Welcome to Orbital Command, your weekly bulletin on space, security, and strategy—brought to you by Building our Future.
This week, host Alex Reid breaks down one of the most alarming developments in space security to date: growing fears that Russia may be preparing to deploy a nuclear weapon in orbit.
With NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte calling Moscow’s actions “very worrying,” we explore what a nuclear detonation in space could mean for satellite constellations like Starlink and GPS—and the global economy that depends on them.
In this episode:
Why nuclear space weapons could cause over $3 trillion in economic damage
What the U.S. must do to prevent a catastrophic “Pearl Harbor in Space”
How China continues to flex its muscle with cyber indictments, new SIGINT satellites, and maritime space tracking
Major changes at U.S. Space Command, NOAA, and the Defense Digital Service
A shakeup in the European space industry, and the possible $2B sale of York Space Systems
And yes… Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, and Gayle King go to space—awkwardly
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Intro / outro music: Experimental Cinematic Hip Hop by Rockot.
Cover art created with OpenAI's Dall-E 3 model.
Alex Reid is a fictional host created using OpenAI's GPT-4o and ElevenLabs' Eleven Turbot v2
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