Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX sent 27 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from California just after midnight on Oct. 31. The launch adds another batch to the constellation, extending the company’s ongoing deployment of its satellite internet network.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Swiss flight aborted take-off roll after poor co-ordination between controllers. US investigators have attributed a runway incursion involving four separate aircraft – which forced an Airbus A330 to abort take-off – to poor co-ordination between two tower controllers at New York JFK.
The War Zone
• Howard Altman
By The War Zone: AN/TWQ-1 Avengers fire FIM-92 Stinger missiles and have been joined by counter-drone fly-away sensor and jammer kits from U.S. Northern Command.
Universe Today
• Laurence Tognetti
By Universe Today: Planetary defense is a growing concern among the scientific community, as efforts have been made to design and implement missions meant to deflect incoming threats to the Earth well in advance.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA is restarting a search for commercial missions to reboost or service the Hubble Space Telescope, more than two years after rejecting similar concepts.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: In eight days, SpaceX completed all engine testing for Flight 15, some cryo-proof and catch testing for Flight 16, and lifted the top deck deluge plates onto Pad 1’s Launch Mount.
By Spaceflight Now: The Starlink 15-18 mission will add another 27 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 9:04 p.m.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra
By Bloomberg: India’s space agency launched a navigation satellite to bolster the nation’s location-tracking system.
SpaceNews.com
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FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
defencesecurityasia.com
• admin On
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
Space.com
• Chelsea Gohd, Hanneke Weitering
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
