The European Space Agency (ESA) announced contracts under its European Launcher Challenge to boost launch service supply. Rocket Factory Augsburg (Germany) received 186.9 million euros for RFA One; PLD Space (Spain) received 158.9 million euros for Miura 5; Isar Aerospace (Germany) received 197.8 million euros for Spectrum. A contract with Maia Space is nearing completion.

In Louisiana, SpaceX plans to invest up to $100 billion to build Starship factories and launch pads near NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, potentially transforming the region into a Starship epicenter.

Analyst Jatan Mehta warns that despite Skyroot's Vikram-1 success, India faces a persistent launch capacity crisis, lacking medium- and heavy-lift rockets and sufficient spaceport infrastructure.

Japanese radar startup Sarmony signed an MoU to launch its first SAR Disk Sat on Space One's Kairos rocket in 2028, despite Kairos failing to reach orbit in three prior attempts.