Welcome to S-SPACⁱ! In this week’s edition, Planet Labs stock fell after its earnings report, Astra Space voted to split its stock to avoid delisting, BigBear.ai and BlackSky won contracts, five space SPACs had hardware on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 mission, Spire Global teamed with an insurance company, a Redwire solar array was installed on the International Space Station, and Caltech demonstrated power beaming in space on a Momentus spacecraft.

In this week’s Launch Roundup, SpaceX placed 125 satellites into orbit on Monday with a pair of Falcon 9 launches conducted from opposite coasts only 14 hours apart.

The best way for military forces to prepare for combat is through live training exercises on suitable battlefields. When you’re the US Space Force (USSF), that means space is the logical place to train your troops. This is why the USSF’s Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) is “actively developing on-orbit exercises to enhance our readiness and capabilities,” a STARCOM spokesperson told Parabolic Arc.

Welcome to Biz Briefs!  In today’s edition, Firefly Aerospace acquired Spaceflight Inc., York Space Systems completed its acquisition of Emergent Space Technologies, NASA and Boeing indefinitely postponed the first crewed CST-100 Starliner flight, NASA selected 300 small-business proposals for funding, Hughes and OneWeb announced an agreement to provide broadband services to airlines, and much more.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) briefly test-fired the first-stage engines on its new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Wednesday evening (June 7), completing a crucial milestone for the booster’s first flight.

Welcome to S-SPACⁱ. In this week’s edition, Momentus and BlackSky won contracts, Terran Orbital said CAPSTONE has completed its primary lunar mission, Redwire’s solar panels arrived at the space station, and BigBear.ai is working to improve hospital patient care in Colorado.

Western manufacturers used to rolling satellites off assembly lines in large numbers could soon be facing some low-cost competition from India’s Azista BST Aerospace (ABA).

In this week’s Launch Roundup, SpaceX launched its 28th resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday morning. In addition to supplies and experiments, the Cargo Dragon spacecraft will deliver a pair of International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) that will increase the amount of power available to the facility after astronauts install them.

Virgin Orbit spent well over $1 billion developing a launch system that produced only tens of millions in revenues before the company went bankrupt. Richard Branson’s launch provider recently auctioned off most of its assets for just under $36.5 million and announced it would be shutting down for good.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who announced his candidacy for president last week on a Twitter Spaces event hosted by Elon Musk, signed on Thursday (May 25) a spaceflight liability law that further protects SpaceX. Boeing and other space companies from being sued in the event people are injured or killed during spaceflights that launch from Florida.

Welcome to Biz Briefs! In today’s edition, Pixxel and Satellite Vu raise funds, the Pentagon will pay for SpaceX Starlink service in Ukraine, Viasat completes its acquisition of Inmarsat, Sierra Space powers up Dream Chaser, and much more.

Welcome to S-SPACⁱ. In this edition, Terran Orbital’s stock is double downgraded, Virgin Galactic plans to issue more stock to key personnel, BlackSky will monitor U.S. coal power plant inventory, Intuitive Machines moves its landing site to the lunar south pole, Rocket Lab wins a launch contract, Planet Labs partnered to monitor biodiversity, Momentus will deliver a Lunasonde satellite to orbit, and Satixfy appointed an interim CEO.