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On October 6, 2026, satellite manufacturer and operator Open Cosmos requested a one-year extension from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations Board after missing 50% fleet deployment deadlines across […]
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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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Targeting a critical operational gap in non-terrestrial signal tracking, space-based radio frequency (RF) analytics provider HawkEye 360 has successfully demonstrated the use of its commercial satellite constellation for space domain […]
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On October 6, 2026, satellite antenna manufacturer ThinKom Solutions, Inc. announced that Northrop Grumman has selected its ThinAir SATCOM antenna system to equip the U.S. Navy’s E-130J Phoenix II aircraft. […]
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On October 5, 2026, Airbus Defence and Space completed manufacturing of the first 32 OneWeb refresh satellites for satellite operator Eutelsat. Rolling off the production line at Airbus’s assembly facility […]
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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 5, 2026, space infrastructure company Meridian Space and satellite manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics announced the successful initial activation of Meridian’s First Customer Link (FCL) communications payload in low Earth […]
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Ahead of the Bordeaux UAV Show taking place October 7–9, 2026, high-altitude platform developer x721 announced plans to exhibit its Heliblade stratospheric drone demonstrator. The company also announced the establishment […]
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On October 1, 2026, technical specifications were disclosed for SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink “Gen3” satellite architecture, featuring a 250-kilowatt (kW) power payload and a bidirectional data capacity of 10 terabits per […]
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On October 3, 2026, financial analysis highlighted Planet Labs PBC as a lower-multiple investment alternative within the commercial space sector, trading at significantly lower revenue valuation metrics than launch-focused peers […]
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