Launch Library 2 records Long March 8A SatNet launch as a success

This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Sunday, October 25, 2026.

Space stocks and money

In the trading session of Friday, October 23, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks rose 1.5 percent, with 26 companies up and 8 down. The largest gain was AAC Clyde Space, up 5.6 percent, and the largest decline was NorthStar Earth & Space, down 7.5 percent.

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Sources: SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)

Long March 8A launches SatNet LEO Group 28

Launch Library 2 records the Long March 8A launch of SatNet LEO Group 28 as a success. The rocket lifted off from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China, at 02:03 UTC on October 25.

Sources: Launch Library 2

Next launch: Starlink Group 15-16

Next up, Falcon 9 Block 5 is scheduled to launch Starlink Group 15-16 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, no earlier than 04:45 UTC on October 27. Launch Library 2 lists the status as go for launch.

Sources: Launch Library 2

NASA safety panel on lunar lander refueling

SatNews reported that NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel urged an architecture review over lunar lander refueling demands. According to SatNews, the panel warned on October 22 that Artemis lunar landing plans face acute technical risks.

Sources: SatNews

Handheld satellite downlink deployed

SatNews reported on October 24 that Dutch defense technology firm Bravo1Alpha B.V. has deployed its Close Satellite Support tactical system to stream commercial satellite imagery. According to SatNews, it targets protracted delays in transmitting space-based reconnaissance to forward combat units.

Sources: SatNews

Space Rider and recovered payloads

New Space Economy reported that Space Rider is designed to give European researchers and companies a way to send experiments into orbit, operate them for about two months, and recover the physical payloads on Earth.

Sources: New Space Economy

Space jobs board count

As of October 25, the SpaceNexus jobs board lists 10,941 job postings, about 9,700 distinct roles, and 867 of the postings went up in the last 7 days.

Sources: SpaceNexus jobs board

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