The Monday brief Sep 28, 2026
The week brought 31 new solicitations, 3 orbital launches flown, no new awards in the totals, and a $200M Series C for Hubble Network among the stories.
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The opportunity
A Space Force communications CSO enters the feed
A notice titled United States Space Force (USSF) Battle Management, Command, Control, Communication and Space Intelligence (BMC3I) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office (PMO) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Two Phase Closed Variant entered the solicitations feed on 2026-09-25 with a closing date of 2026-10-15. On the same date the feed marked an earlier listing under that title as no longer listed. We hold the title and the dates.
A second notice, D--SATELLITE SHORELINE PROCESSING SYS., carries the dept field INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE. It was posted on 2026-09-23, matched on the keyword satellite, and closes on 2026-10-01 with a description that reads Satellite Shoreline Processing System.
The company move
Hubble Network raises a $200M Series C
A story dated 2026-09-24 carries the headline Hubble Network Raises $200M Series C at $1.6B Valuation. The $200M figure and the $1.6B valuation come from that headline.
Two other company items sit in the stories. A 2026-09-25 headline reads Google just picked SpaceX for its first step into orbital AI. A 2026-09-24 headline reads Starfish Space's first Otter servicing vehicle slated for Transporter-18 and the schedule lists Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) for 2026-10-01 under its own entry.
The money
ESA funds RFA while totals show no new awards
There are no new awards in the week's totals. The change feed did move. An entry dated 2026-09-24 reads LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION was awarded $843M. On 2026-09-26 RAYTHEON COMPANY's award moved from $104M to $123M, and on 2026-09-23 LUNAR OUTPOST INC's award moved from $88M to $121M. Entries dated 2026-09-20 through 2026-09-23 show LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION's award moving between $62M and $83M.
In the stories, a 2026-09-24 headline reads ESA Awards RFA €2.7 Million in New Funding for SaxaVord Operations. On the filings desk, Iridium Communications filed an 8-K on 2026-09-25 and Curtiss-Wright filed an 8-K on 2026-09-23. Form 4s came in from SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace, Viasat, Globalstar and others.
The launch record
Three launches flown as dates move in both directions
The totals show 3 launches flown and 6 scheduled. Rocket Lab flew Electron | Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13) on 2026-09-26 with the status Launch Successful. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation flew Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 26 on 2026-09-23 and Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 04 on 2026-09-24, each marked Launch Successful.
On the schedule, SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A moved 26 days earlier, NROL-97 moved 29 days earlier, and Gaganyaan-1 moved 31 days earlier. Amazon Leo (LE-04) slipped 24 days and Amazon Leo (LV-01) slipped 31 days. The schedule holds Starship Flight 14 for 2026-09-28 as Starlink Group 31-1.
The week in numbers
Watch this week
- Starship | Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) is on the schedule for SpaceX.Sep 28, 2026
- D--SATELLITE SHORELINE PROCESSING SYS. reaches its closing date.Oct 1, 2026
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13 is on the schedule for SpaceX.Oct 1, 2026
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) is on the schedule for SpaceX.Oct 1, 2026
- Falcon Heavy | NROL-97 is on the schedule for SpaceX.Oct 2, 2026
Evidence cutoff Sep 27, 01:30 UTC. Figures stay as published; the site's rolling totals move daily. Written each week from the site's own record of the previous seven days. Every number and name in it is machine-checked against that record before a person reads it, an outside model then tries to refute it, and a person approves it before it appears here. Every claim links to the page that holds its evidence.