A Satellite Shadow, and the Stakes of Sharing Orbit — October 20, 2026

A Russian satellite’s maneuvers near ICEYE-X36 raise questions about commercial spacecraft and security in orbit. We also cover direct-to-device spectrum decisions, Amazon’s planned Germany investment and a Space Force autonomy award. Russian satellite stalked ICEYE spacecraft in potentially dangerous on-orbit maneuvers — Breaking Defense FCC Authorizes Globalstar’s C-3 Constellation for Direct-to-Device — Via Satellite European MNOs Team Up for MSS D2D Spectrum in Europe — Via Satellite Amazon announces plan to invest €16 billion in Germany in 2027 — Amazon Exclusive: EraDrive Lands $13M DoD Award For Autonomy Module — Payload Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:47 FCC authority for Globalstar C-3 system 02:18 Four operators explore joint bid for MSS 03:39 Amazon plans more than €16 billion in Germany 04:35 EraDrive won $13M Era-Node award 06:00 Cosmos 2612 maneuvers around ICEYE-X36 09:17 Unconfirmed interference near ICEYE-X36 Source links arstechnica.com globenewswire.com newsroom.orange.com satellitetoday.com 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 .