Space News — Sierra Space successfully tested satellite hardware and flight software, along with ground communications systems. The company is one of three that the Space Force selected to compete in their R-GPS program, which aims to supplement traditional GPS satellites with smaller, commercially developed systems.

Denver Business Journal — Aerospace’s Paul Deaderick participated in a panel that discussed innovation, public policy, workforce challenges, and the potential for Colorado to lead in everything from commercial low-Earth orbit activity to the development of a new “Cape Colorado” launch site.

Politico — The sudden shift in priorities at NASA came after the release of the White House’s 2026 budget proposal, which would increase funding for Mars-related projects by $1 billion and pay for the launches.

Space.com — Space Systems Command (SSC), in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), conducted its first integrated tests of the propulsion system that will be used on the planned Oracle-M spacecraft, which will “provide persistent situational awareness in cislunar space.”

Space News — Gen. Chance Saltzman and Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton expressed reservations about the cost-effectiveness of servicing satellites in space versus simply replace them when they run out of fuel.

Breaking Defense — The Space Force is talking to allies and partner nations about using their facilities to expand US options for national security launches, according to the senior service official responsible for launch programs.

Defense News — The Space Force is eyeing options to increase its launch capacity and resiliency as demand for U.S. national security and commercial launch continue to strain existing launch infrastructure.

Air & Space Forces Magazine — More rapid launch would enable the Space Force to respond more quickly to changing situations, but they can also help to free up increasingly crowded and complex launch schedules.

SpaceNews — Texas, Florida, and Ohio are among the states vying to move NASA’s headquarters from its current location in Washington, D.C. NASA officials said that they are looking at ways to spread out functions that are currently at headquarters to various field centers.

Aviation Week — Planet Labs said it plans to use Anthropic’s Claude large language model (LLM) to analyze its imagery data. Claude’s reasoning and pattern-recognition abilities will be used to analyze Planet’s daily scan of Earth and to help analysts ask questions of the satellite data.