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- · Update to Orbital Assets Underpin Modern U.S. Naval Power: List25, Inc. said on Sept. 27 that its updated analysis notes the Navy is pursuing AI and machine learning to process satellite ISR data, exploring quantum communications for unhackable links, and considering on‑orbit servicing to extend satellite lifespans. It also highlights the Navy’s growing integration with the U.S. Space Force, deeper allied space cooperation through the Five Eyes arrangement, and outlines threats such as Chinese and Russian ASAT weapons, jamming, directed‑energy, cyber attacks and orbital debris.
- · Update to SpaceX buys nationwide 800 MHz spectrum for terrestrial network: DigitalToday reported on Oct. 19 that LightShed Partners analyst Walter Piecyk estimated that building an initial terrestrial network for SpaceX would cost $10 billion to $15 billion and highlighted roaming agreements as a key variable for early service entry. The outlet also noted that SpaceX is unlikely to compete on equal footing with AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile in the short term and that constructing a nationwide network will require considerable time and additional investment.
- · Update to NASA selects GIMLI mission to search for lunar lava tubes: On Oct. 8 NASA announced through its PRISM program that, in addition to GIMLI, it had selected the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station–South Pole (LEMS‑SP) to monitor micrometeorites, volatiles and moonquakes, and the Depth Imager with Spectral and Color Optics (DISCO) to measure ice in shadowed craters, ScienceDaily reported. The LEMS‑SP effort will be led by Dr. Mehdi Benna of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, while GIMLI’s principal investigator is Dr. Nathaniel Putzig of the Planetary Science Institute, the release said. NASA Associate Administrator Nicky Fox noted the selections will help minimize astronaut risks while advancing the agency’s Moon Base goals, according to ScienceDaily.
- · Update to Astronomers find massive black hole far from galaxy centre via tidal disruption: Interesting Engineering reported on Oct. 18 that the optical/UV temperature of TDE 2023mfm was about 22,000 K and that the flare remained above half its peak brightness for nearly 48 days. It added that a faint stellar population estimated at 10–100 million solar masses may reside at the black hole’s location, and quoted the study authors saying the event originates from a wandering massive black hole in a massive galaxy.
- · Update to Astronomers report first-ever green white dwarf WD J1330+6435: SFFGazette.com reported on Oct. 19 that Dr. Mark Hollands told CNN that white dwarfs such as WD J1330+6435 can act as a diagnostic tool for the composition of destroyed planetary systems, and co‑author Professor Boris Gansicke said roughly one in thirty white dwarfs show unusual colours. Hollands added that upcoming spectroscopic surveys could boost the known number of green white dwarfs from one or two to ten or twenty.
- · Update to UK awards ClearSpace £61 million for multi‑satellite debris‑removal mission: Aerospace Testing International reported on Oct. 19 that ClearSpace secured the UK Space Agency’s £61 million contract after a competitive procurement against bids from Astroscale and Starfish Space, and that UKSA co‑director Alice Bunn said the mission will develop capabilities for future in‑orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing, noting the award follows the UK Space Strategy published in September.
- · Update to Astronomers identify first green white dwarf and a possible reddest star: ScienceDaily reported on Oct. 19 that astronomers at the University of Warwick found white dwarfs can glow in shades of pink, purple, yellow and cyan, and that they grouped the stars by atmospheric chemistry—carbon‑rich, debris‑laden or hydrogen‑helium mixtures. The team said these colours result from trace elements absorbing a broader range of light in the stars’ extremely dense atmospheres.
- · Update to SPHEREx Telescope captures Infrared Fingerprints of Nearby Brown Dwarfs: Earth.com reported on Oct. 19 that SPHEREx’s primary task is to map the sky with roughly 3,600 images per day to study the earliest moments after the Big Bang and to search for life‑related molecules such as interstellar ice, noting that brown‑dwarf observations are a side project and that only a few dozen such objects have been studied in detail with space telescopes.
- · Update to NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Reveals Complex Brown Dwarf Atmospheres: Earth.com reported on Oct. 19 that one of the 37 brown dwarfs studied by SPHEREx lies about 7 light-years away and is the coldest known brown dwarf, according to the study's lead author Zafar Rustamkulov of IPAC, Caltech. The outlet added that SPHEREx’s primary mission is to map the sky with about 3,600 images daily to probe the early universe and interstellar ice that could seed oceans on other worlds, and that the telescope’s data show carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide signals fading most sharply between 1,340°F and 800°F as the objects cool. Earth.com also noted that at least half of the observations were processed before the mission’s software was updated to flag more bad pixels.
- · Update to MeerTRAP team detects record‑breaking fast radio burst from early universe: AOL.com reported on Oct. 19 that the FRB 20240304B study led by Manisha Caleb was published alongside a NASA announcement about the discovery.
- · Update to Astronomy Magazine highlights Tethys transit visible Oct 17‑18 2026 for amateur observers: Astronomy Magazine said on Oct. 19 that another Tethys transit took place on Oct. 18, with Saturn’s moon Tethys crossing the planet’s disk again that evening.
- · Update to NASA to provide instruments for JAXA’s MMX Mars moon mission: A new development in this story: JAXA's Martian Moons Exploration mission prepares for launch in October 2026
- · Update to Researchers announce infrared locking scheme for gravitational wave detectors: ScienceDaily reported on Oct. 18 that researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Sussex have proposed a compact gravitational-wave detector operating in the milli-Hertz band using optical resonators and atomic clocks. The design, described in a Classical and Quantum Gravity paper dated Oct. 3, 2025, uses two ultrastable optical cavities and an atomic frequency reference to detect signals in the 10⁻⁵–1 Hz range.
- · Update to Observers spot SpaceX Falcon 9 plume over East Coast: WRAL.com said on Oct. 19 that SpaceX is targeting a 6:30 a.m. EDT launch of its Bandwagon‑5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with a southeasterly trajectory that would favor viewing in the Caribbean and southern Florida.
- · Update to Brazil reports record low Amazon deforestation ahead of October vote: Around Prague said on Oct. 19 that the latest polls show Flávio Bolsonaro holding a slight lead over Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of the Oct. 25 presidential runoff.
- · Update to Japan plans to launch the world’s first mission to return samples from Phobos, Mars’s larger moon: The Guardian reported on Oct. 18 that the MMX spacecraft will reach the Mars region around August 2027 after launch on an H3 rocket, and quoted project manager Yasuhiro Kawakatsu saying the samples could help assess using Phobos as a base for future crewed Mars missions. It also quoted principal investigator Kiyoshi Kuramoto as saying that analysing the soil would almost certainly reveal the moons’ origin.
- · Update to White House orders speed limit on SpaceX Starshield terminals in Ukraine: Satnews.com said on 17 October that Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on 15 October that Starshield connectivity had been restored across active frontline sectors, though links still terminate above 100 mph, and that ground‑vehicular and command‑post communications had stabilized while airborne UAV links remain blocked. Satnews.com added that European defence officials urged diversification of military satellite assets, Ukrainian teams are assessing ground‑based radio meshes and European non‑terrestrial networks, and allied planners stress the need for multi‑vendor, interoperable communications layers.
- · Update to Blue Origin plans New Florida launch pads and higher New Glenn flight rate: Pulse 2.0 reported on October 17 that Blue Origin is manufacturing the New Glenn 9×4 second stage at its expanded Rocket Park campus and is building a customer‑integration facility with the U.S. Space Force at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station featuring four payload bays, two encapsulation bays and a multi‑manifest area for 7×2 and 9×4 vehicles. The company also said it is restoring LC‑36A after an anomaly earlier in 2026 and constructing LC‑36B as the operational home for the 9×4 vehicle, while adding two more landing platforms at Port Canaveral and expanding Lunar Permanence‑related teams in Cocoa, Melbourne, Orlando and Titusville.
- · Update to Astronomers find massive black hole far from galaxy centre via tidal disruption: ScienceDaily said on 17 October 2026 that researchers led by Dr Adelle Goodwin of Curtin University found that black holes produce jets when their feeding rate drops to roughly 2 % of the Eddington limit, a pattern observed across black‑hole masses and offered as an explanation for the delayed radio emission seen in tidal disruption events such as TDE 2023mfm.
- · Update to SpaceX Dragon CRS-35 delivers cargo to ISS amid crew contract extension: SciTechDaily said on Oct 17 that the CRS-35 Dragon delivered brain organoids, 3D heart tissue models and artificial retina hardware, plus the final set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, to support medical and materials‑science research. It added that the spacecraft docked at 10:27 a.m. EDT on Oct 15, will remain attached until mid‑November and then return with a splashdown off the California coast.
- · Update to SpaceX Dragon CRS-35 delivers cargo to ISS amid crew contract extension: NASA said on Oct 15 that the SpaceX Dragon CRS-35 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the station's Harmony module at approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of cargo that includes the final pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, and that it launched at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct 13 from Cape Canaveral.
- · Update to NASA confirms Orion heat shield performed as expected after Artemis II: Autoevolution reported on October 17, 2026 that NASA said the Orion capsule entered the atmosphere about 192 feet (59 m) off the planned entry interface and splashed down roughly half a mile (≈0.8 km) from the predicted splashdown point.
- · Update to NASA to provide instruments for JAXA’s MMX Mars moon mission: Mashable said on Oct. 18 that NASA estimates its investment in JAXA's MMX mission at about $87 million over 14 years and that the return capsule will land in Australia carrying at least 10 grams of Phobos soil; it also noted the launch will be livestreamed beginning at 2:45 p.m. ET on Oct. 19.
- · Update to Astronomers report first-ever green white dwarf WD J1330+6435: Gizmodo reported on 2026-10-16 that the green white dwarf WD J1330+6435 lies about 284 light‑years from Earth.
- · Update to Astronomers report first-ever green white dwarf WD J1330+6435: Sci.News reported on 2026-10-16 that astronomers led by Dr. Mark Hollands identified another nearby white dwarf, WD J2356‑2054, which appears vivid blue despite having a temperature of only about 4,000 K.
- · Update to Maritime Launch Services Receives conditional TSX listing approval: Maritime Launch Services said the Toronto Stock Exchange’s conditional approval for its listing was finalized on October 16, 2026, with shares jumping 17% to 48 cents that day, marking nearly all of the company’s weekly gain. The transition to the TSX remains pending, with no date yet set for trading to begin.
- · Update to Maritime Launch Services Receives conditional TSX listing approval: On October 15, 2026, Maritime Launch Services' over-the-counter shares (ticker MAXQF) closed 15.77% higher than the previous close, according to Stock Titan.
- · Update to Rocket Lab delays Neutron Rocket debut to 2027 over carbon‑composite flaws: NASASpaceFlight.com said on Oct. 16 that Rocket Lab’s initial full‑size Stage 1 propellant tank, built by a third‑party using manual hand‑layup as a schedule workaround, ruptured during hydrostatic testing on Jan. 21, and that after switching to its in‑house Automated Fiber Placement machine the company discovered voids in the cured forward dome of the thicker carbon‑composite sections. It added that Rocket Lab plans to build a new forward dome, inspect it for defects, and assemble a replacement Stage 1 tank for testing, with the first two milestones expected before year‑end and assembly/testing slated for Q1 2027.
- · Update to Rocket Lab delays Neutron Rocket debut to 2027 over carbon‑composite flaws: Tech Times reported on Oct. 16 that Rocket Lab had originally aimed for a 2024 first flight of Neutron and that, after modifying its manufacturing process, the newly built aft dome passed inspection while a replacement forward dome still needed to be made. Ad-hoc-news added on the same day that ARK Invest bought 168,633 Rocket Lab shares for about $9.3 million and that Cantor Fitzgerald maintained a Buy rating with a $122 price target.
- · Update to Researchers find host star mass splits planetary systems into two families: Knowridge Science Report said on Oct. 16 that the more massive planetary family often has a combined planet mass between two and ten times that of the Solar System and orbits stars more massive and metal‑rich than the Sun, while simulations indicated these systems likely began from unstable arrangements where excess building material produced overly massive planets. It also noted that observational selection does not fully explain the split and that the two families describe the current sample rather than a universal classification, with future observations potentially helping identify stable, habitable worlds.
- · Update to Chandra observations explain Treble Clef Radio structure: Knowridge Science Report said on 2026-10-16 that the team classified the Treble Clef as a radio phoenix and employed multi‑frequency radio observations to examine how the emission varies with frequency. It added that, while a galaxy‑cluster collision a few hundred million years ago explains the brightening, the precise processes shaping the observed radio filaments remain uncertain.
- · Update to SPHEREx Telescope captures Infrared Fingerprints of Nearby Brown Dwarfs: ZME Science reported on 2026-10-16 that James Webb Space Telescope observations of the nearby brown dwarf WISE 0855, about 7.5 light-years away, show its water‑cloud layers thickening and thinning as the object rotates, marking the first direct detection of changing water clouds beyond the solar system; astronomer Brittany Miles of the University of Arizona said this allows researchers to distinguish cloud, chemistry and temperature effects, and the study has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.
- · Update to Astronomers identify first green white dwarf and a possible reddest star: International Business Times reported on October 16 that the study identifying the green white dwarf WD J1330+6435 was published in the journal RAS Techniques and Instruments and relied on Sloan Digital Sky Survey observations from a telescope in New Mexico. The article also noted that the white dwarf’s density equals about half the Sun’s mass packed into an Earth‑sized volume—roughly 165,000 times Earth’s density—and quoted co‑author Boris Gänsicke explaining how this extreme density lets sodium absorb a broader band of yellow, orange and red light, producing the chartreuse glow.
- · Update to ALMA survey finds methanol and masers around young stars: Universe Today reported on 2026-10-15 that the ALMA COMPASS team found the fully deuterated methanol variant CD3OD around IRAS4A2 to be about 100 times more abundant than current chemical models predict, indicating an unknown formation process. The researchers also noted several unidentified spectral lines that may arise from multiply deuterated methanol species such as CH2DOD and CHD2OD, and said they are pursuing laboratory spectroscopy to confirm these assignments. Silvia Spezzano of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics added that deuteration helps trace chemical evolution from interstellar clouds to planetary systems.
- · Update to SpaceX imposes speed limits on Military Starshield terminals in Ukraine: Ukraine's Ministry of Defense told TIME that the Starshield service in motion had resumed and was operating at full capacity, according to the outlet's October 15 report. Elon Musk said on X that Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the U.S. government and any speed or usage limits are decided by the U.S. military, while a senior U.S. official told Axios the Trump administration was not involved in the alleged Starlink limitations.
- · Update to Russian strikes knock out power for 600,000 Ukrainians: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told The Guardian on 14 October 2026 that there were no signs that US intelligence sharing with Ukraine had stopped, despite concerns after Russian missile strikes, and urged allies to 'do more' in the face of Russia's unrelenting aggression.
- · Update to Russian strikes knock out power for 600,000 Ukrainians: Zelenskyy told OilPrice.com on October 14 that Russia fired 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones at Kyiv and Kharkiv, damaging at least 26 power facilities and four oil‑and‑gas sites, and that Russia’s Defense Ministry said it struck seven Ukrainian energy facilities and a data center. He added that Ukrainian air defenses detected the missiles only as they neared the city and that partners gave no early warning, while Al Jazeera reported at least three deaths in Kyiv.
- · Update to Russian strikes knock out power for 600,000 Ukrainians: ABC News reported on October 14 that Russia’s strike damaged at least 26 power facilities and four gas/oil sites, involved some 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones, and that Ukrainian officials said the early‑warning system failed for a second night, with a nine‑storey apartment building hit in Kyiv and at least one person killed there. The outlet also noted that Ukraine overnight hit a Russian site used for storage, preparation and launch of attack UAVs in Donetsk, and that its casualty figure of at least one death in the capital differs from earlier reports of three killed in Kyiv.
- · Update to Russian strikes knock out power for 600,000 Ukrainians: The New York Post reported on October 14 that Russian missile and drone strikes killed three people in Kyiv and damaged 30 energy facilities, leaving about 600,000 without power. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty added on October 14 that at least six people were killed overall, including three in a drone attack on Lutsk, and that Ukraine intercepted only four of 39 missiles. The Guardian noted on October 14 that the European Commission said there is no indication that US intelligence sharing with Ukraine has stopped, countering earlier reports of a possible suspension.
- · Update to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 splashes down after 237‑day mission: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said on October 15 that Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev spent 237 days in orbit, traveled more than 100 million miles, advanced important science and returned safely thanks to the expertise of NASA, SpaceX and international partners. Dana Weigel, manager of NASA's Low Earth Orbit Program, added that the agency's activities supporting the ISS enable the science and risk‑reduction needed for future solar‑system missions and welcomed the crew home.
- · Update to New IROSA solar arrays aboard SpaceX Cargo Dragon set to boost ISS power: SciTechDaily said on October 17 that the SpaceX Dragon that launched on October 13 at 6:33 a.m. EDT and docked with the ISS on October 15 at 10:27 a.m. EDT carried brain organoids, 3‑D heart‑tissue samples, artificial‑retina hardware and experiments on a new space‑formed glass, marking the flight as the 35th commercial resupply mission, and will return time‑sensitive research to Earth after its mid‑Nov departure.
- · Update to New IROSA solar arrays aboard SpaceX Cargo Dragon set to boost ISS power: CW39 Houston said on October 15 that a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware including the final pair of IROSA solar arrays. The outlet added that the Dragon will remain attached to the station until mid‑November before departing to splash down off the coast of California.
- · Update to ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns after 237‑day ISS mission: CBS News said on 1 October 2026 that Crew 12, including ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, would undock from the International Space Station on 5 October and splash down in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California just after noon EDT on 6 October, differing from the article’s earlier statement that splashdown occurred on 8 October.
- · Update to ispace-EUROPE and ALTEC sign lunar rover testing agreement: Leonardo.com reported on Oct. 14 that ispace, Leonardo and Telespazio signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Oct. 6 to cooperate on lunar communications, navigation, positioning and timing infrastructure and lunar transportation services. Takeshi Hakamada said the collaboration brings together complementary capabilities in transportation, communications and navigation to help build the foundations of a sustainable cislunar economy.
- · Update to Researchers report water behavior study under lunar gravity in Microgravity Science and Technology: Florida Institute of Technology said the February 2025 New Shepard 29 flight did not yield a ready-to-use watering mixture or demonstrate that additives improve plant growth, and pointed out that lunar dust and rock fragments present additional challenges that require direct study. It added that the roughly two‑minute simulated lunar gravity period produced liquid‑property measurements that differed from published values, highlighting the experiment’s short duration, and that researchers called for longer flights and eventual lunar tests of water movement through soil.
- · Update to NASA and SpaceX set to launch solar arrays, 6,300‑lb cargo on Oct 13: NASA said on October 15 that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the ISS’s Harmony module at 10:27 a.m. EDT.
- · Update to NASA and SpaceX set to launch solar arrays, 6,300‑lb cargo on Oct 13: NASA updated its advisory on Oct. 15, 2026, indicating that the Dragon spacecraft will now dock autonomously with the ISS around 10:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 15, earlier than the previously announced ~11 a.m. docking time.
- · Update to NASA and SpaceX set to launch solar arrays, 6,300‑lb cargo on Oct 13: NASA said on October 14 that the Falcon 9’s exhaust plume from the CRS‑35 launch produced a visible 'jellyfish' glow seen across the eastern United States.
- · Update to Dr. Tim Farrar analyzes Starlink’s dominance impact on broadband and direct-to-device: SpaceValued reported on Oct. 18 that Elon Musk said the U.S. government controls Starlink speeds for Ukraine's military, and that SpaceX has restricted Military Starshield speeds in Ukraine, disrupting Pentagon-funded tactical drone operations.
- · Update to Dr. Tim Farrar analyzes Starlink’s dominance impact on broadband and direct-to-device: SpaceValued reported on October 14, 2026 that Banglalink partnered with SpaceX to launch South Asia's first direct-to-device Starlink mobile service in Bangladesh.