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Morning Dew, Thursday, October 29

Morning Dew: Vietnam signs the Artemis Accords, becoming the 78th nation to join

THE BRIEF

New in File Ø, Space desk (Oct 29): Vietnam signs the Artemis Accords, becoming the 78th nation to join
Dew Point 34, editorial, reviewed Sep 2026. Never 100 until Mars.
Dew Pulse: 245 launches have reached orbit worldwide so far in 2026, 77% of 2025's total of 315.
Last session (Oct 28): DNA +18.2% led, TER -3.2% lagged.
Next launch: GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03), Indian Space Research Organization, Oct 30, 2:21 PM ET.
Latest signal (Oct 28): FLY: Firefly Aerospace unit SciTec added GEO Wide Field of View sensor data to the Space Force FORGE missile warning system,...
Tonight over Florida's Space Coast: Waning gibbous, 81% lit; rises 9:43 PM ET. Dark enough for stars from 7:59 PM ET. Hubble rises in the west-southwest at 7:37 PM ET, peaks almost overhead in the southwest at 7:40 PM ET, fades in the east at 7:44 PM ET, a steady point, fainter than the ISS.

OPENING BELL

Biggest gaps at the open. The move is the open against that last close, not the day.

AMGN+3.1% (opened 465.89, last close 451.83)
VRTX+1.6% (opened 538.23, last close 529.69)
NOC+1.3% (opened 560.13, last close 552.77)
TER-3.5% (opened 302.35, last close 313.24)
NNE-2.7% (opened 12.05, last close 12.39)
RDW-2.4% (opened 8.79, last close 9.01)

SIGNALS

NEWS NVDA2026-10-28

The US Justice Department has asked whether NVIDIA's $12.93 billion Hugging Face deal would let it control a key AI model distribution point, Reuters reported, citing people familiar. source

CONTRACT FLY2026-10-28

Firefly Aerospace unit SciTec added GEO Wide Field of View sensor data to the Space Force FORGE missile warning system, advancing its $259 million FORGE EOS contract. source

NASA2026-10-28

NASA stacked the Boeing built Artemis III SLS core stage, 212 feet tall, alongside its twin boosters at Kennedy on Oct. 28 ahead of a tanking test at Pad 39B. source

NEXT LAUNCHES

GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03), Indian Space Research Organization2026-10-30T18:21:00Z
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18, SpaceX2026-10-31T03:48:00Z
Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9), Rocket Lab2026-11-02T08:45:00Z

FILE Ø

Vietnam signs the Artemis Accords, becoming the 78th nation to join

EVERY ISSUE

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