SpaceNews — Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Viasat, Intelsat and Astranis will receive a combined $37.2 million under six-month contracts.

Payload — The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum five new galleries have hardware from commercial space players, a look at future Mars habitats, and a handful of interactive exhibits—including one that lets visitors step into the shoes of space execs.

SpaceNews — In a panel on Aug 14, Aerospace’s Karen Jones explores the technical, economic, and policy landscape of space-based solar power.

In an Air & Space Forces Magazine article featuring Aerospace’s John Janeski: “The jamming of GPS signals around Ukraine has become so severe it is even affecting satellites up to 1,200 miles above the Earth’s surface.”

ExecutiveGov — NASA deployed the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceNews — The company is now targeting 10 missions this year, down from the ambitious 20-launch projection it made in 2024

Space.com — Recent NASA budget uncertainties could make one space agency endeavor up for grabs — defending Earth from incoming space rocks. That effort, undertaken by NASA for many years, could be given to the U.S. Space Force, which has a much bigger new budget.

Aviation Week — Blue Origin will fly a space domain awareness sensor built by Scout Space on its inaugural Blue Ring mission targeted for spring 2026.

Air and Space Forces Magazine — According to Space Systems Command Commander Lt. Gen. Garrant, pairing ops and acquisition units aims to solve problems quickly without requiring the three-star heads of SSC and Space Operations Command.

Breaking Defense — The two new organizations oversee development programs for missile warning and tracking, and space-based sensing and targeting. This reoganizes acquisition programs along mission area lines.