{"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":"Who Gets to Orbit When Falcon’s Future Narrows? — October 30, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4e347b9a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":825,"description":"SpaceX’s reported plans raise questions about launch access, while Telesat’s Lightspeed schedule and debt position put service delivery and financing in focus. The episode also covers India’s scheduled navigation launch, an FCC spectrum proposal and European in-space defense funding.\nSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency — Ars Technica\nISRO NVS-03 launch schedule — shattered.io\nFCC Looks to Update Direct-to-Device Rules and Auction More Spectrum — Via Satellite\nEurope Begins Funding Offensive In-Space Capabilities — Payload\nTelesat Delays Lightspeed Service Entry to Mid-2028 — Via Satellite\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:50 SpaceX's potential shift on Crew Dragon\n02:54 NVS-03 navigation satellite launch\n04:21 FCC proposes mid-band spectrum auction\n05:52 Astroscale UK won LEDA defense contract\n07:33 Telesat Lightspeed global service moves\n10:07 Telesat GEO decline and debt pressure\nSource links\n@LeeMatt17631 on X\n@outerspacetoday on X\n@SpaceNews_Inc on X\n@XMANLIVE on X\neuropeanspaceflight.com\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}