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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 2026-10-19: 538 tracked stories, 3 private funding rounds totaling $1.5M, 10,134 job postings (about 9,000 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus (809 new), and 12 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
A weekly data brief computed from SpaceNexus tracking over the seven days ending 2026-10-19 (2026-10-12 to 2026-10-19): 538 news items, 3 private funding rounds, 12 scheduled launches in the next 14 days, and 10,134 job postings (about 9,000 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus.
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| News stories tracked | 538 |
| Private funding rounds recorded | 3 ($1.5M disclosed) |
| Job postings on SpaceNexus (labelled paid posts included, each opening counted once) | 10,134 |
| Distinct roles among the postings (about) | 9,000 |
| New job postings (posted in the last 7 days, still open) | 809 |
| Launches in the next 14 days | 12 |
3 private funding rounds into space companies, $1.5M disclosed:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
| 2026-10-20 | Starlink Group 15-15 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| 2026-10-21 | Payload not disclosed | Ceres-1S | Haiyang Oriental Spaceport |
| 2026-10-21 | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) | Electron | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand |
| 2026-10-22 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 8A | Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-23 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 6A | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-23 | Payload not disclosed | Long March 4B | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
| 2026-10-24 | Starlink Group 15-16 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA |
| 2026-10-29 | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | Vulcan VC6L | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
| 2026-10-31 | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) | GSLV Mk. II | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
| 2026-10-31 | AayulSAT-1A & others | SSLV | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
| 2026-10-31 | Flight 2 | Long March 12A | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
Track countdowns live in Mission Control.
10,134 job postings (about 9,000 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus right now, 4,784 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):
Browse open roles · Who's hiring at private space companies
This brief is computed automatically every week from live SpaceNexus data. No AI writes it.