Satellites (tech, space, telecoms and frontier tech): all 2 Bunker Geek stories, sourced and checked. Latest: “Rocket Lab puts Synspective’s 13th StriX radar satellite into orbit”.
On 26 September an Electron placed the 13th radar satellite of Japan’s Synspective into orbit, seven days after the 12th: at this pace, the launch manifest reads like a railway timetable.
On Monday 28 September 2026, SpaceX’s giant rocket reached orbit and released 26 Starlink satellites, despite an engine shutting down too early. Planned to last nearly ten hours, the flight ended after three: caution won out over the flight plan.
