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Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX to attempt first double Starship stage recovery on November test flight

SpaceX plans to try to recover both Starship’s upper stage and its Super Heavy booster during the rocket’s next test flight, expected in November, Elon Musk said. The attempt would mark the first effort to catch both vehicles and advance the company’s push toward a reusable launch system.

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2026-10-20T15:40:38.478909-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Space Force plans overhaul of launch ranges as traffic surges

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force wants its busiest launch ranges to eventually handle surges of five to eight major operations a day under a modernization plan aimed at keeping aging infrastructure from becoming a constraint on space activity.

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2026-10-20T15:40:38.376691-07:00

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Bloomberg • Netty Idayu Ismail

Malaysia’s Anwar Says No Financial Support Agreed for AirAsia

By Bloomberg: AirAsia Group Bhd. tumbled to the lowest in almost four years after Malaysia’s leader said the country hasn’t agreed to provide financial support to the struggling airline.

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2026-10-19T19:05:10.196793-07:00

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AINonline • Curt Epstein

CAA Signs Jet Aviation Maintenance Deal for Members

By AINonline: The discounts apply to Jet Aviation's international service locations.

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2026-10-20T16:04:40.204656-07:00

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ch-aviation • Vanja Popovic

Malaysian gov’t yet to agree to AirAsia funding

By ch-aviation: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the country’s parliament on October 19, 2026, that the government had not yet agreed to fund AirAsia Group.

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2026-10-20T16:04:51.786074-07:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Judith Delany

ESPI AC 2026 - Satellites in Your Car by 2028: Markus Fritz of Advisorio on Connected Mobility

By SpaceWatch Global: ADVISORIO’s Markus Fritz on how Europe caught up on space-enabled mobility, satellite connectivity in cars from 2028, and why spectrum is real estate in space.

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2026-10-20T16:14:55.049552-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Air Tahiti takes first VIP-configured ATR72-600

By ch-aviation: Air Tahiti (VT, Papeete) has received its first all-business class ATR72-600, F-OPFO (msn 1821), which arrived at Papeete on October 19, 2026, following a six-day ferry flight from Toulouse Francazal.

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2026-10-20T16:55:52.101085-07:00

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