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OST Daily October 16, 2026 — Blue Origin will add two New Glenn launch pads in Florida, buy two more landing ships and build a plant for up to 150 upper stages; the Space Force picked Raytheon to modernize its ground-based early warning radars; and the UK Space Agency picked ClearSpace for a £61 million ($81 million) mission to remove two defunct UK-registered satellites.Issue 100Blue Origin Plans Two More New Glenn Pads and a Factory for Up to 150 Upper Stages, Raytheon Will Modernize Space Force Warning Radars, and the UK Picks ClearSpaceOST Daily Oct 16, 2026OST Daily October 15, 2026 — Rocket Lab now expects the first launch of its Neutron rocket to slip into 2027; SpaceX asked the Federal Aviation Administration to allow up to 456 Starship launches a year from Starbase in South Texas, more than 18 times its current limit; and Czechoslovak Group's U.S. filing shows it paid about C$656 million for its 9.5% stake in MDA Space.Issue 99Rocket Lab Pushes Neutron's First Launch Into 2027, SpaceX Seeks FAA Approval for Up to 456 Starship Launches a Year, and CSG Paid About C$656 Million for Its MDA Space StakeOST Daily Oct 15, 2026OST Daily October 14, 2026 — Czechoslovak Group bought a 9.5% stake in MDA Space valued at about C$618.5 million ($434 million), becoming its largest shareholder; NASA's final call for commercial space station proposals sets a December 8 deadline and a $34.063 billion ceiling; and Voyager's Griffin-1 lunar lander completed testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Issue 98Czech Defense Group CSG Becomes MDA Space's Largest Shareholder, NASA Sets a December 8 Deadline for Commercial Station Bids, and Voyager's Griffin-1 Clears Testing at JPLOST Daily Oct 14, 2026OST Daily October 13, 2026 — NASA and SpaceX scheduled the 35th Dragon cargo launch for 6:33 a.m. EDT on Tuesday with more than 6,300 pounds of cargo and the International Space Station's final pair of roll-out solar arrays; Lockheed Martin gave L3Harris a $250 million follow-on order for rocket motors; and Norway's budget put NOK 323.3 million toward a second launch pad at Andøya.Issue 97NASA and SpaceX Set a Dragon Cargo Launch With the Station's Last Roll-Out Solar Arrays, L3Harris Books a $250M Rocket Motor Order, and Norway Funds a Second Andøya Launch PadOST Daily Oct 13, 2026OST Daily October 12, 2026 — SpaceX agreed to buy up to 14 megahertz of paired 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Management, and Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T fell between 8.75% and 13.27% the next day; a Falcon 9 launched 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites from Vandenberg; and Lockheed Martin unveiled PAC-3 Edge, its entry for the Army's next Patriot interceptor.Issue 96SpaceX Agrees to Buy 800 MHz Spectrum for Starlink Mobile, a Falcon 9 Launches 21 Space Development Agency Satellites, and Lockheed Unveils Its PAC-3 Edge InterceptorOST Daily Oct 12, 2026OST Daily October 9, 2026 — NASA's Crew-12 splashed down in the Pacific off Los Angeles on October 8 after 237 days in space; NASA selected L3Harris to design, build and test the Engineering Test Unit telescope for the European-led LISA gravitational-wave mission; and the Transportation Department proposed five changes to the Part 450 rules for commercial launch and reentry licenses.Issue 95Crew-12 Splashes Down Off California After 237 Days, NASA Selects L3Harris to Build the LISA Test Telescope, and the FAA Proposes Five Changes to Launch LicensingOST Daily Oct 9, 2026OST Daily October 8, 2026 — Apollo and several banks are in talks to finance SpaceX's $40 billion purchase of Nvidia chips, mostly through the investment-grade bond market; Elon Musk accused unnamed oligarchs of keeping Starlink out of India and the government called the claim baseless; and L3Harris is spending more than $100 million to expand its Canoga Park liquid propulsion plant.Issue 94Apollo and Banks Line Up Financing for SpaceX's $40B Nvidia Chip Purchase, Musk Accuses Indian 'Oligarchs' of Blocking Starlink, and L3Harris Puts $100M Into Canoga ParkOST Daily Oct 8, 2026OST Daily October 7, 2026 — The EU's member states approved a framework for a collective political, economic or military response to threats against any one nation's satellites; the Rheinmetall and Iceye joint venture began building radar satellites in Neuss for the German military; and Northrop Grumman chose ThinKom's antenna for the Navy's E-130J nuclear command aircraft.Issue 93EU Backs a Collective Response to Threats Against Members' Satellites, Rheinmetall and Iceye Start Radar Satellite Production, and Northrop Selects ThinKom for Its TACAMO AircraftOST Daily Oct 7, 2026OST Daily October 6, 2026 — Voyager Technologies won a $22.4 million award from the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office to prototype small-satellite dispensers for the Space Force; Lockheed Martin gave Boeing a seven-year contract worth up to $14.7 billion to expand PAC-3 seeker production; and NorthStar Earth & Space fell 25% to $4.45 on its first day on the NYSE American.Issue 92Voyager Wins a $22.4M Pentagon Award for Satellite Dispensers, Boeing Lands a PAC-3 Seeker Contract Worth Up to $14.7B, and NorthStar Falls to $4.45 in Its Public DebutOST Daily Oct 6, 2026OST Daily October 5, 2026 — Rocket Lab signed a 20-mission Electron agreement with Japan's Synspective, its largest Electron deal, taking the radar operator's bookings to 47 launches; Blue Origin is seeking FAA approval for up to 50 New Glenn launches and 50 booster landings a year; and the Pentagon replaced Marc Berkowitz as its space policy chief, with deputy Michael Gancio acting.Issue 91Rocket Lab Signs a 20-Launch Electron Deal With Synspective, Blue Origin Seeks FAA Approval for 50 New Glenn Launches a Year, and the Pentagon Replaces Its Space Policy ChiefOST Daily Oct 5, 2026OST Daily October 2, 2026 — SpaceX launched Crew-13 to the International Space Station (ISS) on the fastest Dragon trip yet, flew 130 payloads on Transporter-18 and sent a Falcon Heavy up for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the first time; Google put one of its AI chips in orbit on a Planet Labs satellite; and Raytheon secured an SM-6 contract worth up to $24.4 billion.Issue 90SpaceX Launches Three Falcons in a Day as Crew-13 Docks in Under Eight Hours, Google Sends Its First AI Chip to Orbit, and Raytheon Lands an SM-6 Contract Worth Up to $24.4BOST Daily Oct 2, 2026OST Daily October 1, 2026 — Varda closed a $251 million Series D at a $1.6 billion valuation to scale its in-orbit pharmaceutical manufacturing; the Export-Import Bank of the United States extended Astranis a $468 million credit facility to build more MicroGEO satellites; and NASA's Crew-13 is set to launch on a Falcon 9 at 11:10 a.m. EDT for a docking about eight hours later, which would be the fastest Dragon transit yet.Issue 89Varda Raises $251M at a $1.6B Valuation, Astranis Lands a $468M Export Credit Facility, and Crew-13 Is Set to Launch for the Space StationOST Daily Oct 1, 2026OST Daily September 30, 2026 — NASA added Blue Origin's New Glenn 9x4 to the NASA Launch Services II contract through its annual on-ramp, giving the Launch Services Program another heavy-lift option for missions through 2032; ESA selected Airbus and OHB to lead studies on the feasibility of a European-led space station in low Earth orbit; and Japan's Axelspace said high-speed communications have failed on four of the seven Grus-3 imaging satellites it launched in July, with commercial service unlikely.Issue 88NASA Adds Blue Origin's New Glenn 9x4 to Its Launch Services Contract, ESA Picks Airbus and OHB to Study a European Space Station, and Axelspace Says Four of Seven New Grus-3 Sa...OST Daily Sep 30, 2026OST Daily September 29, 2026 — SpaceX's Ship 41 rode out an engine shutdown and a 20-minute hold to reach orbit on Starship's 14th flight Monday, released 26 Starlink V3 satellites and splashed down north of Hawaii after just under two orbits; NASA said it will exercise options for a fifth and sixth crewed Starliner mission, pay Boeing $359 million to finish its thruster rebuild and certify Vulcan for crew, and fly an uncrewed Starliner in December or January; and L3Harris received a Lockheed Martin contract worth more than $6 billion to expand THAAD propulsion production.Issue 87Starship Reaches Orbit and Deploys 26 V3 Starlinks, NASA Buys Two More Starliner Flights and Backs Vulcan for Crew, and L3Harris Lands a $6B THAAD Propulsion ContractOST Daily Sep 29, 2026OST Daily September 28, 2026 — SpaceX scheduled the first orbital launch of Starship for a 75-minute window opening at 7:15 a.m. Central on Monday, with Ship 41 set to start deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites about 34 minutes after liftoff if it completes its orbital insertion burn; NASA and SpaceX set Crew-13 for October 1 after replacing a leaking oxidizer valve on the Dragon spacecraft; and Rocket Lab's chief financial officer said more acquisitions are coming after Iridium's shareholders backed its takeover.Issue 86SpaceX Sets Starship's First Orbital Attempt for Monday Morning With 26 V3 Starlinks, Crew-13 Is Cleared for October 1 After a Dragon Valve Swap, and Rocket Lab's CFO Says More...OST Daily Sep 28, 2026OST Daily September 25, 2026 — Iridium stockholders approved the Rocket Lab merger agreement at a September 24 special meeting where about 81% of outstanding shares were represented, with regulatory approvals still ahead; L3Harris completed the preliminary design review for the 18 Tranche 3 missile-tracking satellites it is building for the Space Development Agency (SDA); and Seattle-based Hubble Network raised a $200 million Series C at a $1.6 billion valuation to add 54 Bluetooth-tracking satellites to its six by the end of 2029.Issue 85Iridium Shareholders Approve the Rocket Lab Merger, L3Harris Clears Design Review on 18 Tranche 3 Missile-Tracking Satellites, and Hubble Network Raises $200M at a $1.6B ValuationOST Daily Sep 25, 2026OST Daily September 24, 2026 — SpaceX lifted Ship 41 onto Super Heavy B21 at Starbase early Wednesday, assembling the 124-meter rocket for Starship Flight 14, which could launch as soon as 7:15 a.m. Central on September 28 once the FAA approves; the Space Force's Joint Commercial Operations Cell signed an agreement giving SpaceX exclusive access to the most detailed version of US Space Command's High Accuracy Catalog in exchange for Starlink star-tracker data; and NASA moved the far-infrared PRIMA telescope into Phase B as the first mission in a new Probe class, with project cost capped at $1.2 billion.Issue 84SpaceX Stacks Starship for Its First Orbital Attempt as Soon as September 28, the Space Force Gives SpaceX Exclusive Access to Its Most Detailed Tracking Catalog, and NASA Moves...OST Daily Sep 24, 2026OST Daily September 23, 2026 — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Italy has committed more than $5 billion to the Thales Alenia Space-built Multi-Purpose Habitat for the agency's Moon Base program, in return for two Italian astronauts on future lunar surface missions; Voyager Technologies launched a proposed $350 million convertible notes offering to fund growth and acquisitions; and NOAA awarded Spire Global a $33.2 million radio-occultation task order worth roughly $66 million with options.Issue 83Italy Commits More Than $5 Billion to NASA's Moon Base Habitat for Two Lunar Surface Seats, Voyager Pitches a $350M Convertible, and NOAA Hands Spire a $33.2M Weather-Data OrderOST Daily Sep 23, 2026OST Daily September 22, 2026 — SpaceX placed Super Heavy B21 on the Pad 2 launch mount at Starbase for a first orbital Starship flight targeted for September 28 at 7:15 a.m. Central, pending an FAA license modification that would be the agency's first orbital authorization for an object the size of Starship's upper stage; German integrator Exolaunch signed to fill a SpaceX Starfall reentry mission on Starship no earlier than 2029; and Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Emmanuel Macron directed their space agencies and defence ministries to develop and share launch and ground infrastructure, backed by an Aldoria surveillance-data contract for Canada's military.Issue 82SpaceX Rolls Super Heavy to the Pad for Starship's First Orbital Attempt as Soon as September 28, Exolaunch Books the First Commercial Starfall Reentry, and Carney and Macron Or...OST Daily Sep 22, 2026OST Daily September 21, 2026 — NASA modified its Commercial Crew contract to add Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17 to SpaceX for $946 million, taking the SpaceX total to $5.92 billion through 2030; ESA said it is aware of delays to the Ariane 6 schedule as ArianeGroup and Arianespace adjust the 2026 manifest for extra production-line checks; and Iridium disclosed three shareholder suits and supplemental proxy disclosures ahead of its September 24 special meeting on the Rocket Lab deal, still targeted to close in mid-2027.Issue 81NASA Adds Three SpaceX Crew Missions for $946M Through 2030, ESA Confirms Ariane 6 Delays After the Turbopump Anomaly, and Iridium Heads to Thursday's Vote on the Rocket Lab MergerOST Daily Sep 21, 2026OST Daily September 18, 2026 — NASA is preparing to order two additional Starliner crew missions from Boeing, help pay for thruster fixes and support certifying the capsule on a new rocket after Atlas V retires, as SpaceX signals it will retire Crew Dragon by 2030; Impulse Space added $308 million to its Series D at a reported $5.4 billion valuation; and an engine turbopump anomaly found in August means Ariane 6 will miss its eight-launch goal this year and may finish with six.Issue 80NASA Prepares to Order Two More Starliner Missions as SpaceX Plans to Retire Crew Dragon by 2030, Impulse Space Extends Its Series D to $808M, and an Ariane 6 Turbopump Fault St...OST Daily Sep 18, 2026OST Daily September 17, 2026 — Viasat and Abu Dhabi's Space42 agreed to formally establish Equatys, a shared direct-to-device and mobile satellite infrastructure company with up to $1 billion in equity commitments and $800 million funded at formation; Space Force Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon named Northrop Grumman's Resilient Radar System-Ground (RRS-G) as the ground moving target indicator constellation set to begin launching within two years; and Bulgaria's EnduroSat raised $205 million, pushing European NewSpace funding past €1 billion for September.Issue 79Viasat and Space42 Commit Up to $1B to Equatys, Space Force Names Northrop's RRS-G as Its Space-Based Radar, and EnduroSat Raises $205MOST Daily Sep 17, 2026OST Daily September 16, 2026 — SpaceX declared Starship ready for its first orbital flight as early as September 22 with 26 V3 Starlinks aboard, Chief of Space Operations Douglas Schiess said about 10 percent of Space Force programs cannot proceed under the continuing resolution running to mid-December, and the Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2 billion PrSM Increment 2 contract.Issue 78SpaceX Sets September 22 for Starship's First Orbital Attempt, Schiess Says 1 in 10 Space Force Programs Are Stalled Under the Stopgap, and the Army Awards Lockheed $1.2B for Pr...OST Daily Sep 16, 2026OST Daily September 15, 2026 — Rocket Lab said it has raised $1.944 billion through its ATM program and terminated the $3.6 billion bridge facility backing the Iridium acquisition, Iridium's lenders formally consented to the change of control, Open Cosmos closed a €300 million European growth round, and Avio's Vega-C delivered ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C from Kourou.Issue 77Rocket Lab Terminates $3.6B Bridge as Iridium Lenders Consent, Open Cosmos Raises €300M, and Vega-C Orbits FLEX and Sentinel-3COST Daily Sep 15, 2026OST Daily September 14, 2026 — SpaceX crossed 700 Falcon launches on Sunday by delivering the last three Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites for SES, the Space Force named Lake Kickapoo, Texas, as the preferred site for the third and final Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability station, and direct-to-device operator Elveo Mobile picked Apex Space to manufacture 320 satellites at a US Factory X facility using Lynk IP.Issue 76SpaceX Flies Its 700th Falcon With the Final O3b mPOWER Trio for SES, Space Force Picks Texas for the Last DARC Radar Site, and Elveo Picks Apex for a 320-Satellite D2D FleetOST Daily Sep 14, 2026OST Daily September 11, 2026 — The European Space Agency handed The Exploration Company €760 million to bring its Nyx cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2029, France's DGA picked Airbus and Unseenlabs to build the CASSIOPÉE signals-intelligence satellites succeeding CERES, and Tomorrow.io named York Space Systems as the customer behind a $187 million contract to build its DeepSky weather constellation.Issue 75ESA Awards The Exploration Company €760M for Nyx Cargo, Airbus and Unseenlabs Win France's CASSIOPÉE SIGINT Contract, and Tomorrow.io Names York for Its $187M DeepSky BuildOST Daily Sep 11, 2026OST Daily September 10, 2026 — Eutelsat expanded its Airbus OneWeb order to 669 satellites and cleared Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to start building the first low Earth orbit (LEO) layer of IRIS², Firefly booked two Alpha launches from Esrange for 2028 with the Swedish Space Corporation, Arianespace booked 10 more Ariane 64 missions including six for Amazon Leo, and NASA on-ramped Relativity's Terran R to its NLS II contract.Issue 74Eutelsat Orders 229 More OneWebs From Airbus, Airbus Starts Building the First IRIS² Satellites, and Firefly Books Two Alpha Launches From Sweden's EsrangeOST Daily Sep 10, 2026OST Daily September 9, 2026 — European space logistics startup The Exploration Company closed what it calls the largest-ever Series C by a European space company to build its Nyx cargo capsule and Storm engine, Loft Orbital and Marlan Space secured $1 billion from Abu Dhabi's Royal Group for a 50-satellite optical and radar imaging constellation, and Pixxel closed a $100 million Series C to expand U.S. hyperspectral satellite production.Issue 73The Exploration Company Books $450M for Nyx and Storm, Loft Orbital Wins $1B From Abu Dhabi for a 50-Satellite Fleet, and Pixxel Closes a $100M Series COST Daily Sep 9, 2026OST Daily September 8, 2026 — Stoke Space banked an initial $1 billion of a Series E co-led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital to fund its Nova reusable rocket, Isar Aerospace followed Saturday's first orbital flight from Andøya by disclosing five more Spectrums in production and a target of at least five flights by early 2028, and L3Harris took a $4.7 billion, seven-year Lockheed Martin contract for PAC-3 MSE propulsion.Issue 72Stoke Space Closes $1B Series E, Isar Lines Up Five More Spectrum Flights by Early 2028, and L3Harris Books a $4.7B PAC-3 Propulsion AwardOST Daily Sep 8, 2026OST Daily September 7, 2026 — Isar Aerospace lifted its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport in Norway at 20:12 UTC on September 5 and, after a circularisation burn, deployed all five CubeSats on the first fully commercial orbital launch from continental Europe, SpaceX flew its 80th Starlink mission of 2026 from Vandenberg the same day, and Planet Labs reported quarterly revenue up 58% to $116.1 million with EMEA now its largest region at 48%.Issue 71Isar Aerospace Reaches Orbit on Spectrum's Second Flight, SpaceX Flies Its 80th Starlink of 2026, and Planet Labs Grows Revenue 58% to $116.1MOST Daily Sep 7, 2026OST Daily September 4, 2026 — General Douglas Schiess was sworn in on September 3 as the third Chief of Space Operations, taking over a service running on a $32 billion budget with a $71 billion fiscal 2027 request pending, Norwegian maritime notices set a September 4 to 10 launch window for Isar Aerospace's second Spectrum flight from Andøya, and Hungary's 4iG Group signed to launch Starlink Mobile in Hungary and Albania and to carry SpaceX's 2 GHz Mobile V2 service across the Western Balkans.Issue 70Schiess Takes Command of the Space Force With a $71B Request Pending, Isar Lines Up a September 4 to 10 Spectrum Window, and 4iG Brings Starlink Mobile to HungaryOST Daily Sep 4, 2026OST Daily September 3, 2026 — Rocket Lab deployed a StriX satellite to a 575-kilometer orbit on its 94th Electron mission, Boeing handed SES the final three O3b mPOWER satellites for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch later this month, and Astroscale Japan signed Isar Aerospace to fly the ADRAS-J2 active-debris removal mission on Spectrum during Japan's FY2027.Issue 69Rocket Lab Launches Its 94th Electron for Synspective, Boeing Delivers the Final O3b mPOWER Trio to SES, and Astroscale Awards Isar the ADRAS-J2 LaunchOST Daily Sep 3, 2026OST Daily September 2, 2026 — NASA awarded Blue Origin a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to about $700 million to build the Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter for delivery by December 2028, PLD Space added €108 million to its Series C and HyImpulse more than €50 million to its Series A, and Intuitive Machines signed an unnamed commercial customer for two IM 300 satellite platforms.Issue 68NASA Picks Blue Origin for a $700M Mars Relay, PLD Space Adds €108M and HyImpulse €50M, and Intuitive Machines Books Two IM 300 SatellitesOST Daily Sep 2, 2026OST Daily September 1, 2026 — SES committed nearly €1 billion to OHB for 18 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites anchoring Europe's IRIS² secure network, Viasat brought its third ViaSat-3 satellite into service over the Asia-Pacific with a terabit of added capacity, and quantum imaging startup Diffraqtion pulled in more than $5 million from Lockheed Martin Ventures and Sumitomo's Presidio Ventures.Issue 67SES Awards OHB Nearly €1B for 18 IRIS² Satellites, ViaSat-3 F3 Enters Service Over Asia-Pacific, and Diffraqtion Doubles Its Pre-Seed With Lockheed BackingOST Daily Sep 1, 2026OST Daily August 31, 2026 — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off at 7:26 a.m. EDT on August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A and is now on a three-month cruise to the Sun-Earth L2 point, President Trump awarded the Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and signed an executive order to design a NASA-led U.S. Space Academy, Gilat Satellite Networks accepted commitments for about $100 million of 3.75% convertible notes, and NASA put SpaceX Crew-13 on hold after an oxidizer leak turned up in Dragon's propulsion system.Issue 66Roman Space Telescope Launches on Falcon Heavy, Trump Orders a U.S. Space Academy, and Gilat Lines Up a $100M ConvertibleOST Daily Aug 31, 2026OST Daily August 28, 2026 — The European Space Agency signed the first European Launcher Challenge contracts, committing €543.6 million across Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg and PLD Space against a hard end-2027 orbital deadline, Arianespace flew Ariane 6 on its first mission to geostationary transfer orbit to deliver Eumetsat's MTG-I2, and Space Systems Command awarded LeoLabs a $20.68 million prototype agreement to adapt its transportable Scout radar for national-security work.Issue 65ESA Signs €543.6M in First Launcher Challenge Contracts, Ariane 6 Delivers MTG-I2 to Geostationary Transfer Orbit, and LeoLabs Wins a $20.68M Scout AwardOST Daily Aug 28, 2026OST Daily August 27, 2026 — NOAA awarded Spire Global a two-year, $28 million contract to build and qualify a hyperspectral microwave sounder through flight readiness, Iridium mailed its definitive proxy setting a September 24 vote on the Rocket Lab merger, and NASA moved the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into SpaceX's Launch Complex 39A hangar for mating to Falcon Heavy ahead of an August 30 window.Issue 64NOAA Puts $28M Behind Spire's Hyperspectral Sounder, Iridium Mails Its Merger Proxy, and Roman Moves to the Falcon Heavy HangarOST Daily Aug 27, 2026OST Daily August 26, 2026 — SpaceX unveiled a 10-pad Starship spaceport on Louisiana's Gulf Coast with at least $100 billion in planned investment, flew what a company vice president called the last planned Starlink mission on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, and set an initial Louisiana launch as soon as 2029.Issue 63SpaceX Commits $100B to Starbase Louisiana, Ends Florida Falcon 9 Starlink Runs, and BlackSky Says International Growth Now Outpaces the USOST Daily Aug 26, 2026OST Daily August 25, 2026 — Rocket Lab's amended Form S-4 fixed the Iridium exchange ratio between 0.2400 and 0.4000 Rocket Lab shares on top of $27.00 in cash and set a September 24 stockholder vote, a financial disclosure showed President Trump bought as much as $50,000 of SpaceX shares on June 23, and Starcloud closed a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion valuation with Nvidia and Cisco joining.Issue 62Rocket Lab Sets the Iridium Exchange Collar and a September 24 Vote, Trump Discloses a June SpaceX Buy, Nvidia and Cisco Join Starcloud's $250MOST Daily Aug 25, 2026OST Daily August 24, 2026 — Starcloud added a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion valuation for orbital data centers while racing to lock in launch capacity, the national space transportation policy President Trump signed on Thursday directs the Interior Department to find federal land for a heavy- and super-heavy-lift spaceport, and China stood Chang'e 7 down from its lunar south pole launch window.Issue 61Starcloud Raises $250M for Orbital Data Centers, Trump's Transportation Policy Calls for a New Heavy-Lift Spaceport, China Stands Down Chang'e 7OST Daily Aug 24, 2026OST Daily August 21, 2026 — Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C to scale its San Jose satellite line toward 500 spacecraft a year, Portal Space Systems bought an entire Falcon 9 for its 2028 Motus Via Sol mission and will resell the remaining fairing capacity, and the White House issued the first National Space Transportation Policy since 2013, targeting 1,000 U.S. launches and reentries a year by 2030.Issue 60Muon Space Raises $250M for 500-Satellite Line, Portal Buys a Whole Falcon 9, White House Sets 1,000-Launch TargetOST Daily Aug 21, 2026OST Daily August 20, 2026 — Castelion closed a $1 billion round at a $13 billion valuation to scale hypersonic missile production, Firefly Aerospace signed Zeno Power to fly a radioisotope heater on a 2028 Blue Ghost mission, and NASA and Katalyst abandoned plans to save the Swift gamma-ray observatory after Link's attitude control failed.Issue 59Castelion Raises $1B for Blackbeard as Firefly Books Zeno Power for 2028 Lunar Night Demo and NASA Ends Katalyst's Swift RescueOST Daily Aug 20, 2026OST Daily August 19, 2026 — Rocket Lab laid out how its $12 million Photon mission will test optical interoperability with SpaceX's Space Data Network backbone in 2027, Spire guided to 50% full-year revenue growth with 85% of second-half revenue in backlog, and SpaceX's Starship arrived off Christmas Island for engineering inspection after 24 days at sea.Issue 58Rocket Lab Details 2027 Photon Test for Space Data Network, Spire Guides to 50% Growth, Starship Reaches Christmas Island After 24 DaysOST Daily Aug 19, 2026OST Daily August 18, 2026 — Viasat picked Rocket Lab to build a maneuverable, anti-jam geostationary satellite bus for the Space Force's Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global program, L3Harris removed Christopher Kubasik as chairman and chief executive after an investigation found conduct inconsistent with its code of conduct, and Telesat said it is negotiating with bondholders suing over a fund transfer that precedes a $1.7 billion December maturity.Issue 57Viasat Picks Rocket Lab to Build a Protected Tactical Satellite, L3Harris Ousts Kubasik Over a Conduct Violation, Telesat Braces for a $1.7B December Debt WallOST Daily Aug 18, 2026OST Daily August 17, 2026 — L3Harris replaced Christopher Kubasik with Space & Mission Systems chief Sam Mehta effective immediately, SpaceX shrank its coast-to-coast Falcon 9 gap to a record 38.5 minutes flying Globalstar replenishment and a classified Space Force payload, and Intuitive Machines disclosed a $600 million contract from an undisclosed customer for three geostationary communications satellites on its IM 1300 bus.Issue 56L3Harris Names Sam Mehta CEO, SpaceX Sets a 38.5-Minute Coast-to-Coast Turnaround, Intuitive Machines Books $600M for Three Geostationary SatellitesOST Daily Aug 17, 2026OST Daily August 14, 2026 — Rocket Lab's Iridium acquisition cleared the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period and moved to the Form S-4 and FCC license-transfer stages, the Space Force spread $60 million across five companies to test connections into SpaceX's Space Data Network backbone, and Space Kinetic drew $50 million to build a centrifugal satellite-deployment system.Issue 55Rocket Lab Clears Antitrust Review on Iridium and Files Its S-4, Space Force Splits $60M Across Five Data-Network VendorsOST Daily Aug 14, 2026OST Daily August 13, 2026 — Firefly Aerospace reported $117.7 million in second-quarter revenue, up 45.5% sequentially and its first quarter above $100 million, Space Systems Command added $28 million to Impulse Space's Victus Salo contract for two more Mira missions, and Northrop Grumman began separating its Mission Extension Vehicle from an Optus satellite to hand off to a robotic servicer.Issue 54Firefly Clears Its First $100M Quarter, Space Force Adds $28M for Two More Impulse Mira Missions, Northrop Starts the Optus Servicer HandoverOST Daily Aug 13, 2026OST Daily August 12, 2026 — Firefly locked in a two-year contract extension with Lockheed Martin covering up to 25 Alpha Block II launches through 2031 while pushing its next Alpha flight into the fourth quarter, its SciTec subsidiary took a $94 million Space Force award to modernize ground-based radars, and Rocket Lab said the window for a 2026 Neutron debut is narrowing.Issue 53Firefly Extends Lockheed to 25 Alpha Flights, Rocket Lab Narrows Neutron 2026 Window, SciTec Wins $94M Radar DealOST Daily Aug 12, 2026OST Daily August 11, 2026 — Rocket Lab set a fresh quarterly revenue record and booked Kepler as a Neutron customer while telling investors the window for a 2026 Neutron debut is narrowing, MDA Space reversed a year of shrinking backlog with $809 million in Q2 orders, and Voyager and Lockheed Martin picked up new Space Force and Missile Defense Agency work.Issue 52Rocket Lab Posts Record $234M Quarter, Signs Kepler for Neutron and Warns 2026 Debut Is SlippingOST Daily Aug 11, 2026OST Daily August 10, 2026 — Europe's IRIS² program cleared its key review on August 7 with a 348-satellite architecture and more than €15.6 billion of planned investment, Hispasat took the €1.6 billion ground-segment prime contract, and the Senate confirmed permanent leadership for Space Force acquisition and the National Reconnaissance Office.Issue 51Europe Locks IRIS² at €15.6 Billion and Names Hispasat Ground Prime as Senate Confirms Space Force Acquisition Chief and NRO DirectorOST Daily Aug 10, 2026OST Daily August 7, 2026 — Rocket Lab agreed to buy Iridium in a cash-and-stock deal that reshapes the launch-and-operate stack, Blue Origin pinned the May pad explosion on a BE-4 main oxygen valve as it targets a year-end return to flight, and SpaceX stopped taking Transporter and Bandwagon bookings beyond late 2028 with the first insider share lockup expiring Thursday.Issue 50Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium, Blue Origin Traces New Glenn Blast to BE-4 Oxygen Valve, SpaceX Freezes Rideshare Bookings Past 2028OST Daily Aug 7, 2026OST Daily August 6, 2026 — SpaceX shares fell 13.6% a day after the company's first public quarter revealed $18.4 billion in capital expenditures, most of it going to AI infrastructure.Issue 49SpaceX Stock Drops 13% on AI Capex Shock as Rocket Lab Flies Its 92nd Electron and Viasat Keeps Equatys AliveOST Daily Aug 6, 2026OST Daily August 5, 2026 — SpaceX reported Q2 revenue of $7.8 billion on Starlink growth and Anthropic and Google compute contracts, Telesat signed the largest deal in its history to expand Lightspeed to 225 satellites for the Canadian military, and Rocket Lab took a $397 million Space Force contract to build Flatellites for the airborne-target tracking program.Issue 48SpaceX Doubles Revenue on AI Compute and Starlink as Telesat Lands $1.63B Arctic Deal and Rocket Lab Wins $397M Space Force AwardOST Daily Aug 5, 2026OST Daily August 4, 2026 — EchoStar's Hughes Satellite Systems filed Chapter 11 after $1.5 billion in unpaid debt, blaming structural losses to Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper, as Voyager Technologies raised full-year revenue guidance to $275 million to $305 million on record bookings and Intuitive Machines closed its $10 million COMSAT acquisition alongside the Goonhilly UK deal.Issue 47Hughes Files Chapter 11 as Starlink Squeezes Geostationary Orbit (GEO) Broadband, Voyager Lifts 2026 Guidance on Record BookingsOST Daily Aug 4, 2026OST Daily August 3, 2026 — Space Systems Command awarded K2 Space a $22.9 million contract to fly two Enterprise Space Terminals for an optical demonstration by 2028, days after K2 closed a $500 million round, and selected 15 companies to compete for up to $981 million in space test and training range task orders through 2032.Issue 46Space Force Awards K2 Space a $22.9M Optical Terminal Demo, Opens $981M Training Range Pool to 15 FirmsOST Daily Aug 3, 2026OST Daily July 31, 2026 — K2 Space raised $500 million at a $6.8 billion valuation to expand large-satellite production, L3Harris pushed its missile-solutions IPO into mid-2027 citing weak market conditions, and Rocket Lab signed iQPS to a third Electron multi-launch deal as NASA declined again to set a Starliner return date.Issue 45K2 Space Doubles to $6.8B on $500M Round, L3Harris Delays Missile IPO to 2027, Rocket Lab Books Three More iQPS LaunchesOST Daily Jul 31, 2026OST Daily July 30, 2026 — The Space Force handed SpaceX 18 Falcon 9 launches worth $1.6 billion for its Space Based Sensing and Targeting portfolio, Telesat set out how it will collect $189 million to clear Upper C-band spectrum, and Amazon formally asked the FCC to authorize a 5,105-satellite direct-to-device constellation on Globalstar frequencies.Issue 44SpaceX Books $1.6B for Space Force Sensing Sats, Telesat Lines Up $189M C-Band Payout, Amazon Files 5,105-Satellite D2DOST Daily Jul 30, 2026OST Daily July 29, 2026 — Katalyst Space Technologies' Link satellite entered a multi-axis spin after two of its three reaction wheels failed, putting a $30 million NASA contract to reboost the Swift observatory at risk, Boeing took a $280 million charge on Air Force One with Starliner's cargo flight still unscheduled, and ESA opened a tender for Gateway's Lunar Link.Issue 43Katalyst's Link Satellite Spins Out of Control on NASA Swift Rescue MissionOST Daily Jul 29, 2026OST Daily July 28, 2026 — Amazon asked the FCC to authorize a 5,105-satellite low Earth orbit constellation built on Globalstar spectrum, the FCC's Upper C-band Report and Order set up more than $6 billion in incentive payments to satellite operators clearing 160 MHz for terrestrial wireless, and Sphinx Defense won a $287 million Space Force award for mission planning software on the Boeing-led Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications system.Issue 42Amazon Files for 5,105-Satellite Direct-to-Device Network as FCC Upper C-Band Order Sets Up $6B for SES, Eutelsat and TelesatOST Daily Jul 28, 2026OST Daily July 27, 2026 — SpaceX put the first intact Starship in the water on its 13th test flight and set up a tower catch on the next mission, Rocket Lab secured its largest launch contract with a $266 million Space Force award tied to a new Alaska site, and L3Harris signed a seven-year framework to quadruple THAAD propulsion output for Lockheed Martin and the Department of War.Issue 41Starship Flight 13 Lands Intact, Rocket Lab Wins $266M Space Force Deal, L3Harris Quadruples THAAD PropulsionOST Daily Jul 27, 2026OST Daily July 24, 2026 — The FCC's new Part 100 framework replaces its legacy Part 25 satellite licensing rules with 20-year terms and nationwide blanket earth-station licensing, Eutelsat files for a 528-satellite Eutelsat Next low Earth orbit constellation, and SpaceX resets Starship Flight 13 for a Friday evening window at Starbase after replacing Raptor engines.Issue 40FCC Rewrites Satellite Licensing as Eutelsat Files for 528-Satellite Constellation and Starship Flight 13 Targets FridayOST Daily Jul 24, 2026OST Daily July 23, 2026 — The FCC approves its Space Modernization Report and Order and a 160 MHz upper C-band auction, L3Harris delivers the four RS-25 engines for the Artemis III core stage, and the Space Force triples its Phase 3 Lane 1 launch ceiling to $17 billion for roughly 170 launches.Issue 39FCC approves Space Modernization Order and 160 MHz upper C-band auctionOST Daily Jul 23, 2026OST Daily July 22, 2026 — Northrop Grumman Mission Robotic Vehicle reaches orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to begin the first pod-based commercial GEO satellite-servicing mission, Northrop books another $91 million GEM 63XL charge on ULA Vulcan, and the FCC sets an August 6 vote to open Part 15 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth bands to direct-to-satellite links.Issue 38Northrop's Mission Robotic Vehicle reaches orbit on Falcon 9 for satellite-servicing debutOST Daily Jul 22, 2026OST Daily July 21, 2026 — Voyager Technologies wins a Sandia National Laboratories contract to fly its Big Boy demonstration aboard the International Space Station in 2027 via the NEL platform on the Bishop Airlock, while a Falcon 9 aborts the Starlink 17-39 mission at ignition in SpaceX first post-ignition scrub since 2024 and the Space Force triples its NSSL Lane 1 launch ceiling to $17 billion.Issue 37Voyager wins Sandia contract to fly Big Boy demo to the Space Station in 2027OST Daily Jul 21, 2026