Bloomberg
• Ruth Liao
SpaceX is proposing to build a natural gas pipeline in Florida to deliver fuel for its Starship rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. The proposal would connect launch operations with new fuel-delivery infrastructure in the state.
SpaceNews.com
• Hope Hodge Seck
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.
The Air Current
• Elan Head
By The Air Current: Four days before SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq in the largest-ever initial public offering, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration quietly changed its safety policy to allow more aircraft to fly through airspace where they are at higher risk of a catastrophic accident due to falling space debris.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
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.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
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.
CNBC
• Tobias Burns
By CNBC: Next flight test could be a major catalyst for the stock, Morgan Stanley says.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: HyImpulse has pushed the second flight of its SR75 suborbital rocket from SaxaVord in Scotland to spring 2027.
Space.com
• Chelsea Gohd
By Space.com: On Thursday (Oct. 1), SpaceX's four-person Crew-13 mission launched toward the International Space Station. Here's a striking IR view of the liftoff.
mynews13.com
orlandosentinel.com
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Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
NASA Spaceflight
• Martijn Luinstra
Space.com
• Julian Dossett
