Nick Hansen @NickBeyond

@Aerobits_ADS_B highlights the TR-10’s compact transponder capabilities, reporting over 1,000 units delivered while outlining plans for an upcoming OEM version offering greater integration flexibility. Read more: hubs.la/Q04BSyD20

What kind of civilization are we working toward? What should we make? What should we explore? What capabilities should future generations inherit? How much should we be willing to attempt? Share your dreams!

Should be seeing road closures for Booster 22 to the pad and Static Fire testing soon.

SpaceNotices @SpaceNotices

2 days ago

A 10000ft Temporary Flight Restriction for high energy testing at the Starbase launch site starting on October 23 has been published notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/cr…

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$RKLB Looks like we’ve acquired a now former Amazon Senior Director of Manufacturing Finance. Tracking production costs, capital spending on facilities, and margins across launch and space systems would fall to this kind of role. A hire from Amazon's operations side could point to a push for tighter cost control and forecasting as volume grows. H/T @Gykiwi03

sean @Gykiwi03

5 days ago

$RKLB 🌏✨️ Snagging a Senior Director of Manufacturing with five years of experience at a high-volume supply chain giant like Amazon is a huge win for Rocket Lab. Work history is impressive, dedicated employee.

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A few screenshots from my tracking video of SpaceX Bandwagon 5 seen live on @SpaceflightNow #SpaceX

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I'll throw in a second one for fun. Not as cool since it was earlier into flight but once I saw the plume glow like this, I knew we were in for a show!

It might not have been as vibrant as last week's, but the jellyfish were out again today! SpaceX launching a Falcon 9 on the Bandwagon 5 mission, a rare (these days) southeastern launch. Being southeast of the launch made for a great side-on view right around sunrise. Learn more about what launched from @NASASpaceflight nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/bandwa…

What is a differentiable manifold? Here is Lecture 3 of Frederic Schuller’s course on classical mechanics, translated from the German. His classical mechanics course was the one left in German, so I’ve been building a pipeline that translates each lecture while preserving his voice and cadence, with LaTeX PDF lecture notes to boot. LINK IN REPLY

This is huge: By Q1 2027, SpaceX plans to have three Starship launch pads and demonstrate in-orbit refueling for HLS! NASA’s roadmap has a lot packed into the next two quarters: Q4 2026: First V3 booster catch First Ship catch First Starship launch from the Cape First V3 booster reuse Q1 2027: In-orbit propellant transfer demo Second Starship pad at the Cape, LC-37, complete If they pull this off, Starship’s flight rate could look very different next year.

Lunar Citizen @LunarCitizens

6 days ago

NASA just dropped some fresh HLS updates at IAC 2026. Artemis III is still targeting NET Q3 2027, basically a low Earth orbit dress rehearsal where Orion docks with the Starship HLS test article (no Moon landing yet). SpaceX side: Q4 2026: first Cape flight (currently NET Dec 10)

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Launch & Landing of CRS-35 NASA / SpaceX. #spacex #elonmusk #nasa @SpaceflightNow

An F-22 pilot has flown a YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft, the Air Force announces. af.mil/News/Article-D…

A Moon base means landing rockets near hardware already on the surface. Four NASA lander missions awarded for late 2028 will each carry SCALPSS cameras to film engine plumes hitting lunar dust, data for models that predict erosion and ejecta. nasa.gov/news-release/n…

People fail to realize $RKLB has some of the most Mars-heritage hardware out there.

Rocket Lab @RocketLab

a week ago

28.1 miles on Mars, powered by Rocket Lab hardware. NASA's Perseverance rover has now driven 28.1 miles (45.2 km) across the Red Planet in just five and a half years, breaking an off-world driving record that took Opportunity nearly 15 years to set. Rocket Lab solar panels

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$RKLB’s market cap is currently sitting at $35B. The last time it was around this level was in December last year. Yes, we’re talking dilution-adjusted. The company hit an $85B market cap on May 28. A double from here would put it at a $70B market cap and a share price of roughly $110, assuming no further dilution. If not sooner, I think we could see that by next summer, when we have more clarity on the launch timeline in Q1, the Iridium acquisition closes, and Neutron’s first launch gets closer than ever. A good entry for long-term holders.

@OndasHoldings and Palantir establish Regna AI, a standalone company developing mission-specialized AI models for customer-controlled environments, edge hardware, and operations with degraded connectivity. Read more: hubs.la/Q04BfkD20

$RKLB | Needham 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘆 on 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗨𝗦𝗔, maintains PT at $𝟭𝟮𝟬 Analyst sees a minimum four-month Neutron delay and lowers FY27 revenue estimates, while reiterating Buy.

Neutron slipping into 2027 is obviously disappointing but I would much rather $RKLB lose several months fixing a known manufacturing issue than protect a launch date and increase the risk of losing the vehicle. The details are also much more reassuring than headline because Rocket Lab says problem came from tiny voids forming inside thicker sections of carbon composite dome after redesigning the structure to eliminate joints which makes this look much more like a manufacturing process issue than evidence that underlying Neutron architecture is flawed. I will say that Rocket Lab isn't giving a new launch date until stage one testing finishes in Q1 so realistically I think first flight moves into middle of 2027 and potentially later so that obviously pushes out the biggest near term catalyst but the important distinction is that Rocket Lab doesn't need Neutron revenue tomorrow to survive because Space Systems already represents ~80% of revenue while the company has built a record backlog around $2.4B across satellites, components, spacecraft and government programs. Thats also why I think market and long term investors are going to view this very differently because if your thesis was Neutron launching in Q4 and creating a near term rerating then a several month delay matters a lot but if your thesis is that Rocket Lab can become one of only scaled vertically integrated space infrastructure companies outside $SPCX then a manufacturing delay matters much less as long as engineering problem gets solved and rest of the business keeps executing. It is also worth remembering that SpaceX failed its first three Falcon 1 launches before eventually building one of most valuable private companies in the world but I do fully expect market to punish Rocket Lab because it prices the company quarter by quarter but I'm buying it over next decade.

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Shay Boloor @StockSavvyShay

a week ago

$RKLB has pushed Neutron’s inaugural launch into 2027 delaying its entry into the medium-lift launch market.

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Sawa mission by @esaoperations has the Polish company Creotech as its prime contractor #Space #technologies creotech.pl/company/ @CreotechSa

ESA Operations @esaoperations

2 weeks ago

Check out Sawa’s mission patch, our second space weather nanosatellite mission! ☀️⚡🛰️🌍 The patch design shows the mermaid Sawa, based on a Polish legend. Why? 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

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Less than a million years old, the youngest known planet, the baby planet Elias 2-24 b, is still whirling in its natal disk of dust and gas. science.nasa.gov/universe/newfo… #Space #Astrophysics

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has completed the first formation flight between an FA-50 light combat aircraft and its AAP (Multi-Purpose Aircraft) unmanned platform. By @CheckSix_Bison fw-mag.com/shownews/1288/…