§ 00 — The LedeSpace Force Just Handed SpaceX the Keys to Missile Tracking From OrbitA $4.16 billion OTA for airborne target tracking is less about the dollar figure and more about what procurement vehicle Space Force chose — and what that choice signals about how the Pentagon now buys space. Space Force’s Space Systems…

§ 00 — The LedeStarship V3 Flew. LEO Insertion Didn’t.A mostly successful first flight is a real milestone — but the payload manifest everyone is pricing in still depends on a capability Starship hasn’t demonstrated. Starship’s V3 configuration flew its first integrated flight test on approximately May 23, 2026, and SpaceX called the outcome mostly…

§ 00 — The LedeThe cadence story isn’t SpaceX anymore — it’s everyone else trying to catch upFalcon 9 still owns the majority of launches YTD. The movement that actually matters this week is below that line.The headline number from this week’s data: a Starlink mission that, six years ago, would have rated as the…