ESA Bets €760 Million on a Five-Year-Old Space Startup — September 11, 2026
ESA hands its largest-ever commercial cargo contract to a five-year-old startup, Europe builds its own Venus radar after NASA gets shaky, Eutelsat orders a wave of new satellites for OneWeb and IRIS-s...
11 Sep 13min
Eligible, Not Flying: What NASA's Terran R Milestone Really Means — September 10, 2026
NASA Adds Relativity Space's Terran R to Launch Services Contract — NASAAmazon Leo Orders Six More Ariane 64 Launches From Arianespace — SpaceWatch.GLOBALUK to Leave Launch to "Germany and Other Allie...
10 Sep 8min
1,000 Launches by 2030: Who Pays the $450 Million Question? — September 9, 2026
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket finally reaches orbit from Norway, The Exploration Company banks Europe's biggest-ever Series C at $450 million, Eutelsat signs on for satellite life extension, and th...
9 Sep 14min
Introducing Space Stakes
Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race. Follow the rockets. Follow the money.A short introduction to the show. New episode every day.Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a ...
8 Sep 1min
September 8, 2026 — Orbit vs. Capital: Isar Flies, Stoke Bets Big Before Liftoff
Two very different bets against SpaceX's reusable-launch dominance landed the same day: Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit on its second flight, the first commercial orbital launch from We...
8 Sep 11min
September 7, 2026 — Europe's First Commercial Orbital Launch: Hype vs. Manifest
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit from Norway, becoming the first fully commercial European launch to make it to space — plus Cape Canaveral pad progress from Stoke Space and Relativity, ...
7 Sep 12min
September 6, 2026 — Is Satellite Data's Biggest Beneficiary Also Its Biggest Risk?
Planet Labs posts a record quarter fueled by a defense and intelligence surge, but the four-billion-dollar pipeline behind it is still mostly a promise. Plus: NASA adds a new dish to its strained Deep...
6 Sep 10min
September 5, 2026 — Rockets, Rockets, and a Diplomatic Rupture in Paris
The weekly recap: Roman's flagship launch, Blue Origin's Mars comms win, Europe's billion-euro IRIS2 order, Orion's heat shield vindication, Isar Aerospace's latest scrub, China's new listing rules fo...
5 Sep 12min
