OCT 6
5 ITEMS
FCC Grants SpaceX 15,000-Satellite Direct-to-Device Constellation License
On October 6 the FCC granted-in-part SpaceX’s application for a new 15,000-satellite direct-to-device constellation at 326–335 km, with U.S. SCS/MSS on EchoStar spectrum and dir...
FCC
DTC
Regulatory
SpaceX
SpaceX Reportedly Eyes $40B Debt To Buy Nvidia Chips In Apollo-Led Deal
The Financial Times reported on October 6 that SpaceX is looking to raise about $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips in an Apollo-led debt package, roughly $10 billion in bank loans ...
SpaceX Confirms Starmind Formation Flying With ~10-Sat Clusters At ~10 Tbps
On October 6 SpaceX VP Michael Nicolls said Starmind needs clusters of about 10 satellites in tight formation with about 10 Tbps between them, toward up to 1 million sats. That ...
Starlink Says Only About Half Of 650 Maneuvering Satellites Shared Ephemeris
On October 6 Starlink’s space-safety update said it encountered about 650 unique maneuvering third-party satellites in 2026, with only about half sharing ephemeris, and saw abou...
STARLINK
Space Situational Awareness
Stargaze
Starlink
NASA Reportedly Near Bulk Rocket Buys For Its $30B Moon Base
Bloomberg reported on October 6 that NASA moon base program manager Carlos García-Galán said the agency is close to announcing bulk launch buys, possibly four or five rockets pa...
BLOOMBERG
Launch
Moon Base
NASA
OCT 5
2 ITEMS
SpaceX Seeks Florida Approval For 32.4-Mile Gas Pipeline To Fuel Cape Starship Launches
SpaceX subsidiary Coastal Connect Services asked Florida regulators to approve a 32.4-mile gas pipeline to fuel Starship launches at Cape Canaveral, Reuters and Bloomberg report...
FLORIDAPSC
Regulatory
SpaceX
Starship
SpaceX Starship Barge You'll Thank Me Later Docks At Brownsville For Cape Cargo
SpaceX's Starship barge You'll Thank Me Later, under tow by Signet Warhorse I, docked at the Port of Brownsville on October 5 after leaving Port Canaveral about six days earlier...
VESSELFINDER
Launch
SpaceX
Starship
OCT 2
3 ITEMS
SpaceX Launches First NRO Falcon Heavy Mission, NROL-97, And Lands Both Side Boosters
SpaceX launched the NROL-97 mission on Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 11:54 p.m. ET on October 1. It was the National Reconnaissance Office's first launch on...
Starlink Introduces Community Host Program Letting Hosts Earn From Neighbor Access Passes
Starlink introduced a Starlink for Communities program on October 1, per its website and a Sawyer Merritt post. A host sets up a Starlink Kit and neighbors buy hour, day, week o...
STARLINK
Broadband
SpaceX
Starlink
Musk Says Each SpaceX Star Mind Spacecraft Will Have Over 250 kW Of Solar
Elon Musk said on October 1 that each SpaceX Star Mind spacecraft will have over 250 kW of solar power. In a reply to a quote post, he added he is cautiously optimistic SpaceX's...
