{"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":"CesiumAstro Raises $730 Million to Build Its Own Satellite Network — November 6, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/254061fa\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":776,"description":"CesiumAstro has closed a $730 million Series D and announced a planned 737-satellite constellation, while today’s other stories cover Blue Origin engine targets, a Starship launch target, completed ISS solar-array work, and AST SpaceMobile’s subcontractor role in a Space Force development effort.\nBlue Origin says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at 1/4 the cost — Ars Technica\nSpaceX Starship Flight 15 Launch Date Targets Nov. 13 — TeslaNorth\nAstronauts finish installing next-gen ISS solar arrays — Space.com\nAST SpaceMobile joins U.S. Space Force sensing effort — Mugglehead\nCesiumAstro secures $730 million and announces Synchronicity — SpaceNews\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:50 Northstar engine cost and thrust claims\n02:22 Starship Flight 15 target date\n03:17 Final ISS solar array installed\n04:36 AST SpaceMobile as STR subcontractor\n05:33 CesiumAstro Series D and Synchronicity\n08:39 CesiumAstro Synchronicity still planned\nSource links\n@NASA on X\n@reuters on X\n@SpaceflightNow on X\nnasaspaceflight.com\nspace.com\nspaceflightnow.com\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}