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Every SpaceNexus brief in one place: the weekly State of the Space Economy, Who's Hiring in Space and Regulatory Radar data briefs, each computed from our trackers. Filterable, newest first.
Weekly briefs were paused March–July 2026 and resumed in August 2026 on an automated weekly cadence. Historic editions from before the pause are preserved below.
Space economy week of 2026-10-05: 570 tracked stories, 1 private funding round totaling $251.0M, 10,055 open job listings on SpaceNexus (785 new), and 5 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
A weekly data brief computed from SpaceNexus tracking over the seven days ending 2026-10-05 (2026-09-28 to 2026-10-05): 570 news items, 1 private funding round, 5 scheduled launches in the next 14 days, and 10,055 open job listings on SpaceNexus.
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| News stories tracked | 570 |
| Private funding rounds recorded | 1 ($251.0M disclosed) |
| Open job listings on SpaceNexus (labelled paid posts included, each opening counted once) | 10,055 |
| New job postings (posted in the last 7 days, still open) | 785 |
| Launches in the next 14 days | 5 |
1 private funding round into space companies, $251.0M disclosed:
Also recorded, and not counted as private funding:
Counted by announcement date, as recorded when this brief was generated, by the funding tracker headline rule. Rounds we learn of later are added to the tracker.
| Date | Payload | Vehicle | Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| 2026-10-07 | NeonSat-2 to 6 | KSLV-2 Nuri | Naro Space Center, South Korea |
| 2026-10-09 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 12 | Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-10 | Starlink Group 15-25 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| 2026-10-13 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
Track countdowns live in Mission Control.
10,055 open job listings on SpaceNexus right now, 4,680 of them at private, pre-IPO companies. Listing counts here match the jobs board: labelled paid posts included, each opening counted once.
Top hiring companies (roles on employers’ own job boards; paid and employer-posted roles are not counted):
Counts follow the jobs board coverage rules; for defense companies with a space business, only space-segment roles are counted.
By category (listings on SpaceNexus):
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This brief is computed automatically every week from live SpaceNexus data. No AI writes it.