Space.com
• Hanneke Weitering, Tariq Malik
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a Titan 4B rocket on Oct. 15, 1997. The mission was designed to explore Saturn and its moons, beginning a journey that would take seven years to reach the planet.
Wall Street Journal
• Juliet Chung
By Wall Street Journal: University endowments are notching their strongest returns in five years thanks in part to gains from SpaceX and other AI bets, with Harvard becoming the latest school to report a gain of more than 20%.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC (SSIT), a publicly traded investment fund invested in privately owned young space companies, rose 119.4% in the 12 months ending June 30 as several of its holdings exhibited explosive growth.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
By Universe Today: New research draws a link between a host star and the characteristics of its planetary system. Higher mass stars create one family of systems, while lower mass stars create another.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX will launch a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: Just like here on Earth, Mars helicopters can cover distance quickly and can go places that might be impossible to reach by ground.
PaxEx.Aero
• Seth Miller
By PaxEx.Aero: Longtime Gogo customer PlaneSense is extending its relationship with the inflight connectivity supplier, with plans to equip its full fleet of Pilatus PC-12 turboprops and PC-24 jets with Gogo Galileo satellite Wi-Fi.
SpaceNews.com
• SpaceNews Editor
By SpaceNews.com: In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with NASA’s Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about what’s needed between now and 2028 and the incremental steps to the future.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
stateaviationjournal.com
• Kim Stevens
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
