{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race","title":"Vulcan’s November 13 Return Puts Amazon and the Space Force on the Clock — October 29, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/01d2c626\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":842,"description":"ULA plans a November 13 return to flight for Vulcan, carrying Amazon Leo satellites as the company works to restore customer confidence after booster-nozzle failures. The episode also covers the Pentagon’s new commercial space reserve, an Air Force cargo-recovery test and claims about satellite cooperation.\nThe Pentagon’s Commercial Space Reserve Goes Operational — Aviation Week\nSpaceX's Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Air Force — Space.com\nPutin calls Musk “truly brilliant,” says Russia coordinates satellite operations in orbit with him — The Insider\nSpaceX fires Ship 42 and simulates a deorbit burn ahead of Flight 15 — TeslaOracle\nULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th — Ars Technica\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:46 Six space-tracking contracts under CASR\n03:13 Air Force recovered Starfall cargo pods\n04:45 Putin claim of contact with Musk\n06:06 Ship 42 completes six-engine static fire\n07:29 Vulcan plans return on November 13\n10:13 Vulcan flight would test nozzle changes\nSource links\n@business on X\n@outerspacetoday on X\nSource links\n@ulalaunch on X\n@ulalaunch on X\nSpace Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum, the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nyaLFXa2ttfx9M9mPzUM3GElEJH7pfmkmAcNiSR-ELQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/NTM1MDE3MTIwNjMx/ZDJhOGJmOGM4OGZl/ODFhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}