Issue 126 | Breaking Space News: Oct 25 - 31, 2026
Weeks after admitting it has placed weapons in orbit, the US, in a new intelligence report, has warned that China and Russia are building their own. The Week in Space: Ukraine just tested a satellite for a network under its own control, after Starlink disruptions, NASA will overhaul science mission selection to cut proposal time nearly in half, and for the first time, China’s Shenlong space plane has been photographed. Plus: UK will require foreign defense firms to invest up to contract value back into Britain, India launches the next satellite in its homegrown GPS alternative, Amazon wins FCC approval to buy Globalstar for $11.5B, Rubin Observatory has found a possible dwarf planet beyond Neptune, and more.