Breaking Defense — Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, who until recently was running the space acquisition program at the Department of the Air Force, has been shifted out of that office to serve as “senior advisor” to Secretary Troy Meink.

SpaceNews — The U.S. Space Force said it will not fly additional national security missions on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket until an investigation is completed into a performance anomaly during a Feb. 12 launch.

SpaceNews — The Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS, includes contact information for satellite owner-operators, but it can still be difficult for countries or operators to contact each other.

Payload — The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee unanimously passed the NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026, which includes amendments to expand NASA’s space nuclear capabilities.

Aviation Week — The recently passed defense appropriations bill funded the U.S. Space Force’s commercial services budget line at nearly $169 million, compared with the Pentagon’s $36.6 million request. The amount marks a fourfold increase over 2025, says Sam Wilson, director for strategy and national security at Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

Gizmodo — “While Starlink is really kind of spread across all [customer segments], Amazon and TeraWave have chosen—at least initially—to position themselves towards the higher end,” said Kevin Bell, senior VP of the Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) at The Aerospace Corporation.

SpaceNews — Launch companies are divided on how to compete with SpaceX in a market where demand outstrips supply, yet customers remain price sensitive.

Aerospace America — As the Pentagon pushes to accelerate acquisition, Lt. Gen. David Miller Jr. — the Space Force deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs and requirements — said the service wants to align its purchases with mission areas, rather than programs.

Aviation Week — The SDA awarded a contract to Tukwila, Washington-based startup Starfish Space to deorbit at least one of the agency’s satellites in a mission targeted for 2027. The goal is to validate a commercial “deorbit-as-a-service” model for managing end-of-life disposal in LEO.

T-Minus Podcast — Satlyt is integrating its edge-computing framework with Aerospace’s DiskSat platform. “It has always been our plan for DiskSat to be transitioned to industry as quickly as possible,” said Deb Salvaggio, Aerospace’s Director of Technology Transfer. “DiskSat provides the kind of power and scalability that makes real-time computing in orbit possible, said Satlyt CEO Rama Afullo.