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Aviation Safety & Regulation Space Debris & Traffic Management Policy & Regulation

The Air Current • Elan Head

FAA loosens aircraft-safety policy for airspace threatened by falling space debris

Four days before SpaceX’s Nasdaq listing, the FAA changed its safety policy to allow more aircraft to fly through airspace where falling space debris poses a higher risk of catastrophic accident. The shift changes how aviation exposure to space debris is managed, though the article provides no further policy details.

Also: CNBC, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Finance

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2026-10-05T12:20:12.139165-07:00

North America Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Bloomberg • Ruth Liao

SpaceX Proposes Gas Pipeline to Supply Cape Canaveral Rockets

By Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is proposing to build a natural gas pipeline in Florida to deliver fuel for its Starship rockets launched from Cape Canaveral.

Also: Reuters

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2026-10-05T11:50:01.501194-07:00

Satellite Commercial Space Space Debris & Traffic Management

SpaceNews.com • Hope Hodge Seck

Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations

By SpaceNews.com: Amazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed plans encompassing vastly more. Elon Musk has talked about a constellation numbering 1 million.

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2026-10-05T12:15:48.033335-07:00

Leadership Europe Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Rocket Factory Augsburg Appoints Alexander Dahm as New CEO

By Via Satellite: German launcher in development Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has made another change to its CEO leadership, after naming a new CEO last year. RFA has.

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2026-10-05T13:05:56.698743-07:00

Satellite LEO Commercial Space

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SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Meridian and NanoAvionics Target Mid-2027 Production of Broadband Spacecraft

By SpaceNews.com: Meridian and NanoAvionics aim to begin producing flat broadband spacecraft in mid-2027, following in-orbit antenna tests.

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2026-10-05T12:36:32.696010-07:00

Satellite Space Force Space Defense & Militarization

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

York to Integrate Space Force Tetra 3 and 4 Missions on GEO Spacecraft

By Via Satellite: York Space Systems will integrate a government space domain awareness (SDA) into a spacecraft headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), marking the first time the company has integrated a satellite for GEO.

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2026-10-05T13:05:57.867270-07:00

Satellite Europe Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Open Cosmos sets 192-satellite target for connectivity network amid launch shortage

By SpaceNews.com: Open Cosmos has built at least 50 of the more than 96 ConnectedCosmos connectivity satellites the British company said Oct. 5 it plans to deploy before the end of 2028, CEO Rafel Siquier told SpaceNews.

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2026-10-05T09:56:17.463480-07:00

Satellite Defense Industry & Major Contractors Space Defense & Militarization

SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Voyager wins $22.4 million Pentagon award for small-satellite deployers

By SpaceNews.com: Illustration by Voyager Technologies WASHINGTON — Voyager Technologies has won a $22.4 million Pentagon award to develop flight-ready satellite deployment systems aimed at helping the U.S.

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2026-10-05T08:35:17.809422-07:00

FAA loosens aircraft-safety policy for airspace threatened by falling space debris

SpaceX Proposes Gas Pipeline to Supply Cape Canaveral Rockets

Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations

Rocket Factory Augsburg Appoints Alexander Dahm as New CEO

Meridian and NanoAvionics Target Mid-2027 Production of Broadband Spacecraft

York to Integrate Space Force Tetra 3 and 4 Missions on GEO Spacecraft

Open Cosmos sets 192-satellite target for connectivity network amid launch shortage

Voyager wins $22.4 million Pentagon award for small-satellite deployers

York to Integrate Space Force Tetra 3 and 4 Missions on GEO Spacecraft

Rocket Factory Augsburg Appoints Alexander Dahm as New CEO

Meridian and NanoAvionics Target Mid-2027 Production of Broadband Spacecraft

FAA will accept more risk to aircraft from space debris under new policy

Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations

SpaceX Proposes Gas Pipeline to Supply Cape Canaveral Rockets

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