{
  "id": 14942574,
  "title": "Rocket Report: FAA eyes more Starbase traffic; India's Skyroot snares US customer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/rocket-report-faa-eyes-more-starbase-traffic-indias-skyroot-snares-us",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/rocket-report-faa-eyes-more-starbase-traffic-indias-skyroot-snares-us-customer/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Rocket Report Edition 9.15, the most anticipated launch in the upcoming weeks is Japan's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission. Set to depart Earth on Monday (US time), this spacecraft will travel to Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, deploying a rover and collecting samples for return to Earth in 2031. The MMX mission represents a significant leap in space exploration.\n\nReflect Orbital, a California-based startup aiming to provide sunlight on-demand through in-space mirrors, has acquired two launches from Indian launcher Skyroot Aerospace. These launches will utilize Skyroot's Vikram-1 rocket, which made history as the first privately developed Indian rocket to reach orbit in July. The second launch will employ an upgraded Vikram-1U rocket.",
  "summary": "The pioneering reusable upper stage for Stoke Space's Nova rocket ships out for testing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}