{"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":"Weekly Recap: Spectrum, NASA's Workforce and SpaceX's Launch Plans — October 10, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b0dec7d8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":703,"description":"This week's recap follows SpaceX's push into direct-to-device connectivity, NASA's proposed workforce shift, Kratos's space-intelligence contracts, Amazon's Leo manufacturing milestone and the FAA's review of proposed Starship operations.\nAcross the stories, regulatory authorization, proposed transactions, contracts, manufactured hardware and operational service remain distinct milestones.\nFCC Grants SpaceX Approval for 15,000 Direct-to-Device Satellites in MSS Spectrum — Via Satellite\nSpaceX Moves to Acquire Nationwide Low-Band Spectrum for Starlink Mobile — Via Satellite\nWhy is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants? — Ars Technica\nKratos Reports More Than $100M in Contracts for Space Intelligence Data — Via Satellite\nAmazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year — Ars Technica\nFAA Starship-Super Heavy environmental review scoping — FAA\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n01:04 SpaceX FCC authorization for satellites\n02:49 SpaceX to acquire low-band spectrum\n04:32 NASA proposal on contractor positions\n06:07 Kratos space-intelligence awards\n07:56 Amazon's 1,000th Leo satellite built\n09:26 FAA scoping for Starship operations\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}