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New York Times • Alex Travelli

SpaceX restricts some Starlink terminals in Ukraine, disrupting military drone missions

SpaceX has imposed a speed limit on some Starlink services in Ukraine, preventing the military-grade version from operating above 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), according to presidential adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov. Ukraine relies on Starlink for mid-strike drones operating in Russian-occupied territory; the restriction was reported to disrupt combat missions.

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

New Data from the Juno Spacecraft Reveals that Jupiter's Has a Rippling, Wavy Magnetodisk

By Universe Today: Using observations from NASA's Juno spacecraft, an international team led by Shandong University shows that Jupiter's magnetodisk is a rippling structure that rotates with the planet, contrary to what scientists previously thought.

2026-10-13T16:35:28.823393-07:00
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Bloomberg • Kiel Porter, Sana Pashankar

Sierra Space CFO Departs Firm Amid Drive Toward IPO

By Bloomberg: Sierra Space Corp.’s chief financial officer has left the company after about six months in the role, the spacecraft maker said, in a shake-up that raises questions about the timing of its long-awaited initial public offering.

2026-10-13T16:05:06.697275-07:00
Universe Today • David Dickinson

ESA's Hera Mission Targets Binary Asteroid Pair in November

By Universe Today: In just one more month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second versus Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid pair.

2026-10-13T08:55:02.306557-07:00
Bloomberg • Loren Grush

SpaceX Plan to Launch 456 Starships a Year in Texas Under Review

By Bloomberg: SpaceX is proposing to increase the number of Starship launches and landings it conducts out of its Starbase facility in South Texas to hundreds of flights each year, a plan currently being reviewed by the US government.

2026-10-13T09:05:35.737033-07:00