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Financial market disclosures released in early October 2026 highlighted shifting competitive dynamics across the commercial space sector as Rocket Lab USA pursues dual operational tracks: challenging civil space contract awards […]
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On October 6, 2026, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data revealed that commercial space launch activity declined in fiscal year 2026 for the first time since FY2019. The FAA licensed 187 […]
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On October 5, 2026, Canadian telecommunications provider TELUS and space-based cellular operator AST SpaceMobile announced the successful completion of their initial end-to-end network integration test. Executed directly between TELUS’ terrestrial […]
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On October 1, 2026, satellite developer GomSpace announced the upcoming launch of its GOMX-5 technology demonstration mission aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission. Supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), the […]
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Vandenberg Space Force Base, California — On Friday, October 2, 2026, European satellite telecommunications operator Sateliot successfully deployed five new 6U CubeSats into low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon […]
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Elche, Spain — On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Spanish launch service provider PLD Space signed a bilateral agreement with the French Space Agency, Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), to advance […]
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Guangzhou, China — On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Chinese commercial launch provider CAS Space rescheduled the maiden flight of its reusable Lihong-2 suborbital launch vehicle from late 2026 to early […]
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On Sept. 29, 2026, satellite services provider Momentus Inc. confirmed the successful operational demonstration of an artificial-intelligence-enabled LiDAR and optical imaging sensor suite during an in-orbit Rendezvous and Proximity Operations […]
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On Sept. 28, 2026, launch provider SpaceX executed the maiden orbital test flight of its fully integrated Starship launch system. Designated as Flight 14, the uncrewed flight lifted off from […]
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Read the whole conference rather than a panel a day and one argument runs underneath it. The industry has stopped worrying about capital and technology. It is worrying about access: to launch, to spectrum, to the ground, to the parts.
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