Space News for Wednesday, October 07, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:24) Open Cosmos Seeks One-Year ITU Regulatory Extension After Missing Constellation Deployment Milestones<br>(01:01) FAA Licensed Launches Decline in FY2026 as Bottlenecks Drive High-Density Satellite Design Alternatives<br>(01:34) U.S. Department of Defense Awards Contract to Upgrade Kymeta Osprey u8 Terminal into Multi-Mission Edge Platform<br>(02:15) NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure<br>(02:31) October 2026 Satellite Puzzler<br>(02:59) Lunar Grounding Challenge<br>(03:39) NASA Glenn Invites Phase 1 Proposals for Aerospace Power Systems Laboratory<br>(04:15) Astronomers Solve Cosmic Cold Case with NASA Hubble Data<br>(04:56) Crew-12 set to depart the ISS after eighth months in orbit<br>(05:29) NASA progress with SLS vehicles for upcoming Artemis missions<br>(06:21) Colorado Springs, Huntsville Team Up on Golden Dome<br>(07:00) HawkEye 360 Turns its RF-Sensors to Orbital Targets<br>(07:23) Turkey Uses IAC Stage to Pitch Peace & Homegrown Hardware<br>(07:52) It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane<br>