Atomic-6 flies Space Armor debris shield for first time on Portal's Starburst-1
Atomic-6's debris-shielding tiles reached orbit for the first time aboard Portal Space Systems' Starburst-1 on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare.
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Atombeam raises $18.3 million for satellite data compression technology
Atombeam raised $18.3 million for Neurpac, data-compression software it says quadruples effective bandwidth on satellite and defense links.
Starlink inks deal to connect schools across 85 Bolivian municipalities
Bolivia will supply free Starlink antennas and 24 months of service to schools in 85 La Paz municipalities under its Aula Conectada program.
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile ask FCC to drop two bands from Starlink Mobile plan
Carriers' trade group CTIA met FCC leadership Oct. 20 seeking to strip two bands from an Oct. 29 satellite-spectrum vote.
Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Tracker Marco Langbroek says Cosmos 2612 made a further maneuver on Oct. 18 after its earlier orbit raise, writing the shadowing "is clearly not over yet."
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Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Vodafone sign satellite spectrum LOI
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone sign a letter of intent to jointly bid for European 2 GHz satellite spectrum.
EraDrive wins $13 million DoD award for satellite autonomy module
The Space Force will buy EraDrive's vision-based Era-Node autonomy modules under a $13 million APFIT award.
WarpWare closes $1.2 million pre-seed for space flight-software platform
WarpWare raised a $1.2 million angel-led pre-seed to build an AI-enabled flight software and GN&C platform for space missions.
PLD Space begins Miura 5 system-level testing, targets debut in H1 2027
PLD Space starts system-level tests on Miura 5's second stage and now targets a debut flight in the first half of 2027.
Uzbekistan signs the Artemis Accords, 77th nation to join
Uzbekistan's foreign minister signed the Artemis Accords in Samarkand as Secretary of State Rubio toured Central Asia.
UARX Space resolves ground-station anomaly on maiden OTV flight
UARX Space lost contact with its first orbital transfer vehicle after an October 1 launch, then restored it and deployed payloads.
EarthDaily brings wildfire burn-severity data to an Australian insurer
EarthDaily extended its burn-severity product to an unnamed Australian insurer for post-catastrophe claims response.
OHB wins ESA study contract for shared lunar infrastructure concept
OHB will lead ESA studies for OASIS, a shared power, communications and data-storage platform for the lunar surface.
FCC authorizes Globalstar's next-generation C-3 satellite system
The FCC cleared Globalstar's 48-satellite C-3 constellation to operate nationwide for direct-to-device smartphone connectivity.
JAXA launches MMX sample-return mission toward Mars moon Phobos
JAXA's H3 rocket lifted off carrying MMX, Japan's first interplanetary mission and first attempt to return a sample from a Martian moon.
RBC models SpaceX-Tesla merger at $3.74 trillion, $480 a share for Tesla
Per RBC's Tom Narayan: an all-stock SpaceX takeover of Tesla at $480 a share would value the combined company at $3.74 trillion.
Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Trackers say the two satellites have held within about 2 km of each other for over a day, and Langbroek says ICEYE-X36 may now be Ukrainian-operated rather t...
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Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Trackers confirm Cosmos 2612's shadowing of ICEYE-X36 persisted into a third day with no new maneuver detected.
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Secretary of State Rubio denies the White House ordered the Starlink slowdown and says Ukraine's separate request for Starshield access to strike inside Russ...
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Update: SpaceX commits exclusively to Nvidia GPUs for Starmind orbital AI satellites
Musk says the Starmind computer will reach volume production in 2027, after Nvidia's Jensen Huang detailed the space-data-center partnership publicly.
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Ukraine official warns Rassvet network could enable real-time strike control
Presidential tech adviser Serhii Beskrestnov says Russia's Rassvet satellites could give real-time strike guidance within six months.
Lithuania foils arson attack on Starlink equipment facility
Lithuania foiled an overnight arson attempt on a Starlink equipment facility, the third such sabotage bid in Europe since September.
US ambassador Puzder threatens EU with retaliation over Starlink spectrum plan
US ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder warns of "devastating" retaliation if Brussels reserves 2 GHz satellite spectrum for European firms.
LandSpace Zhuque-2E rocket-stage debris lands in Indonesia
A spent Zhuque-2E upper stage reentered uncontrolled and shed debris over Borneo, with fragments recovered on an Indonesian palm plantation.
Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Zelensky says the 161 km/h Starlink speed cap applies only in Ukraine, citing an EU test of the same terminals as proof the restriction is a deliberate "plan...
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Update: Musk names Ambani in Starlink India 'oligarchs' dispute
Starlink itself said on X it is "ready to connect India," its first direct statement in the feud; Musk replied "Much appreciated" to Reliance's prior response.
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Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Trackers say Cosmos 2612 has held within 2 km of ICEYE-X36 for over a day, as questions grow over who now operates the satellite.
Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Reuters reports the restriction order came from inside the White House, tied to pressure on Kyiv over Russian refinery strikes, as eight senators ask the Pen...
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Zelensky says at a Brussels press conference that Starlink speeds have risen but not fully returned, and that the restriction is still blocking some drone in...
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
The Telegraph reports Musk proposed the Starshield speed cap to Trump, who agreed, contradicting both men's public denials, as Trump himself says neither he...
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Update: Musk names Ambani in Starlink India 'oligarchs' dispute
Reliance issues its first on-record response to Musk, saying on X it has 'never feared competition' and that Jio's own satellite service awaits the same regu...
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Update: JAXA schedules MMX Mars-moon sample-return launch for October 20
SpacePolicyOnline adds detail on MMX's two NASA instruments, the 15% US sample share, NASA's $87 million cost stake, and the mission's international partners.
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Update: Rocket Lab confirms Neutron's first launch pushed to 2027 after dome defect
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck says in a video update that the carbon-fiber dome defect behind Neutron's 2027 slip has been fixed via a manufacturing-process chan...
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Blue Origin to build $330 million plant for 150 New Glenn upper stages a year
Blue Origin plans a $330 million Florida plant for up to 150 New Glenn upper stages yearly, part of a $3 billion buildout.
Seraphim Space Investment Trust portfolio value doubles to 605.5 million pounds
Seraphim Space Investment Trust's FY26 results show NAV up 150.6% to 704.4 million pounds, led by ICEYE gains.
RATLOG debuts turbopump-free rocket engine out of Y Combinator
German startup RATLOG built and hot-fired a 90%-fewer-parts rocket engine in four months, joining YC's fall batch.
Evercore ISI raises SpaceX price target to $275 from $230
Per Evercore's Kutgun Maral: AI compute growth and a looming Starship reuse milestone justify 87% upside.
ISRO completes Gaganyaan crew-service module separation tests
ISRO validated the re-entry separation sequence for its first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, targeted for 2026.
BAE Systems wins Space Force contract to build resilient satellite RF terminals
BAE Systems will build jam-resistant RF terminals for a Space Force data layer spanning low orbit to geosynchronous orbit.
CesiumAstro commits $25 million to new satellite facility in Melbourne, Florida
CesiumAstro will add a $25 million engineering and manufacturing facility on Florida's Space Coast, creating 100 jobs.
Arqiva signs three-year satellite uplink deal with Kuwait's Gulfsat
Arqiva will provide Gulfsat managed Ku-band uplink services from its UK teleports onto Eutelsat 8 West B for three years.
GAO flags cost and data-gap risks in NOAA's scaled-back GeoXO satellites
GAO found NOAA's slimmed-down GeoXO weather satellites still lack a verified cost estimate and risk a data-continuity gap.
UK Space Agency targets July 2027 award for space-surveillance radar
UKSA plans to award a split, up to £30 million contract for a Southern-Hemisphere radar that tracks LEO debris, per European Spaceflight.
French MPs propose symbolic €1 budget line for VORTEX spaceplane
Per European Spaceflight: 71 French MPs added a symbolic €1 VORTEX line to France's 2027 budget to press the government for clarity.
ESA's MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite arrives in French Guiana ahead of launch
ESA's MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite reached French Guiana by ship on Oct. 16, ahead of a planned year-end Ariane 6 launch.
Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
The bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus and Rep.
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Ukraine says Starshield access has resumed though it is unclear if the speed cap is fully lifted, Kyiv pushes for a higher 450 km/h limit, and Zelensky tells...
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
Musk draws a public line between Starlink's civilian-only policy and government-controlled Starshield, Sen.
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Update: SpaceX imposes 100 mph speed limit on Ukraine's military Starlink terminals
A senior US administration official told Axios the White House had no role in the restriction, and UK Defence Secretary Streeting said he and US counterpart...
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Update: ADA Space expands orbital computing constellation to 20 satellites
China's state broadcaster CGTN independently confirms the Three-Body Group-02 launch and names it part of the "Xing Suan" space-computing program.
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