{"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":"The FCC Opens Spectrum—and Rewrites Space’s Environmental Review — October 1, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1a8385f0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":639,"description":"The FCC voted to open satellite spectrum and change its environmental-review approach for certain space activities; the practical effects depend on final rules. Varda, Crew-13, and Astranis also feature in today's episode.\nVarda Raises $251M Series D — Payload\nCrew-13 astronauts set for launch to ISS after weeks of delays — NASASpaceFlight.com\nAstranis lands $468M financing to boost MicroGEO satellite manufacturing — SpaceQ\nFCC Continues Deregulation Push with Environmental Regulations and More Spectrum — Via Satellite\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:30 Varda has closed a $251M Series D\n01:57 Astronauts scheduled to launch on repaired Dragon\n03:07 Astranis gets credit facility for satellites\n04:28 FCC opens spectrum and changes NEPA review\n07:05 Hype check on the FCC's spectrum vote\nSource links\n@nasahqphoto on X\n@SawyerMerritt on X\nspaceq.ca\nspacewatch.global\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}