3:17 AM EDT

SDA’s Fourth Tranche 1 Mission: SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, October 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit (LEO) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 12:54 a.m. PT, with a backup opportunity available on Friday, October 9 at 12:47 a.m. PT, if needed. This is the fourth of nine Tranche 1 missions Falcon 9 will launch on behalf of the SDA.

SpaceX

https://www.spacex.com/launches/sda-t1tl-a

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1jGXgBoBYkRKZ

Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, October 8, 2026

MFA Russia @mfa_russia

Started 1 minute ago

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1XxygwAlVkkGM

6:45 AM EDT

Nobel Prize in Literature 2026

Swedish Academy

https://www.nobelprize.org/

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about/prize-announcement-dates/

https://www.nobelprize.org/press-release/the-2026-nobel-prize-announcements/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAY9Lr_R4aU

6:30 AM EDT

LIVE: Germany’s Merz welcomes UK PM Burnham to Berlin

Associated Press

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG9r0YV4-_0

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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG9r0YV4-_0

The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

7:01 AM · Oct 8, 2026

https://x.com/NobelPrize/status/2108150755790369160

8:00 AM EDT

Secretary Rubio holds a joint press availability with Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel

Lisbon, Portugal

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/10/public-schedule-october-8-2026/

https://www.youtube.com/@StateDept/streams

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8:00 AM EDT

Secretary Rubio & Portuguese Foreign Minister Hold Press Conference

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel hold a joint press conference in Lisbon.

https://www.c-span.org/event/news-conference/secretary-rubio-portuguese-foreign-minister-hold-press-conference/448059

8:30 AM EDT

LIVE: Betrayal in the Bloodline Murder Trial - Day 6 | NC v. David Prevatte

COURT TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW3Bn2CSnMY

9:30 AM EDT

LIVE: The Faith Hedgepeth Murder Trial - Day 2 | NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares

COURT TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHQBLNdnJc