Space’s Freedom Proclamation Meets the Funding Question — November 4, 2026

Today’s episode looks at the difference between declaring American space ambitions and funding the missions behind them. We also cover a supplier conflict raised by Globalstar, an AT&T–AST network handoff test and Sceye’s agreement with SoftBank. The American Declaration of Freedom in Space — The White House Globalstar Questions Supplier Relationship With Rocket Lab When Iridium Acquisition Closes — Via Satellite AT&T and AST SpaceMobile Demonstrate Handoff Between Cellular, D2D Networks — Via Satellite Exclusive: Sceye Signs Deal to Fly HAPS Fleet for SoftBank — Payload Statement on Starlink-like systems — @ZelenskyyUa on X Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:44 Rocket Lab's supplier role, FCC review 02:18 AT&T and AST SpaceMobile phone handoff test 03:39 SoftBank Sceye airship fleet over Japan 05:05 Germany building its own system too 05:43 Trump's space proclamation and its limits 08:10 Proclamation sets goals but no funding yet Source links @ddiamond 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 .