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The request was led by Senate NATO Observer Group co-chairs Jeanne Shaheen and Thom Tillis, who also sought to determine whether Elon Musk expl","outlet":"Yicai","companies":[{"name":"SpaceX","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/spacex"}]},{"date":"2026-10-29","finding":"Telesat reported Q3 revenue of $81 million, down 20% year over year.","detail":"The Ottawa-based satellite operator posted $81 million in third-quarter revenue, a 20% decrease from the same quarter last year, and reported a quarterly loss.","outlet":"BetaKit","companies":[{"name":"Telesat","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/telesat"}]},{"date":"2026-10-29","finding":"Telesat delayed full Lightspeed constellation service entry to mid-2028.","detail":"Telesat pushed back the full entry into service for its Lightspeed constellation by three months while addressing a tight launch market for its initial two satellites.","outlet":"Via Satellite","companies":[{"name":"Telesat","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/telesat"}]},{"date":"2026-10-29","finding":"Telesat plans to deploy Lightspeed through 15 Falcon 9 launches over 45 weeks.","detail":"Following the delayed first launch, Telesat plans a campaign of 15 Falcon 9 missions across a 45-week period.","outlet":"Space Intel Report","companies":[{"name":"SpaceX","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/spacex"},{"name":"Telesat","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/telesat"}]},{"date":"2026-10-29","finding":"Telesat delayed the first launch of its Lightspeed satellite constellation by three months.","detail":"Telesat’s Lightspeed deployment will begin three months later than previously planned.","outlet":"Space Intel Report","companies":[{"name":"Telesat","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/telesat"}]},{"date":"2026-10-28","finding":"NASA is still operating two Mars-orbiting probes beyond their planned lifetimes.","detail":"The two spacecraft were designed for only a few years of operation but remain active in Mars orbit 25 years later. NASA ground teams have used unusual techniques to keep them functioning, while their successor missions are already raising concerns.","outlet":"t3n","companies":[{"name":"NASA"}]},{"date":"2026-10-28","finding":"AST SpaceMobile investors face a November 13, 2026 deadline to seek lead-plaintiff status in a proposed securities class action.","detail":"Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announced that purchasers or acquirers of AST SpaceMobile securities between March 4, 2025 and July 15, 2026 may seek to lead the class action lawsuit before the November 13, 2026 deadline.","outlet":"PR Newswire, all releases","companies":[{"name":"AST SpaceMobile","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ast-spacemobile"}]},{"date":"2026-10-28","finding":"ESA’s Hera spacecraft separately photographed the Didymos binary asteroid system for the first time.","detail":"On October 28, 2026, ESA reported that Hera had separately captured images of Dimorphos, the moonlet affected by NASA’s DART impact, as part of its investigation of the asteroid system.","outlet":"Heise","companies":[{"name":"Dimorphos"},{"name":"Hera"}]},{"date":"2026-10-27","finding":"PLD Space delayed the first orbital launch of its MIURA 5 rocket beyond 2026.","detail":"PLD Space will not conduct MIURA 5’s first orbital launch this year, despite significant progress on the partially reusable rocket.","outlet":"Space24","companies":[{"name":"PLD Space","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/pld-space"}]}]}