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Universe Today • David Dickinson

ESA’s Hera mission set to rendezvous with Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid pair in November

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is due to reach the binary asteroid pair in November, traveling at about 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth. The rendezvous will mark a milestone for the mission as it approaches Didymos and its moonlet, Dimorphos.

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2026-10-13T08:55:02.306557-07:00
North America   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Policy & Regulation  
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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.

Also: Seeking Alpha
2026-10-13T09:05:35.737033-07:00
ISS   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Commercial Space   NASA  
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Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 Starlink mission for 1st time in more than 3 weeks (video)

By Space.com: SpaceX launched 27 of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 12), the first such mission for a Falcon 9 rocket since Sept. 19.

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2026-10-12T20:25:37.483278-07:00
ISS   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Commercial Space   NASA  
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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Falcon 9 launches 35th cargo Dragon mission to ISS

By SpaceNews.com: SpaceX launched a cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station on Oct. 13, the second Dragon mission to the station in less than two weeks.

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2026-10-13T05:45:38.826130-07:00
Commercial Space  
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Payload • Douglas Gorman

Robert Ihnatisin, Orbital Matter

By Payload: As an expert in 3D printing for terrestrial applications, Robert Ihnatisin was surprised by how slow the in-orbit manufacturing industry was progressing.

2026-10-13T06:06:06.713217-07:00
Satellite   North America   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation  
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CNBC • Liz Napolitano

Bernstein downgrades AT&T on SpaceX foray into wireless

By CNBC: AT&T is likely to come under pressure as it faces increased competition from upstart SpaceX, per Bernstein.

2026-10-13T06:04:53.195366-07:00