Let's reduce the uncertainty just a little bit more: 2.60 will not go into beta this week.
A couple of issues came up and we'll need a little more time to work on it (as well as other, unrelated things that compete for dev-time)
Primary focus is on economy fixes (that includes relief for players plagued by sectors with 500+ stations in them) but there are also some pathing / navigation improvements (let's say the autopilot had some flying lessons).