NOAA's $8 Billion Weather-Data Bet: Ceiling or Check? — September 13, 2026
NOAA locks in a decade-long, $8 billion-ceiling commercial weather-data buy across fourteen companies — while KBR walks away with the round's biggest single award, up to $1.1 billion, for ground-based...
13 Sep 15min
Does Europe's First Orbital Launch Outrun Washington's Own Space Fights? — September 12, 2026
This week's recap: Europe reaches orbit and signs billion-euro contracts across the launch and cargo markets, while Washington works through a Mars contract protest, a nuclear power award, a radar sit...
12 Sep 11min
Bonus: Meet Concrete Compute
A bonus introduction from Space Stakes to Concrete Compute, another daily show created by Brian Lampert. This cross-promotion features a short recommendation in this show’s voice, followed by the Conc...
11 Sep 1min
ESA Bets €760 Million on a Five-Year-Old Space Startup — September 11, 2026
ESA hands its largest-ever commercial cargo contract to a five-year-old startup, Europe builds its own Venus radar after NASA gets shaky, Eutelsat orders a wave of new satellites for OneWeb and IRIS-s...
11 Sep 13min
1,000 Launches by 2030: Who Pays the $450 Million Question? — September 9, 2026
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket finally reaches orbit from Norway, The Exploration Company banks Europe's biggest-ever Series C at $450 million, Eutelsat signs on for satellite life extension, and th...
9 Sep 14min
Introducing Space Stakes
Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race. Follow the rockets. Follow the money.A short introduction to the show. New episode every day.Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a ...
8 Sep 1min
September 8, 2026 — Orbit vs. Capital: Isar Flies, Stoke Bets Big Before Liftoff
Two very different bets against SpaceX's reusable-launch dominance landed the same day: Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit on its second flight, the first commercial orbital launch from We...
8 Sep 11min
