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A weekly data brief computed from SpaceNexus tracking over the seven days ending 2026-10-19 (2026-10-12 to 2026-10-19): 538 news items, 3 private funding rounds, 12 scheduled launches in the next 14 days, and 10,134 job postings (about 9,000 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus.
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| News stories tracked | 538 |
| Private funding rounds recorded | 3 ($1.5M disclosed) |
| Job postings on SpaceNexus (labelled paid posts included, each opening counted once) | 10,134 |
| Distinct roles among the postings (about) | 9,000 |
| New job postings (posted in the last 7 days, still open) | 809 |
| Launches in the next 14 days | 12 |
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3 private funding rounds into space companies, $1.5M disclosed:
Counted by announcement date, as recorded when this brief was generated, by the funding tracker headline rule. Rounds we learn of later are added to the tracker.
| Date | Payload | Vehicle | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
| 2026-10-20 | Starlink Group 15-15 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| 2026-10-21 | Payload not disclosed | Ceres-1S | Haiyang Oriental Spaceport |
| 2026-10-21 | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) | Electron | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand |
| 2026-10-22 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 8A | Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-23 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 6A | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-23 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 4B | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-24 | Starlink Group 15-16 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| 2026-10-29 | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | Vulcan VC6L | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
| 2026-10-31 | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) | GSLV Mk. II | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
| 2026-10-31 | AayulSAT-1A & others | SSLV | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
| 2026-10-31 | Flight 2 | Long March 12A | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
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10,134 job postings (about 9,000 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus right now, 4,784 of them at private, pre-IPO companies. Listing counts here match the jobs board: labelled paid posts included, each opening counted once.
Top hiring companies (roles on employers’ own job boards; paid and employer-posted roles are not counted):
Counts follow the jobs board coverage rules; for defense companies with a space business, only space-segment roles are counted.
By category (listings on SpaceNexus):
This brief is computed automatically every week from live SpaceNexus data. No AI writes it.