On October 14, Ukrainian presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov claimed SpaceX overnight imposed an unannounced 100 mph (160 km/h) in-motion limit on StarShield military terminals, disrupting several missions; Reuters reported the claim and SpaceX has not commented. StarShield is SpaceX's government-only service, separate from commercial Starlink: the Pentagon, now the Department of War, buys it under Space Force contracts and has paid for Starlink service in Ukraine since 2023, and Musk has said the StarShield network is "operated by the US government" and "not under SpaceX control."

On October 13, the FAA filed a notice that it will prepare a programmatic environmental review of Starship at Starbase, evaluating up to 456 launches and 912 landings a year. Phase 1 covers up to 100 launches. This starts the review and is not an approval; the current limit stays 25 launches a year. Comments close November 30.

Blue Origin posted a Spacecraft Lead - Director for Project Sunrise on October 12, the primary technical authority and owner for end-to-end design of the Sunrise spacecraft. Six Sunrise engineering roles went up in Denver the same day, including GPU compute hardware and radiation effects. Blue Origin calls Sunrise a constellation of orbital data centers.

On October 12, UK regulator Ofcom published a paper backing targeted updates to the ITU's EPFD limits at or by WRC-27, followed by a more fundamental review at WRC-31. The late-1990s limits protect GEO satellites from LEO constellations in the Ku and Ka bands. Why it matters: the FCC already replaced them for US operation in July, but the ITU limits still govern globally, and WRC-23 allowed only studies without regulatory consequence.

Brazil's telecom regulator ANATEL voted on October 9 to grant Starlink 15+15 MHz of 2 GHz S-band spectrum for direct-to-cell service, half of the 30+30 MHz it first sought. The 4-1 decision covers 10+10 MHz through 2038 and an extra 5+5 MHz until June 2029, when EchoStar's rights in that block expire.

Venezuela's telecom regulator Conatel said on October 9 that it had approved a general license and seven Ku-band concessions for SpaceX's local unit, authorizing Starlink satellite internet service nationwide. The release credited the policies of President Delcy Rodríguez and said Starlink would operate formally, with a domicile and oversight in the country.

The Wall Street Journal reported on October 8, citing people familiar with the matter, that SpaceX would pay about $8 billion in cash for Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio. SpaceX and Grain had not disclosed the price when they announced the deal that day, and neither commented on its value. The deal still needs FCC approval.

Amazon said on October 8 that Amazon Leo had built more than 1,000 satellites at its Kirkland, Washington factory, which can make five a day, with 396 launched on 14 missions. Its first Vulcan launch and next Ariane 6 flight were expected within weeks, and executives told Ars Technica the 396 were enough to start initial service later this year.

SpaceX said on October 8 that it had agreed to buy Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio, up to 14 MHz of paired low-band licenses Grain bought from T-Mobile in August. SpaceX said it would use the band from towers and satellites to extend Starlink Mobile coverage into buildings. The price was not disclosed, and the deal needs FCC approval.

Blue Origin announced on October 8 that it will open Constellation Park, a 1.3 million sq ft manufacturing campus in Hutto, Texas, to build hardware for its TeraWave and Quartz networks, including solar arrays and avionics. It expects to add more than 2,000 jobs over 10 years, and Texas put the investment at $554.8 million, backed by an $18.2 million state grant.

NASA and the Energy Department signed an MOU on October 8 that sets up end-to-end cooperation on space nuclear power and propulsion, from research and fuel production to testing, launch and operations, effective November 1. It matters because it firms up DOE support for SR-1 Freedom, a nuclear-electric Mars spacecraft due in late 2028, and Lunar Reactor-1, meant to power the Moon Base through lunar night.

Elon Musk replied on X on October 7 that SpaceX will build and run Terafab itself, with TSMC at most subleasing part of it, pushing back on reports that TSMC could own and operate the fab. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan told Bloomberg in Tokyo the same day that Intel, Terafab's development partner since April, will stay involved.

SpaceX brought Ship 40 back to Texas on October 7, when the heavy-lift vessel Forte reached the Port of Brownsville near Starbase 75 days after the ship launched on Starship Flight 13. The first Starship recovered intact after spaceflight had left Christmas Island on August 28 and sailed around the Cape of Good Hope.

Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow reported on October 7 that the price of SpaceX five-year credit default swaps had jumped to about 195 basis points, the highest since the contracts began actively trading in June. The rise followed reports that SpaceX was seeking to raise $40 billion in debt to buy Nvidia chips.

On October 7 FCC Chairman Brendan Carr put two direct-to-device proposals on the October 29 agenda: a 25 MHz auction in the 1675–1695 and 2020–2025 MHz bands for 5G, D2D or both, and 482 MHz more spectrum eligible for satellite-to-phone leasing. It matters for Starlink Mobile because the FCC deferred SpaceX’s 2020–2025 MHz request on October 6, and an auction could pit SpaceX against AST SpaceMobile and Amazon.

Jeff Bezos told Fox News on October 7 that he had personally invested $28 billion in Blue Origin and that New Glenn would fly again in December, carrying Blue Ring, after the May hotfire explosion. He said an IPO could come several years from now, after Blue Origin's first $10 billion outside round, and that three more pads were being built.