{"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":"Starlink’s India Pitch Meets the Security Queue — October 11, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a56e862a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":614,"description":"Starlink is pitching affordability and consumer choice in India as it awaits final security clearance, while a U.S. military satellite launch and an ISS crew handover provide two concrete delivery updates. The key question is whether the service's customer case can move from a stated goal to a specific offer.\nFourth Tranche 1 Transport orbital plane — Space Development Agency\nCrew-12 departs as Dubrov takes command — SpaceQ\nStarlink's India affordability pitch — Stocktwits reporting\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:42 Falcon 9 launched Tranche 1 satellites\n02:42 Crew-12 back on Earth after 237-day mission\n03:50 Starlink in India awaits security clearance\n06:49 Hype Check: Starlink pitch depends on price\nSource links\n@esa on X\n@sempercitiussda 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}