Who Holds the Switch on Ukraine’s Starlink? — October 18, 2026

Ukraine's Starlink slowdown prompts competing claims from Zelenskyy and Rubio, while the cause remains unresolved. Also: a planned Starfall demonstration, JAXA's MMX launch date, a Space Force jammer plan, and conditional Toronto Stock Exchange approvals. Rubio denies US role in Starlink slowdown in Ukraine — Firstpost SpaceX Starfall on Bandwagon-5 — Starlust.org MMX aboard H3 Launch Vehicle No. 10 — JAXA on X Space Force plans wider global deployment of satellite jammers — SpaceNews Two space companies receive conditional TSX approval — SpaceQ Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:40 SpaceX Starfall capsule's second flight 02:33 Space Force plans wider jammers 03:05 NorthStar, Maritime conditional approval 04:10 Rubio denies Washington ordered Starlink slowdown 07:13 Accountability for a commercial network Source links @business on X @Gerashchenko_en on X @RSA_Observer on X @SpaceNews_Inc on X Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum , the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute , the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site .