SpaceNexus Daily · Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Starlink Group 15-16 lifts off from Vandenberg; Launch Library 2 records success
Launch Library 2 records the Falcon 9 Starlink Group 15-16 launch as a success. Via Satellite reports Cowboy Space named its rocket Big Iron and targets a 2028 debut.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Monday, October 26, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks rose 1.4 percent, with 22 companies up and 12 down. The largest gain was OHB SE, up 8.7 percent, and the largest decline was Innospace, down 3.7 percent. Stoke Space raised $150 million in a Credit Facility round, according to SatNews.
The SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index is an equal-weighted summary of daily price moves that we compute for information. It is not an investable product, no fund tracks it, and it is not investment advice. Full disclaimer
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); SatNews
Starlink Group 15-16 launch
Launch Library 2 records the launch of Falcon 9 Block 5 on the Starlink Group 15-16 mission as a success. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA at 07:25:51 UTC on October 27.
Sources: Launch Library 2
Cowboy Space names its rocket
Via Satellite reported that Cowboy Space has named its rocket "Big Iron" and is targeting a 2028 debut. Payload Space and Space.com also covered the story.
Sources: Via Satellite
Sources
- SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- OHB SE (OHB.DE) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Innospace (462350) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Stoke Space funding (SatNews) · on SpaceNexus
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Cowboy Space Names Rocket ‘Big Iron,’ Targets 2028 Debut (Via Satellite)
- Airbus and Thales Contracted for 2 Galileo Satellites Each (Via Satellite)
- NASA, Agriculture Department Partner On Space Data Sharing (Payload Space)
- SpaceNexus jobs board (SpaceNexus jobs board) · on SpaceNexus
Past briefings
- 2026-10-26Kutryk readies for first spacewalk, SpaceQ says; Starlink 15-16 targets Oct 27
- 2026-10-25Launch Library 2 records Long March 8A SatNet launch as a success
- 2026-10-24Launch Library 2 records four successful launches on October 23
- 2026-10-23Ars Technica reports 22 Starship launches estimated per Moon landing
- 2026-10-22SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, Ars Technica Space reports
- 2026-10-21Falcon 9 and Ceres-1S launches recorded as successes
- 2026-10-20MMX Mars moons mission lifts off on H3-24, recorded as a success
- 2026-10-19MMX targets October 19 launch from Tanegashima
- 2026-10-18Falcon 9 and H3-24 launches are scheduled for October 19
- 2026-10-17Tesla Roadster 'flies' on SpaceX thrusters, Space.com reports
- 2026-10-16Falcon 9 launches USSF-481; Launch Library 2 records success
- Launch Library 2 records Zhuque-2E Block 2 launch as a success