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Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX CRS-35 to send 6,300 pounds of cargo and solar arrays to the ISS on Oct. 13

A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch a Dragon cargo spacecraft from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 13, carrying more than 3 tons of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. The mission also includes the fourth pair of roll-out solar arrays; Dragon is expected to arrive about 52 hours after launch.

NASA Spaceflight • Justin Davenport

CRS-35 set to launch to ISS with final iROSA arrays, experiments, and other items

orlandosentinel.com • Richard Tribou

Predawn sonic booms possible as SpaceX ready for launch early Tuesday

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2026-10-12T14:05:16.213970-07:00

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Flying Magazine • Jack Daleo

NetJets Plans New Private Terminals

By Flying Magazine: Dallas Love Field, Washington Dulles International, and Rifle Garfield County airports are next in line for NetJets terminals.

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2026-10-12T13:05:00.150010-07:00

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Breaking Defense • Ashley Roque

Army sent balloon swarms to Middle East to support CENTCOM operations

By Breaking Defense: The Army gleaned a trio of observations about how those balloons operated, but it is not yet clear what path the service will pursue when it comes to stratospheric sensing capabilities, Andrew Evans said.

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2026-10-12T13:04:56.972546-07:00

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ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Philippine Airlines challenges $7.1mn US tax bill

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Philippine Airlines at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-10-12T12:55:00.600311-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Planet Introduces Map of World’s Population With Microsoft and IHME

By Via Satellite: Planet has debuted a new, continuously updated map of the world’s population built through a collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington and Microsoft‘s AI for Good Lab.

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2026-10-12T13:05:25.614620-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Kratos OpenSpace Used for KT SAT 5G NR NTN Demonstration

By Via Satellite: Kratos’ OpenSpace ground system platform was used in a recent KT SAT demonstration that showed end-to-end connectivity across a native, multi-vendor 5G New Radio (5G NR) non-terrestrial network (NTN).

1 Source

2026-10-12T13:05:27.296261-07:00

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AeroTime • Stephen Pope

Joby seeks to overturn $117 million trade secrets verdict

By AeroTime: Joby is challenging a nearly $117 million jury award to Aerosonic, denying it misused the supplier’s trade secrets to develop aircraft sensors.

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2026-10-12T13:19:27.905832-07:00

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AINonline • Kerry Lynch

Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Increase ATC Funds by $30 Billion

By AINonline: House and Senate bills would build on $12.5 billion approved in 2025.

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2026-10-12T13:05:14.734854-07:00

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