SpaceNexus Daily · Thursday, November 5, 2026
SpaceX taps Qualcomm for Starlink Mobile base stations, Via Satellite says
Via Satellite reports SpaceX has tapped Qualcomm Technologies for terrestrial base stations for Starlink Mobile; NASA awarded Ka-band relay concept contracts, Via Satellite reported.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Thursday, November 5, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Wednesday, November 4, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks fell 2.3 percent, with 9 companies up and 23 down. The largest gain was OHB SE, up 3.1 percent, and the largest decline was Viasat, 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)
SpaceX and Qualcomm
Via Satellite reported on November 4 that SpaceX has tapped Qualcomm Technologies to provide terrestrial base stations for the integrated satellite and terrestrial network it plans to build for Starlink Mobile. 3 outlets covered the story: Teslarati SpaceX, The Verge Space and Via Satellite.
Sources: Via Satellite
NASA Ka-band relay contracts
NASA awarded contracts to Viasat, SES and Astranis for Ka-band space relay capability concepts, Via Satellite reported on November 4. According to Via Satellite, the awards are part of the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program's Communications Services Project. 2 outlets covered the story: NASA Technology and Via Satellite.
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- 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
- Viasat (VSAT) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- SpaceX Strikes Deal with Qualcomm for Terrestrial Component of Starlink Mobile Network (Via Satellite)
- Viasat, SES, and Astranis Win NASA Ka-band Relay Contracts (Via Satellite)
- Starfish Loses Contact with Otter, Cutting SSPICY Short (Payload Space)
- Long March 2C (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Ceres-2 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- SpaceNexus jobs board (SpaceNexus jobs board) · on SpaceNexus
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