{"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":"Weekend Bonus: The $115M Hub, a Satellite Compatibility Gap — November 7, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/18e0ecea\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1007,"description":"This Weekend Bonus examines a Space Force data-network integration award and reported satellite compatibility problems, alongside Redwire's VLEO test contract, ESA's reusable-booster demonstrations and changes in U.S. congressional oversight of space budgets.\nDoD taps Viasat to field operations ‘center’ for Golden Dome satellite data relay network — Breaking Defense\nKey Space Force satellites can’t talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources — Breaking Defense\nRedwire Wins $20M DARPA Contract for Second VLEO Demo — Payload\nESA to Support Industry-Led Reusable Booster Flight Demonstrations — European Spaceflight\nMidterm elections shift space power to Democrats, with stakes for Canada — SpaceQ\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:46 Viasat hub to coordinate satellite data\n03:34 Reported incompatible laser terminals\n06:59 Redwire $20 million DARPA SabreSat test\n09:52 ESA opens call for reusable boosters\n12:48 Democrats won space-related committee control\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}