Vulcan’s November 13 Return Puts Amazon and the Space Force on the Clock — October 29, 2026

ULA plans a November 13 return to flight for Vulcan, carrying Amazon Leo satellites as the company works to restore customer confidence after booster-nozzle failures. The episode also covers the Pentagon’s new commercial space reserve, an Air Force cargo-recovery test and claims about satellite cooperation. The Pentagon’s Commercial Space Reserve Goes Operational — Aviation Week SpaceX's Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Air Force — Space.com Putin calls Musk “truly brilliant,” says Russia coordinates satellite operations in orbit with him — The Insider SpaceX fires Ship 42 and simulates a deorbit burn ahead of Flight 15 — TeslaOracle ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th — Ars Technica Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:46 Six space-tracking contracts under CASR 03:13 Air Force recovered Starfall cargo pods 04:45 Putin claim of contact with Musk 06:06 Ship 42 completes six-engine static fire 07:29 Vulcan plans return on November 13 10:13 Vulcan flight would test nozzle changes Source links @business on X @outerspacetoday on X Source links @ulalaunch on X @ulalaunch 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 .