 2026OST Daily August 19, 2026 — Rocket Lab laid out how its $12 million Photon mission will test optical interoperability with SpaceX's Space Data Network backbone in 2027, Spire guided to 50% full-year revenue growth with 85% of second-half revenue in backlog, and SpaceX's Starship arrived off Christmas Island for engineering inspection after 24 days at sea.Issue 58Rocket Lab Details 2027 Photon Test for Space Data Network, Spire Guides to 50% Growth, Starship Reaches Christmas Island After 24 DaysOST Daily Aug 19, 2026OST Daily August 18, 2026 — Viasat picked Rocket Lab to build a maneuverable, anti-jam geostationary satellite bus for the Space Force's Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global program, L3Harris removed Christopher Kubasik as chairman and chief executive after an investigation found conduct inconsistent with its code of conduct, and Telesat said it is negotiating with bondholders suing over a fund transfer that precedes a $1.7 billion December maturity.Issue 57Viasat Picks Rocket Lab to Build a Protected Tactical Satellite, L3Harris Ousts Kubasik Over a Conduct Violation, Telesat Braces for a $1.7B December Debt WallOST Daily Aug 18, 2026OST Daily August 17, 2026 — L3Harris replaced Christopher Kubasik with Space & Mission Systems chief Sam Mehta effective immediately, SpaceX shrank its coast-to-coast Falcon 9 gap to a record 38.5 minutes flying Globalstar replenishment and a classified Space Force payload, and Intuitive Machines disclosed a $600 million contract from an undisclosed customer for three geostationary communications satellites on its IM 1300 bus.Issue 56L3Harris Names Sam Mehta CEO, SpaceX Sets a 38.5-Minute Coast-to-Coast Turnaround, Intuitive Machines Books $600M for Three Geostationary SatellitesOST Daily Aug 17, 2026OST Daily August 14, 2026 — Rocket Lab's Iridium acquisition cleared the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period and moved to the Form S-4 and FCC license-transfer stages, the Space Force spread $60 million across five companies to test connections into SpaceX's Space Data Network backbone, and Space Kinetic drew $50 million to build a centrifugal satellite-deployment system.Issue 55Rocket Lab Clears Antitrust Review on Iridium and Files Its S-4, Space Force Splits $60M Across Five Data-Network VendorsOST Daily Aug 14, 2026OST Daily August 13, 2026 — Firefly Aerospace reported $117.7 million in second-quarter revenue, up 45.5% sequentially and its first quarter above $100 million, Space Systems Command added $28 million to Impulse Space's Victus Salo contract for two more Mira missions, and Northrop Grumman began separating its Mission Extension Vehicle from an Optus satellite to hand off to a robotic servicer.Issue 54Firefly Clears Its First $100M Quarter, Space Force Adds $28M for Two More Impulse Mira Missions, Northrop Starts the Optus Servicer HandoverOST Daily Aug 13, 2026OST Daily August 12, 2026 — Firefly locked in a two-year contract extension with Lockheed Martin covering up to 25 Alpha Block II launches through 2031 while pushing its next Alpha flight into the fourth quarter, its SciTec subsidiary took a $94 million Space Force award to modernize ground-based radars, and Rocket Lab said the window for a 2026 Neutron debut is narrowing.Issue 53Firefly Extends Lockheed to 25 Alpha Flights, Rocket Lab Narrows Neutron 2026 Window, SciTec Wins $94M Radar DealOST Daily Aug 12, 2026OST Daily August 11, 2026 — Rocket Lab set a fresh quarterly revenue record and booked Kepler as a Neutron customer while telling investors the window for a 2026 Neutron debut is narrowing, MDA Space reversed a year of shrinking backlog with $809 million in Q2 orders, and Voyager and Lockheed Martin picked up new Space Force and Missile Defense Agency work.Issue 52Rocket Lab Posts Record $234M Quarter, Signs Kepler for Neutron and Warns 2026 Debut Is SlippingOST Daily Aug 11, 2026OST Daily August 10, 2026 — Europe's IRIS² program cleared its key review on August 7 with a 348-satellite architecture and more than €15.6 billion of planned investment, Hispasat took the €1.6 billion ground-segment prime contract, and the Senate confirmed permanent leadership for Space Force acquisition and the National Reconnaissance Office.Issue 51Europe Locks IRIS² at €15.6 Billion and Names Hispasat Ground Prime as Senate Confirms Space Force Acquisition Chief and NRO DirectorOST Daily Aug 10, 2026OST Daily August 7, 2026 — Rocket Lab agreed to buy Iridium in a cash-and-stock deal that reshapes the launch-and-operate stack, Blue Origin pinned the May pad explosion on a BE-4 main oxygen valve as it targets a year-end return to flight, and SpaceX stopped taking Transporter and Bandwagon bookings beyond late 2028 with the first insider share lockup expiring Thursday.Issue 50Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium, Blue Origin Traces New Glenn Blast to BE-4 Oxygen Valve, SpaceX Freezes Rideshare Bookings Past 2028OST Daily Aug 7, 2026OST Daily August 6, 2026 — SpaceX shares fell 13.6% a day after the company's first public quarter revealed $18.4 billion in capital expenditures, most of it going to AI infrastructure.Issue 49SpaceX Stock Drops 13% on AI Capex Shock as Rocket Lab Flies Its 92nd Electron and Viasat Keeps Equatys AliveOST Daily Aug 6, 2026OST Daily August 5, 2026 — SpaceX reported Q2 revenue of $7.8 billion on Starlink growth and Anthropic and Google compute contracts, Telesat signed the largest deal in its history to expand Lightspeed to 225 satellites for the Canadian military, and Rocket Lab took a $397 million Space Force contract to build Flatellites for the airborne-target tracking program.Issue 48SpaceX Doubles Revenue on AI Compute and Starlink as Telesat Lands $1.63B Arctic Deal and Rocket Lab Wins $397M Space Force AwardOST Daily Aug 5, 2026OST Daily August 4, 2026 — EchoStar's Hughes Satellite Systems filed Chapter 11 after $1.5 billion in unpaid debt, blaming structural losses to Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper, as Voyager Technologies raised full-year revenue guidance to $275 million to $305 million on record bookings and Intuitive Machines closed its $10 million COMSAT acquisition alongside the Goonhilly UK deal.Issue 47Hughes Files Chapter 11 as Starlink Squeezes Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Broadband, Voyager Lifts 2026 Guidance on Record BookingsOST Daily Aug 4, 2026OST Daily August 3, 2026 — Space Systems Command awarded K2 Space a $22.9 million contract to fly two Enterprise Space Terminals for an optical demonstration by 2028, days after K2 closed a $500 million round, and selected 15 companies to compete for up to $981 million in space test and training range task orders through 2032.Issue 46Space Force Awards K2 Space a $22.9M Optical Terminal Demo, Opens $981M Training Range Pool to 15 FirmsOST Daily Aug 3, 2026OST Daily July 31, 2026 — K2 Space raised $500 million at a $6.8 billion valuation to expand large-satellite production, L3Harris pushed its missile-solutions IPO into mid-2027 citing weak market conditions, and Rocket Lab signed iQPS to a third Electron multi-launch deal as NASA declined again to set a Starliner return date.Issue 45K2 Space Doubles to $6.8B on $500M Round, L3Harris Delays Missile IPO to 2027, Rocket Lab Books Three More iQPS LaunchesOST Daily Jul 31, 2026OST Daily July 30, 2026 — The Space Force handed SpaceX 18 Falcon 9 launches worth $1.6 billion for its Space Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio, Telesat set out how it will collect $189 million to clear Upper C-band spectrum, and Amazon formally asked the FCC to authorize a 5,105-satellite direct-to-device constellation on Globalstar frequencies.Issue 44SpaceX Books $1.6B for Space Force Sensing Sats, Telesat Lines Up $189M C-Band Payout, Amazon Files 5,105-Satellite D2DOST Daily Jul 30, 2026OST Daily July 29, 2026 — Katalyst Space Technologies' Link satellite entered a multi-axis spin after two of its three reaction wheels failed, putting a $30 million NASA contract to reboost the Swift observatory at risk, Boeing took a $280 million charge on Air Force One with Starliner's cargo flight still unscheduled, and ESA opened a tender for Gateway's Lunar Link.Issue 43Katalyst's Link Satellite Spins Out of Control on NASA Swift Rescue MissionOST Daily Jul 29, 2026OST Daily July 28, 2026 — Amazon asked the FCC to authorize a 5,105-satellite low Earth orbit constellation built on Globalstar spectrum, the FCC's Upper C-band Report and Order set up more than $6 billion in incentive payments to satellite operators clearing 160 MHz for terrestrial wireless, and Sphinx Defense won a $287 million Space Force award for mission planning software on the Boeing-led Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications system.Issue 42Amazon Files for 5,105-Satellite Direct-to-Device Network as FCC Upper C-Band Order Sets Up $6B for SES, Eutelsat and TelesatOST Daily Jul 28, 2026OST Daily July 27, 2026 — SpaceX put the first intact Starship in the water on its 13th test flight and set up a tower catch on the next mission, Rocket Lab secured its largest launch contract with a $266 million Space Force award tied to a new Alaska site, and L3Harris signed a seven-year framework to quadruple THAAD propulsion output for Lockheed Martin and the Department of War.Issue 41Starship Flight 13 Lands Intact, Rocket Lab Wins $266M Space Force Deal, L3Harris Quadruples THAAD PropulsionOST Daily Jul 27, 2026OST Daily July 24, 2026 — The FCC's new Part 100 framework replaces its legacy Part 25 satellite licensing rules with 20-year terms and nationwide blanket earth-station licensing, Eutelsat files for a 528-satellite Eutelsat Next low Earth orbit constellation, and SpaceX resets Starship Flight 13 for a Friday evening window at Starbase after replacing Raptor engines.Issue 40FCC Rewrites Satellite Licensing as Eutelsat Files for 528-Satellite Constellation and Starship Flight 13 Targets FridayOST Daily Jul 24, 2026OST Daily July 23, 2026 — The FCC approves its Space Modernization Report and Order and a 160 MHz upper C-band auction, L3Harris delivers the four RS-25 engines for the Artemis III core stage, and the Space Force triples its Phase 3 Lane 1 launch ceiling to $17 billion for roughly 170 launches.Issue 39FCC approves Space Modernization Order and 160 MHz upper C-band auctionOST Daily Jul 23, 2026OST Daily July 22, 2026 — Northrop Grumman Mission Robotic Vehicle reaches orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to begin the first pod-based commercial GEO satellite-servicing mission, Northrop books another $91 million GEM 63XL charge on ULA Vulcan, and the FCC sets an August 6 vote to open Part 15 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth bands to direct-to-satellite links.Issue 38Northrop's Mission Robotic Vehicle reaches orbit on Falcon 9 for satellite-servicing debutOST Daily Jul 22, 2026OST Daily July 21, 2026 — Voyager Technologies wins a Sandia National Laboratories contract to fly its Big Boy demonstration aboard the International Space Station in 2027 via the NEL platform on the Bishop Airlock, while a Falcon 9 aborts the Starlink 17-39 mission at ignition in SpaceX first post-ignition scrub since 2024 and the Space Force triples its NSSL Lane 1 launch ceiling to $17 billion.Issue 37Voyager wins Sandia contract to fly Big Boy demo to the Space Station in 2027OST Daily Jul 21, 2026OST Daily July 20, 2026 — NASA awards SpaceX a contract to install two Starlink mini laser terminals on the Orion spacecraft for Artemis III, relaying 4K video from the 2027 in-orbit transfer to Mission Control, as the Space Force triples its National Security Space Launch Lane 1 ceiling to $17 billion and NASA and Draper terminate the $73 million CP-12 CLPS lunar lander mission.Issue 36NASA taps SpaceX Starlink lasers to relay 4K video from Artemis III OrionOST Daily Jul 20, 2026OST Daily July 17, 2026 — SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 at engine ignition when four of the Super Heavy booster’s 33 Raptor engines fail to light, with Elon Musk targeting another attempt early next week and SpaceX shares closing below their $135 IPO price, while the Space Development Agency reaches 63 satellites in its Tranche 1 Transport Layer after a Falcon 9 launches 21 more York-built spacecraftIssue 35SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 at engine ignition; Musk targets early next weekOST Daily Jul 17, 2026OST Daily July 16, 2026 — SpaceX sets a Thursday evening Starbase window for Starship Flight 13 to fly its first 20 operational Starlink V3 satellites as SpaceX shares slip below their $135 IPO price for the first time, and the Space Development Agency restarts Tranche 1 Transport Layer launches with 21 York-built satellites on a Falcon 9Issue 34Starship Flight 13 Set to Fly First V3 Starlinks as SpaceX Slips Below Its $135 IPO Price, Space Development Agency (SDA) Restarts Transport Layer With 21 York SatellitesOST Daily Jul 16, 2026OST Daily July 15, 2026 — AST SpaceMobile announces a proposed $1 billion convertible notes offering with about $2.72 billion of cash on hand and a campaign targeting roughly 45 BlueBird satellites in early 2027, the Space Development Agency books $1.75 billion with L3Harris and Sierra Space for Golden Dome tracking satellites, and Frontier Airlines and other Indigo Partners carriers sign up for SpaceX’s Starlink across more than 1,000 aircraftIssue 33AST SpaceMobile Proposes $1B Convertible, Space Development Agency (SDA) Books $1.75B With L3Harris and Sierra Space, Frontier Signs Starlink for 1,000+ AircraftOST Daily Jul 15, 2026OST Daily July 14, 2026 — the Space Development Agency hands L3Harris $955 million and Sierra Space $798 million to build 36 Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 tracking satellites for the Golden Dome architecture, the FAA clears SpaceX to fly Starship again ahead of a July 16 window carrying 20 working Starlink V3 satellites, and Voyager Technologies closes its Astrobotic buyout alongside a $298 million NASA lunar lander task orderIssue 32L3Harris and Sierra Space Land $1.75B for Golden Dome Tracking Layer, FAA Clears Starship Flight 13, Voyager Closes Astrobotic With $298M NASA Add-OnOST Daily Jul 14, 2026OST Daily July 13, 2026 — SpaceX sets a July 16 window for Starship Flight 13 carrying 20 working Starlink V3 satellites, China’s state rocket builder CALT catches a Long March 10B booster in a net at sea on its debut flight, and the FCC authorizes Reflect Orbital’s Eärendil-1 reflector over objections from astronomersIssue 31Starship Flight 13 Targets July 16 as China Catches First Booster and FCC Clears Reflect OrbitalOST Daily Jul 13, 2026OST Daily July 10, 2026 — MDA Space agrees to buy 70% of French Earth-observation analytics firm CLS for about $920 million and upsizes a share offering to raise $819 million to fund it, Blue Origin’s first outside round comes together at a $130 billion valuation led by Coatue, and the Space Force completes the biggest overhaul of its acquisition system since the service stood up, reorganizing into nine mission portfoliosIssue 30MDA Space Buys 70% of CLS for $920M, Blue Origin Chases $10B at $130B Valuation, Space Force Reorganizes Around Nine PortfoliosOST Daily Jul 10, 2026OST Daily July 9, 2026 — Jeff Bezos raises about $10 billion in Blue Origin’s first outside round at a $130 billion valuation, Telesat locks in a Canadian Armed Forces Arctic connectivity deal through its Lightspeed constellation, and Venus Aerospace closes a $91 million Series B to scale its rotating detonation rocket engineIssue 29Blue Origin Hits $130B Valuation, Telesat Locks Canadian Arctic Deal, Venus Aerospace Raises $91MOST Daily Jul 9, 2026OST Daily July 8, 2026 — Rocket Lab closes the Space Force’s Victus Haze responsive-space exercise inside every deadline, SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare deploys 81 payloads including the first commercial nuclear-powered cubesat, and the Space Force adds Relativity Space and Impulse Space to its national security launch poolIssue 28Rocket Lab Closes Victus Haze in Record Time, Transporter-17 Flies 81 Payloads, Space Force Adds Relativity and Impulse to National Security Launch PoolOST Daily Jul 8, 2026OST Daily July 7, 2026 — Lockheed Martin agrees to buy undersea-warfare specialist Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion, Katalyst’s LINK servicer reaches orbit to chase NASA’s Swift observatory, and Voyager Technologies closes an upsized $250 million credit facilityIssue 27Lockheed Buys Ultra Maritime for $3.45B, Katalyst's Link Chases NASA Swift, Voyager Draws $250M FacilityOST Daily Jul 7, 2026OST Daily July 6, 2026 — Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft reaches orbit to rescue NASA’s Swift observatory, ESA books Airbus for a €51 million Aeolus-2 start, and House members disclose the first known congressional SpaceX stock purchases after the June 12 IPOIssue 26Katalyst's LINK Reaches Orbit to Rescue Swift, Airbus Books €51M Aeolus-2 Start, Congress Members Disclose First SpaceX BuysOST Daily Jul 6, 2026OST Daily July 3, 2026 — True Anomaly’s Jackal spacecraft imaged a Rocket Lab satellite in 61 hours for the Space Force’s Victus Haze exercise as ULA flew its final Atlas V with 29 Amazon Leo satellites and Isar Aerospace won a Planet Labs Germany launch contractIssue 25True Anomaly Images Rocket Lab Satellite for Space Force as ULA Closes Atlas V Amazon Run and Isar Wins Planet ContractOST Daily Jul 3, 2026OST Daily July 2, 2026 — Blue Origin charts New Glenn’s return to flight as ESA authorizes Airbus to build Aeolus-2 and NASA’s inspector general warns Starliner may not be certified until 2027Issue 24Blue Origin Charts New Glenn Return-to-Flight Path, Airbus Wins Aeolus-2, NASA Inspector Warns Starliner Slips to 2027OST Daily Jul 2, 2026OST Daily July 1, 2026 — NASA awards about $590 million in Commercial Lunar Payload Services landings to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines as Blue Origin redesigns its New Glenn pad and Firefly sets a 2028 Sweden debutIssue 23NASA Awards $590M in Moon Base Landings, Blue Origin Redesigns New Glenn Pad, Firefly Sets 2028 Sweden DebutOST Daily Jul 1, 2026OST Daily June 30, 2026 — Rocket Lab agrees to acquire Iridium for $8 billion as NASA picks L3Harris for Habitable Worlds Observatory work and SpaceX flies SXM-11 for SiriusXM on a Falcon 9Issue 22Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium for $8B, NASA Picks L3Harris for Habitable Worlds Observatory, SpaceX Flies SXM-11 on Falcon 9OST Daily Jun 30, 2026OST Daily June 29, 2026 — SpaceX plans a US Starlink retail mobile service as Rocket Lab launches its 10th Synspective Electron and MDA wins Mitsubishi Electric payload workIssue 21SpaceX Plans US Starlink Mobile as Rocket Lab Launches 10th Synspective Flight, MDA Wins Mitsubishi PayloadOST Daily Jun 29, 2026OST Daily June 26, 2026 — Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck as NASA picks Rocket Lab for three Electron launches; Boeing 702MP for MUOSIssue 20Rocket Lab Lands Three-Electron NASA Award, Boeing 702MP Picked for MUOS, NorthStar F-4 Details Spire DisputeOST Daily Jun 26, 2026OST Daily June 25, 2026 — MDA wins C$688M RADARSAT order, Boeing takes $2B MUOS, OHB raises €510MIssue 19MDA Wins C$688M Radarsat Order, Boeing Takes $2B MUOS From Lockheed, OHB Raises €510MOST Daily Jun 25, 2026OST Daily June 24, 2026 — Boeing wins $2B MUOS, SpaceX prices its $25B debut bond, Starliner-1 slipsIssue 18Boeing Wins $2B MUOS Award, SpaceX Prices $25B Debt Sale, Starliner-1 SlipsOST Daily Jun 24, 2026OST Daily June 23, 2026 — SpaceX falls 16%, launches $20B bond, flies the Starfall reentry capsuleIssue 17SpaceX falls 16% and launches $20B debut bond offering on $100.8B cash pileOST Daily Jun 23, 2026OST Daily June 22, 2026 — MDA buys Blue Canyon, SpaceX slides, Rocket Lab joins the Nasdaq-100Issue 16MDA Buys Blue Canyon for $620M, SpaceX Rally Cools, Jio Lays Out Sovereign low Earth orbit (LEO) PlanOST Daily Jun 22, 2026OST Daily June 19, 2026 — SpaceX slides, Quantum refueling dealIssue 15Quantum Space Wins Pentagon Refueling Deal as SpaceX Slides 7% and Blue Origin Rebuilds LC-36OST Daily Jun 19, 2026OST Daily June 18, 2026 — NASA picks Relativity for MarsIssue 14NASA Picks Relativity for Mars as SpaceX Snaps Rally and Ariane 6 Lofts 36 Amazon Leo SatsOST Daily Jun 18, 2026OST Daily June 17, 2026 — SpaceX $2.65T, acquires CursorIssue 13SpaceX Hits $2.65T and Buys Cursor for $60B, AST Lofts Three BlueBirds on Falcon 9, Katalyst Adds $12M for geostationary orbit (GEO) ServicingOST Daily Jun 17, 2026OST Daily June 16, 2026 — IPO swells, Lockheed GPS orderIssue 12Lockheed Books $514M GPS Order as SpaceX IPO Swells to $85.7B and Gilat Buys Comtech SatcomsOST Daily Jun 16, 2026OST Daily June 15, 2026 — SpaceX debuts, Musk trillionaireIssue 11Musk Becomes World's First Trillionaire as SpaceX Debuts at $2.1T Market CapOST Daily Jun 15, 2026OST Daily June 12, 2026 — SpaceX prices $75B IPOIssue 10SpaceX Prices $75B IPO at $1.77T, K2 and Rocket Lab Win PTS-G Bus Roles, Thales and Airbus Take Sentinel-1 NGOST Daily Jun 12, 2026OST Daily June 11, 2026 — SpaceX IPO eve scrutinyIssue 9Warren Urges SEC to Delay SpaceX IPO; India Pauses Starlink as ICEYE Hits €10B ValuationOST Daily Jun 11, 2026OST Daily June 10, 2026 — NASA names Artemis III crewIssue 8Iceye Raises €1B at €10B Valuation, NASA Names Artemis III Crew to Dock SpaceX and Blue Origin Landers, Space Force Awards Viasat-Intelsat $437.7MOST Daily Jun 10, 2026OST Daily June 9, 2026 — FCC waives Amazon Leo deadlineIssue 7FCC waives Amazon Leo July deadline with spectrum-priority penaltyOST Daily Jun 9, 2026