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NASA Spaceflight • Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin

NASA stacks Artemis III SLS booster segments on Mobile Launcher 1

NASA has stacked the center segments of both Space Launch System solid rocket boosters for Artemis III on Mobile Launcher 1. The work advances booster assembly ahead of mating the boosters with the rocket’s core stage, a key step in preparing the vehicle for the mission.

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2026-10-06T05:50:40.747438-07:00

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Bloomberg • Loren Grush

NASA Weighs Bulk Launch Purchases for Permanent Moon Base

By Bloomberg: NASA is close to announcing a bulk purchase of rocket launches to fuel its $30 billion drive to build a permanent base on the moon for humans to live and work.

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2026-10-06T05:19:51.728455-07:00

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CNBC • Oliver Renick

SpaceX stock is taking off again, but with one key difference this time

By CNBC: Traders are assigning less than a 50% chance SpaceX touches $225 at any point between now and July, according to options pricing.

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2026-10-06T04:49:53.461851-07:00

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SpaceWatch Global • James Hydzik

Turkish Minister Says Antalya Space-for-Peace Declaration Passed—Though It Had Not

By SpaceWatch Global: At the IAF MMoP Meeting in Antalya, Turkish minister Kacir claimed that the Antalya Declaration on Space for Space had been passed; it hadn't.

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2026-10-06T04:15:30.236972-07:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Torsten Kriening

#SpaceWatchGL Recap: IAC 2026 Day Two: Türkiye Shows Its Sovereign Space Stack

By SpaceWatch Global: IAC 2026 Day Two: Aselsan's 198-satellite LEO network, Fergani's navigation constellation, a Somalia spaceport and Türkiye's Moon mission, analysed.

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2026-10-06T04:15:30.093624-07:00

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Payload • Douglas Gorman

HawkEye 360 Turns its RF-Sensors to Orbital Targets

By Payload: HawkEye outlined its work to detect, identify, and characterize RF signals emitting from satellites across LEO, MEO, and GEO.

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2026-10-06T06:05:55.857672-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Can taking dead military satellites out of orbit become a business?

By SpaceNews.com: The Space Development Agency is putting money behind a field of companies developing vehicles to rendezvous with satellites, capture them and move them out of orbit.

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2026-10-06T04:35:56.744391-07:00

NASA stacks Artemis III SLS booster segments on Mobile Launcher 1

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Turkish Minister Says Antalya Space-for-Peace Declaration Passed—Though It Had Not

NASA Stacks Artemis III SLS Booster Segments on Mobile Launcher 1

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