This Rocket Report round-up covers developments in launch services across Europe, India, Japan and the United States.

– The European Space Agency awarded major contracts to launch start-ups: €197.8 million to Germany’s Isar Aerospace, €186.9 million to Rocket Factory Augsburg, and €158.9 million to Spain’s PLD Space, with a MaiaSpace award still being finalised.
– The funding is intended to strengthen Europe’s independent access to space by supporting small-launcher development and operations.
– Analysis of India’s launch sector argues that Skyroot’s Vikram-1 success alone cannot address shortages in spaceports, suppliers and medium- to heavy-lift launch capacity.
– Japanese radar-imaging firm Sarmony plans to launch its first demonstration satellite on Space One’s Kairos rocket in 2028, despite Kairos failing to reach orbit on all three of its launches so far.
– A Falcon 9 launch from Florida marked the final planned Florida-based Starlink mission on that rocket, with future missions expected to use Starship.