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Rundown · Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Space & defense news on October 13, 2026

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026 the Space and defense desk recorded 5 news events, 3 of them carried by 5 or more outlets. The earliest report came from GlobeNewswire at 07:07 UTC.

  1. 01

    Coverage recordGlobeNewswire: “21shares Launches Europe’s First Pre-IPO Synthetic Anthropic ETP”

    +31 51 outlets · first: GlobeNewswire Funding

    Reports ran from 07:07 UTC on Oct 13 to 08:20 UTC on Oct 19.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by GlobeNewswire, The Manila Times, Investment Week, Yahoo Finance, ETF Stream and www.trendingtopics.eu.

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  2. 02

    Coverage recordBloomberg.com: “Anthropic Revenue Jumps to $16.8 Billion in Quarter Before IPO”

    +22 42 outlets · first: CNBC Funding

    Reports ran from 14:50 UTC on Oct 13 to 20:50 UTC on Oct 20.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by CNBC, The News International, TradingView, Advisor Perspectives, Bloomberg.com and Reuters.

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  3. 03

    Portal Space Systems reaches orbit again with Starburst-1 on Falcon 9

    +10 30 outlets · first: NBC 6 South Florida Launches

    Machine summary Portal Space Systems launched Starburst-1, its first free-flying spacecraft, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission, which carried 32 payloads. The company reported the desk-sized craft separated about 57 minutes after a 7:04 a.m.

    Reported by GeekWire, NBC 6 South Florida, WPBF, The Weather Channel, Daytona Beach News-Journal, CNN, and 23 more outlets.

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  4. 04

    FAA reviews SpaceX plan for 456 Starship launches a year in Texas

    4 outlets · first: Quartz Regulation

    Machine summary SpaceX has asked the FAA to allow up to 456 Starship flights per year from Starbase, Texas, according to SatNews Publishers and KRGV, and the agency is reviewing the request. KRGV described the figure as nearly 500 annual launches. No decision date or review timetable appears in the reports.

    1. SpaceX has asked the FAA to authorize up to 456 Starship launches per year from Starbase, Texas, according to SatNews Publishers; KRGV described the request as nearly 500 annual flights
    2. The FAA is reviewing the SpaceX proposal; the reports state no decision date or review timeline

    Reported by SatNews Publishers, KRGV, Quartz and Ars Technica.

  5. 05

    SpaceX shares hold near $163 as six insider unlocks land

    2 outlets · first: Yahoo Finance Aerospace

    Machine summary Nearly 2.3 billion SpaceX shares held by employees and early investors became eligible to trade between Aug. 6 and Oct. 9 across six unlock batches, versus 639 million shares sold in the June IPO, the report states. The stock closed Monday, Oct. 13, at about $163, around 50% above its $108 close on Aug. 5.

    1. Nearly 2.3 billion SpaceX (SPCX) shares held by employees and early investors became eligible to trade since early August, versus 639 million shares sold in the June IPO, the report states
    2. SpaceX shares closed Monday, Oct. 13, at about $163, around 50% above the $108 close on Aug. 5; measured from before the 14% drop on Aug. 5, the report puts the gain at about 30%
    3. Up to 911.5 million shares became eligible on Aug. 6 and the stock rose 6% that day; up to 319 million shares on Aug. 20 and Sept. 9 each preceded a decline of about 4%
    4. Up to 59.1 million affiliate-held shares became eligible on Sept. 10 (stock +0.4%), and up to 328.4 million shares on Sept. 24 (-0.2%) and Oct. 9 (gain of just over 1%)
    5. On Sept. 24, about 73 million SpaceX shares traded in total, roughly 22% of the 328.4 million shares that became eligible that day, the report notes

    Reported by Yahoo Finance and Ghanamma.

Each summary and its key facts are a machine summary of the reports linked under it; the outlets, times and counts come from those reports' own records. How a rundown is built.

Also covered for this desk

4 events homed on another desk that the Space and defense desk also carried on October 13, 2026.

  1. Oct 13 · Finance Space startup funding triples to record $20.8B in Q3, Seraphim report says 6
  2. Oct 13 · Finance Transport Topics: “Iran increases threat to Strait of Hormuz shipping” 6
  3. Oct 13 · Finance SpaceX shares settle near $150 after June IPO swings 5
  4. Oct 13 · Startups SpaceX spent more than $28 billion in six months after its IPO 3

Who was in the news

  1. SpaceX 3

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