European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
European Spaceflight reports: Thales Alenia Space has completed a key milestone in the development of the Italian Space Agency's €235-million In-Orbit Servicing mission.
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time.com
• Jeffrey Kluger
By time.com: Two and a half decades of construction and maintenance may have cost a quarter of a trillion dollars.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A startup plans to test technology to produce semiconductors in space on a series of Falcon 9 launches using payloads attached to the rocket’s booster.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: Since its founding 50 years ago, the European Space Agency has shunned involvement in military space activities.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said Oct. 31 it is preparing to test SpaceX’s Starlink Direct to Cell service across most of the country, excluding border areas, active combat zones and territories occupied by Russian forces.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Liftoff of the Shenzhou 21 mission is scheduled for 11:44 a.m. ET today (Oct. 31).
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Watchdog group Frequency Forward is calling for the FCC to deny SpaceX’s purchase of EchoStar spectrum and investigate Elon Musk’s business ties to the Chinese government.
By Spaceflight Now:  Update Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 UTC): SpaceX deployed the 28 Starlink satellites.
news.bgov.com
• Loren Grush
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
