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Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · Space · Ancient

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  1. Ancient Did Banned Pagan Worship Continue in Thrace? Archaeology Magazine (AIA) · Jessica Esther Saraceni · Oct 26
  2. Ancient 60,000-Year-Old Animal Proteins Mixed With Ocher Identified in South Africa Archaeology Magazine (AIA) · Jessica Esther Saraceni · Oct 26
  3. Space SpaceX Falcon 9 launches early morning Starlink mission from California (video) Space.com · Josh Dinner · Oct 27

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    UPDATE: SpaceX launches SDA's fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission early SaturdayKSBY · Oct 4, 2026

    SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning. SpaceX says liftoff is scheduled for 1:17 a.m.

  4. Space Astranis Upgrades Falcon 9 Launch Contract to Dedicated Mission for Entire Block 4 Production Run of Satellites SpaceNews · Astranis · Oct 26

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    Astranis Plans Dedicated Falcon 9 to Launch 6 MicroGEO SatellitesVia Satellite · Oct 26, 2026

    Astranis has upgraded to a dedicated Falcon 9 to launch its fourth batch of satellites. It expects to launch six MicroGEO satellites on a dedicated ...

  5. Science Ancestors all around—millions of dead people linger in Americans' memories Phys.org Archaeology · Oct 26

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Pentagon plans for bases to run 90 days off the grid as Britain asks households to stock up unverified

The Pentagon is developing a requirement for every major U.S. military base to keep essential operations running for at least 90 days without outside power, water, fuel or communications, Fox News Digital reported on Oct. 25, citing internal planning documents. It falls under FORTRESS, the base resilience program Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Sept. 30; no cost or timeline has been published. Separately, Britain's Be Ready campaign, launched Oct. 22, asks households to keep three days of water, food and cash, and neither government has said a war is imminent.

tradersunion.com · Summary from Fortune's Oct 26 report; the linked page could not be read

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Did Banned Pagan Worship Continue in Thrace?

IVAYLOVGRAD, BULGARIA—La Brújula Verde reports that a Thracian temple decorated with a relief thought to depict three nymphs and the mother goddess Cybele has been found at the site of Balak Dere, which is located in southeastern Bulgaria near the Arda River. The temple was built in the third century A.D. Ivaylo Kanev of Bulgaria’s National Museum said that it seems people continued to conduct pagan rites at the temple into the middle of the fifth century, after they had been outlawed by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in A.D.

Archaeology Magazine (AIA) · Jessica Esther Saraceni · Oct 26

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Ancestors all around—millions of dead people linger in Americans' memories

Halloween kicks off a series of religious and cultural festivals to honor the dead, including All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day and the Day of the Dead. But deceased loved ones don't disappear from people's social worlds once the ghost and skeleton decorations come down.

Phys.org Archaeology · Oct 26

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60,000-Year-Old Animal Proteins Mixed With Ocher Identified in South Africa

FUKUOKA, JAPAN—According to a statement released by Kyushu University, an international team of scientists found a rare mix of animal collagen and ocher in samples taken from 60,000-year-old ocher-rich sediments at the Kilpdrift Complex archaeological site in South Africa’s De Hoop Nature Reserve. Using paleoproteomics, the researchers determined that the collagen protein comes from a species of antelope called the common eland (Taurotragus oryx).

Archaeology Magazine (AIA) · Jessica Esther Saraceni · Oct 26

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Astranis Upgrades Falcon 9 Launch Contract to Dedicated Mission for Entire Block 4 Production Run of Satellites

SAN FRANCISCO —October 26, 2026—Today, Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a dedicated mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch in 2028, allowing it to carry all of the “Block 4” production run of Astranis MicroGEO satellites. The mission will carry six MicroGEO satellites, placed directly into GEO via direct-inject using an Impulse Helios upper stage.

SpaceNews · Astranis · Oct 26

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches early morning Starlink mission from California (video)

A new stack of Starlink satellites is now in orbit following an early morning SpaceX launch from California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 3:25 a.m. 27, from Pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Space.com · Josh Dinner · Oct 27

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Two reports: SpaceNews and Space.com

SpaceNews: Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a dedicated mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch in 2028, allowing it to carry all of the “Block 4” production run of Astranis MicroGEO satellites. Space.com: A new stack of Starlink satellites is now in orbit following an early morning SpaceX launch from California.

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