{"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 Holds the Switch on Ukraine’s Starlink? — October 18, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b1b5a0ef\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":636,"description":"Ukraine's Starlink slowdown prompts competing claims from Zelenskyy and Rubio, while the cause remains unresolved. Also: a planned Starfall demonstration, JAXA's MMX launch date, a Space Force jammer plan, and conditional Toronto Stock Exchange approvals.\nRubio denies US role in Starlink slowdown in Ukraine — Firstpost\nSpaceX Starfall on Bandwagon-5 — Starlust.org\nMMX aboard H3 Launch Vehicle No. 10 — JAXA on X\nSpace Force plans wider global deployment of satellite jammers — SpaceNews\nTwo space companies receive conditional TSX approval — SpaceQ\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:40 SpaceX Starfall capsule's second flight\n02:33 Space Force plans wider jammers\n03:05 NorthStar, Maritime conditional approval\n04:10 Rubio denies Washington ordered Starlink slowdown\n07:13 Accountability for a commercial network\nSource links\n@business on X\n@Gerashchenko_en on X\n@RSA_Observer on X\n@SpaceNews_Inc 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}