SpaceX Just Made Military Launch Competition Look Decorative | Orbital Brief #45
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #45 • Monday, October 12, 2026 SpaceX Just Made Military Launch Competition Look Decorative The real breakthrough is not the...
NASA Is Buying Its ISS Replacement Before It Exists | Orbital Brief #44
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #44 • Sunday, October 11, 2026 NASA Is Buying Its ISS Replacement Before It Exists The commercial station market just became a...
NASA’s Space Station Bet Is a Subsidy, Not a Market | Orbital Brief #43
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #43 • Saturday, October 10, 2026 NASA’s Space Station Bet Is a Subsidy, Not a Market The next LEO economy will be won by whoever...
SpaceX Just Bought the Indoor Connectivity Market | Orbital Brief #42
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #42 • Friday, October 09, 2026 SpaceX Just Bought the Indoor Connectivity Market The spectrum deal is not a Starlink upgrade. It is a...
SpaceX Just Won the Direct-to-Device War | Orbital Brief #41
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #41 • Thursday, October 08, 2026 SpaceX Just Won the Direct-to-Device War The spectrum decision matters more than the satellite count,...
Open Cosmos Is Losing the Constellation Race | Orbital Brief #40
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #40 • Wednesday, October 07, 2026 Open Cosmos Is Losing the Constellation Race Missing deployment milestones is not an administrative...
Rocket Lab Just Bought Its Way Into the Pentagon | Orbital Brief #39
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #39 • Tuesday, October 06, 2026 Rocket Lab Just Bought Its Way Into the Pentagon The $397 million award is less a contract win than a...
Rocket Lab’s Big Win Exposes a Smaller Problem | Orbital Brief #38
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #38 • Monday, October 05, 2026 Rocket Lab’s Big Win Exposes a Smaller Problem Twenty Electron launches are real revenue, but they do...
Rocket Lab Just Turned Launch Reliability Into a Moat | Orbital Brief #37
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #37 • Sunday, October 04, 2026 Rocket Lab Just Turned Launch Reliability Into a Moat Synspective is not buying rockets. It is buying...
Rocket Lab Just Bought Its Customers a Launch Option | Orbital Brief #36
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #36 • Saturday, October 03, 2026 Rocket Lab Just Bought Its Customers a Launch Option The 20-launch Synspective deal is less about...
SpaceX’s Rideshare Machine Is Becoming the Industry’s Tollbooth | Orbital Brief #35
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #35 • Friday, October 02, 2026 SpaceX’s Rideshare Machine Is Becoming the Industry’s Tollbooth Transporter-18 was not a launch...
Astranis Just Turned Cheap Capital Into a Strategic Weapon | Orbital Brief #34
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #34 • Thursday, October 01, 2026 Astranis Just Turned Cheap Capital Into a Strategic Weapon The $468 million facility is less a...
NASA Just Made Blue Origin’s Rocket Investable | Orbital Brief #33
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #33 • Wednesday, September 30, 2026 NASA Just Made Blue Origin’s Rocket Investable New Glenn’s real breakthrough is not orbit, it is...
Starship’s First Orbital Win Is Bad News for Everyone Else | Orbital Brief #32
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #32 • Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Starship’s First Orbital Win Is Bad News for Everyone Else SpaceX did not prove Starship is ready for...
Starship Is Finally Becoming a Business | Orbital Brief #31
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #31 • Monday, September 28, 2026 Starship Is Finally Becoming a Business The first orbital flight matters less than SpaceX’s decision...
Rocket Lab’s 97th Electron Exposes the Real Small-Launch Winner | Orbital Brief #30
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #30 • Sunday, September 27, 2026 Rocket Lab’s 97th Electron Exposes the Real Small-Launch Winner The market is not rewarding novelty...
Rocket Lab Is Buying Its Way Into Telecom | Orbital Brief #29
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #29 • Saturday, September 26, 2026 Rocket Lab Is Buying Its Way Into Telecom The Iridium deal is not a satellite acquisition. It is a...
Hubble’s $1.6 Billion Valuation Is a Useful Warning | Orbital Brief #28
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #28 • Friday, September 25, 2026 Hubble’s $1.6 Billion Valuation Is a Useful Warning Direct-to-device connectivity is attracting...
Space Capital Is Back, But Discipline Is the New Moat | Orbital Brief #27
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #27 • Thursday, September 24, 2026 Space Capital Is Back, But Discipline Is the New Moat The money is returning to space, but not to...
Starship Just Bought Its First Real Customer | Orbital Brief #26
ORBITAL BRIEF • Issue #26 • Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Starship Just Bought Its First Real Customer Exolaunch is not buying a rocket ride. It is buying a...
