Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency used for encrypted, peer-to-peer transactions without needing a central bank. It was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonymous person or team who outlined the technology in a 2008 white paper

A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle launched the “We're Not Hawking Around” mission, 3 satellites for HawkEye 360 to a 520km low-Earth orbit, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 0711 UTC

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Bandwagon-5, the fifth SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission to a mid-inclination orbit with Starfall and 31 other payloads, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 1104 UTC. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A H3 rocket (H3-24/H3 F10) launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on Oct. 19, at 1941 UTC. Part of the Martian Moons eXploration program the MMX probe aims to collect and return to Earth a minimum of 10g of material from Phobos, one of the two natural satellites of Mars.

Riots erupted in several European nations, driven by economic grievances, with France experiencing the most catastrophic structural damage, President Emmanuel Macron addressed the French people

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the USSF-481 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on October 16, at 0001 UTC. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) previously supported 27 missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, Transporter-13, TRACERS, NROL-48, CSG-3, USSF-153 and 16 Starlink missions.

Tesla revealed its next-generation Roadster at SpaceX's McGregor, Texas facility, with a live demo showing the angular, aerospace-inspired car drive up an inverted ramp, flip midair, and descend safely using compressed-air thrusters. The vehicle offers three modes: Performance for two seats with active aerodynamics, Thrust for sub-one-second acceleration, and Rocket for short flights with 0-60 mph under 0.59 seconds, over 230 mph top speed, and 300+ miles of range

A fully and rapidly reusable rocket will fundamentally change how humanity accesses outer space. “The Holy Grail of Rocketry” continues the ongoing Starship series with a look back at the scrappy days of SpaceX engineers proving reuse was possible and takes you onboard a high-seas race to recover a floating Starship

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