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CNBC • Hugh Leask

Scottish Mortgage cuts SpaceX holding to 11.1% of assets and exits Tesla

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has reduced SpaceX to 11.1% of its assets and sold its remaining Tesla stake. The changes reduce the trust’s exposure to two companies associated with Elon Musk, while SpaceX remains a significant portfolio holding.

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2026-11-06T06:04:43.846055-08:00

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Universe Today • David Dickinson

'Big Bang' Fix Puts Voyager Across the 'One Light-Day' Mark

By Universe Today: Flashback to 1977. Jimmy Carter was U.S. president, Star Wars was a box office hit, and the two Voyager spacecraft departed on an historic Grand Tour of the solar system.

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2026-11-06T05:05:38.756946-08:00

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Breaking Defense • Theresa Hitchens

Key Space Force satellites can't talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources

By Breaking Defense: To translate between the SpaceX-built SDN Backbone and other Pentagon communications and missile tracking satellites, sources said the Space Force is eyeing 12 or 13 Space Exchange Point birds.

Also: SpaceNews.com

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2026-11-06T06:28:44.525483-08:00

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Russian Security Council says Starlink/Oneweb satellite services pose risk to sovereign countries, RIA reports

By Reuters: Experts on Russia's Security Council have said that Western satellite communications services such as Starlink and OneWeb could ‌be used to destabilise the socio-political situation in sovereign countries and therefore pose a risk, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Friday.

ANI News Agency

India says it welcomes all satellite communications providers amid Starlink market-entry dispute

ANI News Agency

India welcomes every Satcom Player; Starlink was last to apply and last to submit compliance: Govt Sources

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2026-11-06T04:04:26.240294-08:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

ULA resuming Vulcan launches as it continues solid rocket booster investigation

By SpaceNews.com: United Launch Alliance believes that changes to the solid rocket boosters for its Vulcan rocket will address problems seen on two launches.

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2026-11-06T04:30:37.886024-08:00

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Space.com • Samantha Mathewson

4-billion-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' found in Sahara Desert could unlock the secret history of water on Mars

By Space.com: A 4.1-billion-year-old meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert offers a rare glimpse into Mars' early history.

Also: CNN

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2026-11-06T03:19:14.868781-08:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA selects three companies for TDRSS replacement program

By SpaceNews.com: NASA has selected three companies for the next phase of an effort to provide a commercial replacement for its aging data-relay constellation.

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2026-11-06T03:49:03.398882-08:00

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Payload • Daniel Molland

Op-ed: Why Did Russia Bother with X36?

By Payload: Russia’s recent RPO likely allowed it to characterize ICEYE's radar in enough detail to build a ground-based jammer (or spoofer) to deploy in Ukraine next year.

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2026-11-06T05:35:14.840539-08:00

Scottish Mortgage cuts SpaceX holding to 11.1% of assets and exits Tesla

'Big Bang' Fix Puts Voyager Across the 'One Light-Day' Mark

Key Space Force satellites can't talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources

Russian Security Council says Starlink/Oneweb satellite services pose risk to sovereign countries, RIA reports

India says it welcomes all satellite communications providers amid Starlink market-entry dispute

India welcomes every Satcom Player; Starlink was last to apply and last to submit compliance: Govt Sources

ULA resuming Vulcan launches as it continues solid rocket booster investigation

4-billion-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' found in Sahara Desert could unlock the secret history of water on Mars

NASA selects three companies for TDRSS replacement program

Op-ed: Why Did Russia Bother with X36?

Key Space Force satellites can't talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources

Op-ed: Why Did Russia Bother with X36?

A long-term Elon Musk backer is cashing out of Tesla

'Big Bang' Fix Puts Voyager Across the 'One Light-Day' Mark

ULA resuming Vulcan launches as it continues solid rocket booster investigation

4-billion-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' found in Sahara Desert could unlock the secret history of water on Mars

LEAP Revives Hope for Mainland UK Vertical Launch with Sutherland Spaceport MoU

Avio Scales Back Demonstrator Programme Amid Technical Challenges

AST SpaceMobile Joins U.S. Space Force Program to Advance Space-Based Sensing

White House said Starlink donated its service, but tax dollars are funding it

Democratic midterm gains put defense spending and SpaceX under new scrutiny

Hydrogen chloride above Martian fissures suggests possible ongoing volcanism

ITU extends Open Cosmos broadband-network deadline but halves planned constellation

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