# SpaceNexus Daily, Monday, October 19, 2026: MMX targets October 19 launch from Tanegashima

> MMX and a Falcon 9 Bandwagon 5 rideshare are both scheduled to launch no earlier than October 19, with Launch Library 2 listing both as go for launch.

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## Transcript

This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Monday, October 19, 2026.

### Space stocks and money

In the trading session of Friday, October 16, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks fell 1.2 percent, with 10 companies up and 25 down. The largest gain was GomSpace, up 21.1 percent, and the largest decline was AST SpaceMobile, down 8.5 percent.

Sources: [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/markets-daily); [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/gomspace); [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile)

### MMX launch scheduled

The Martian Moons eXploration mission, MMX, is scheduled to launch on an H3-24 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center no earlier than 19:41:03 UTC on October 19.

Sources: [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wsu51006sdx9fe576auk1)

### Bandwagon 5 rideshare

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch the Bandwagon 5 dedicated mid-inclination rideshare from Cape Canaveral no earlier than 10:30 UTC on October 19, with Launch Library 2 status go for launch.

Sources: [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmt21aooc05z01173u9gga61m)

### Starship milestones

NASASpaceFlight reported on October 18 that SpaceX is working through Starship Flight 15 and 16 milestones, as the company advances toward its next two Starship missions.

Sources: [NASASpaceFlight](https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/spacex-flight-15-16-milestones/)

### Kutryk spacewalks

SpaceQ reported that Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk is scheduled to make two spacewalks at the International Space Station in the next few weeks to install new solar arrays, NASA said October 14.

Sources: [SpaceQ](https://spaceq.ca/weekly-iss-update-kutryk-to-become-fifth-canadian-spacewalker/)

### Launches ahead

Starlink Group 15-15 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg is scheduled no earlier than October 20. Ceres-1S from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport and Electron's We're Not Hawking Around mission, 3x HawkEye 360, from New Zealand follow no earlier than October 21. Launch Library 2 lists the Electron status as to be confirmed.

Sources: [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmv5e8m6f18jj3p0m8clsyxwl); [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmva1ff9t018f13ojpmu85gud); [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmogcfc9cu4ad10zhnz3ogzuu)

### Jobs board

The SpaceNexus jobs board lists 10,131 job postings, about 9,000 distinct roles, as of October 19, and 799 of the postings went up in the last 7 days.

Sources: [SpaceNexus jobs board](https://spacenexus.us/jobs)

Full details and sources are at spacenexus.us.


## Sources

- [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/markets-daily)
- [GomSpace (GOMX.ST) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/gomspace)
- [AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ast-spacemobile)
- [H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wsu51006sdx9fe576auk1)
- [Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmt21aooc05z01173u9gga61m)
- [SpaceX working through Starship Flight 15 and 16 milestones (NASASpaceFlight)](https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/spacex-flight-15-16-milestones/)
- [Weekly ISS update: Kutryk to become fifth Canadian spacewalker (SpaceQ)](https://spaceq.ca/weekly-iss-update-kutryk-to-become-fifth-canadian-spacewalker/)
- [Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmv5e8m6f18jj3p0m8clsyxwl)
- [Ceres-1S (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmva1ff9t018f13ojpmu85gud)
- [Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmogcfc9cu4ad10zhnz3ogzuu)
- [SpaceNexus jobs board (SpaceNexus jobs board)](https://spacenexus.us/jobs)

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