SpaceNexus Daily · Monday, November 2, 2026
One ISS solar array left after Kutryk's spacewalk, SpaceQ reports
SpaceQ reported that Joshua Kutryk and Anil Menon installed and deployed the ISS's seventh new solar array, with one more to install on November 5.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Monday, November 2, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Friday, October 30, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks fell 5.1 percent, with 2 companies up and 33 down. The largest gain was Synspective, up 3.7 percent, and the largest decline was Satellogic, down 11.2 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)
Space station solar arrays
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk made his first spacewalk on October 29, SpaceQ reported. With NASA's Anil Menon, he installed and deployed the International Space Station's seventh new solar array, according to SpaceQ. One more array is left to install on November 5.
Sources: SpaceQ
MDA Space and IRIS2
European Spaceflight reported that Canadian company MDA Space signed a €64 Million antenna agreement with Thales Alenia Space. The agreement is to begin work on digital antennas for the first 66 satellites of the European Union's IRIS2 secure connectivity constellation.
Sources: European Spaceflight
Sources
- SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Synspective (290A) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Satellogic (SATL) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Weekly ISS update: one solar array to go after Kutryk’s spacewalk (SpaceQ)
- Canadian MDA Space Secures €64 Million IRIS2 Antenna Agreement (European Spaceflight)
- NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble (The Verge Space)
- Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9) (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Kinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group TBD? (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- SpaceNexus jobs board (SpaceNexus jobs board) · on SpaceNexus
Past briefings
- 2026-11-01Telesat delays Lightspeed rollout by three months, SatNews reports
- 2026-10-31Launch Library 2 records Starlink Group 15-18 launch as a success
- 2026-10-30FCC opens D2D spectrum sharing proceeding, Via Satellite reports
- 2026-10-29NASA is two spacewalks from finishing station upgrade, Spaceflight Now says
- 2026-10-28Airbus and Thales contracted for 2 Galileo satellites each, Via Satellite reports
- 2026-10-27Starlink Group 15-16 lifts off from Vandenberg; Launch Library 2 records success
- 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