OCT 6
2 ITEMS
FCC Declares “Space Month”
The FCC has designated October as “Space Month”—a coordinated push to accelerate satellite licensing and modernize spectrum policy amid rising competition with China. Following ...
SPACENEWS
Regulatory
DTC
AST Spacemobile
SpaceX
Starlink
U.S. Government Shutdown Drags On, NASA Operations Largely Halted
The U.S. Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution, extending the federal government shutdown with no immediate path to reopening. Approximately 15,000 of NASA’s 18,00...
SPACEPOLICYONLINE
NASA
Regulatory
OCT 5
2 ITEMS
Firefly Aerospace acquires SciTec for ~$855M (cash + equity)
Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ: FLY) announced a definitive agreement to acquire SciTec, a specialist in software, analytics, and data processing for national security systems, for $...
FIREFLYSPACE
Defense
Firefly Aerospace
Launch
ESA opens new deep‑space antenna at New Norcia, Australia
The European Space Agency (ESA) inaugurated a fourth global deep-space antenna, located at New Norcia in Western Australia, featuring a 40-meter dish as the site’s second major ...
ABC
Europe
Space Exploration
OCT 3
3 ITEMS
Space Force awards NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 launch contracts: SpaceX gets 7 missions ($714M), ULA gets 2 missions ($428M)
Under these task orders, for launches beginning in FY 2027, SpaceX secured seven “must-go” national security payloads, while ULA received two.This allocation reflects the U.S. S...
BREAKINGDEFENSE
Defense
Launch
SpaceX
ULA
UK invests in satellite laser defense sensors amidst rising space threats
The UK government has committed approximately £500,000 to develop sensors capable of detecting and countering laser or directed-energy threats aimed at orbiting satellites and s...
REUTERS
Space Situational Awareness
Defense
MDA selected to deliver enhanced space situational awareness data services for Canada’s DND
MDA Space, a leading Canadian space contractor, has been awarded a contract by Canada’s Department of National Defence to deliver enhanced space situational awareness (SSA) data...
BCTECHNOLOGY
Space Situational Awareness
OCT 2
3 ITEMS
Firefly Aerospace Faces Investor Investigation Following Alpha Booster Explosion
Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP announced an investigation into Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ: FLY) for potential violations of U.S. securities laws, focusing on whether the company...
RGRDLAW
Firefly Aerospace
Regulatory
Planet Labs: Satellite Deployment & Stock Surge
Planet Labs has shipped Pelican-5, Pelican-6, and 36 SuperDove satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base for integration into SpaceX’s Transporter-15 rideshare mission. The Peli...
INVESTORS
Planet Labs
Earth Observation
Portal Space: Solar Thermal Propulsion (STP) Test Success
Portal Space Systems, a Mach33 portfolio company, has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system (Flare) at full power inside a vacuum chamber, validating its 3D-pr...
GEEKWIRE
Portal Space
Solar Thermal Propulsion
