Payload - J-LEO will be a domestic alternative for LEO D2D comms, reducing dependency on foreign-controlled satellite networks.

AP News - Launched in 2004, Swift is sinking faster than ever because of recent solar storms. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific to rescue the telescope.

SpaceNews - The U.S. Space Force’s Combat Forces Command said it has operationally accepted the system, known as Meadowlands and built by L3Harris Technologies. It uses radio-frequency signals to non-destructively interfere with an adversary satellite’s ability to transmit information.

Military + Aerospace Electronics - The Aerospace Corporation and Google Public Sector are collaborating on an AI-based system designed to help satellite operators detect and investigate spacecraft anomalies.

Payload - Amazon, Globalstar, Iridium, and Canada’s Telesat joined together to establish the SpaceConnect Association, for non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) operators.

SpaceNews - The U.S. Space Force is launching a new competition for mobile satellite-control antennas, formally restarting a program it canceled after abandoning a $1.7 billion contract with AeroVironment and shifting toward a more commercial procurement strategy.

Ars Technica - Rocket Lab announced that it is acquiring the satellite communications company Iridium. The deal, made for cash and shares of Rocket Lab stock, values Iridium at about $8 billion. The deal pairs the launch company, founded and led by Peter Beck, with a decades-old profitable satellite company whose network of 80 satellites in low-Earth orbit provides telecommunications services.

The U.S. Space Force completed the second launch of its VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission, sending a Rocket Lab Electron rocket into orbit on from the company's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

Air and Space Forces - The U.S. Space Force’s roadmap for modernizing the system includes near-term upgrades to the constellation, including fielding 12 more GPS IIIF satellites. They are also looking ahead and crafting concepts for what it calls a Generation 4, or Gen4, GPS capability.

The Mars Society - During this summer’s expedition, Crew 19, commanded by Trevor Jahn of the Aerospace Corporation, will conduct a wide range of research and field studies focused on exploration science, operational readiness, environmental monitoring, technology demonstration, and analog astronaut activities.