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Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

Blue Origin's New Glenn is slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" twin smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet. A successful Oct. 30 static fire of New Glenn's seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch check.

2025-11-06T01:57:24.930290-08:00

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ESA’s Sentinel‑1D on Ariane 6 pad in French Guiana; liftoff set for 4:03 p.m. ET Nov. 4

2025-11-03T10:29:57.239050-08:00

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ISRO's LVM3‑M5 to launch 4,410 kg CMS‑03 multi‑band communications satellite on Nov. 2

2025-11-01T21:13:31.234691-07:00

Space.com

Shenzhou 21 launches three astronauts to Tiangong; liftoff 11:44 a.m. ET Oct. 31

2025-10-31T04:16:27.539948-07:00

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Payload

Exolaunch to manage 58 satellites for 30+ customers on Transporter‑15 — its largest rideshare yet Exolaunch is managing 58 satellites for more than 30 customers across 16 countries on the Transporter‑15 rideshare, marking the company's busiest mission to date. The flight will be Exolaunch's largest rideshare by satellite count and customer diversity, consolidating a highly international payload manifest.

2025-11-07T06:04:19.586487-08:00

Exolaunch to manage 58 satellites for 30+ customers on Transporter‑15 — its largest rideshare yet

Space.com

NASA's ESCAPADE: Twin 'Blue' and 'Gold' smallsats to deliver first 3D stereo maps of Mars' upper atmosphere — launch NLT Nov. 9 NASA's ESCAPADE mission will launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, sending twin, UC Berkeley‑managed smallsats dubbed Blue and Gold to Mars. Flying in formation, they'll produce the first stereo, 3D maps of the planet's magnetic fields, upper atmosphere and ionosphere to study atmospheric escape.

2025-11-07T05:09:47.824062-08:00

NASA's ESCAPADE: Twin 'Blue' and 'Gold' smallsats to deliver first 3D stereo maps of Mars' upper atmosphere — launch NLT Nov. 9

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FAA limits commercial launches and reentries to overnight hours amid government shutdown The FAA issued an emergency order restricting commercial space launches and reentries to overnight hours, imposing a temporary curfew — including at Florida launch sites — to protect aircraft operations and preserve the efficiency of the National Airspace System amid the U.S. government shutdown.

2025-11-07T04:57:38.883622-08:00

FAA limits commercial launches and reentries to overnight hours amid government shutdown

SpaceWatch Global

SWISSto12 expands U.S. mission-control node in Georgia to support HummingSat GEO deployments SWISSto12 has expanded its U.S. command-and-control center in Georgia to support upcoming HummingSat launches and early on‑orbit operations, adding a domestic mission‑control node to oversee its small geostationary satellite programme. The capability ramp targets operational readiness ahead of the programme's commercial deployment.

2025-11-07T01:54:47.363021-08:00

SWISSto12 expands U.S. mission-control node in Georgia to support HummingSat GEO deployments

Axios

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Musk says SpaceX could go public 'at some point' — IPO prospect would reshape space industry Elon Musk said SpaceX could go public "at some point", opening the possibility of an IPO for one of the world’s most valuable private companies. A listing would recalibrate capital access, competitive dynamics and government relationships across launch, Starlink broadband and national-security programs.

2025-11-06T20:37:48.806765-08:00

Musk says SpaceX could go public 'at some point' — IPO prospect would reshape space industry

Ars Technica

Unpaid bills trigger power cut at Russian spaceport, threaten launches A Russian spaceport experienced a power cut after its operator failed to pay electricity bills, putting scheduled launches at risk and potentially causing delays to missions awaiting liftoff. The outage underscores how utility and financial failures can immediately disrupt launch operations and manifests.

2025-11-06T10:35:11.583888-08:00

Unpaid bills trigger power cut at Russian spaceport, threaten launches

The War Zone

Inversion Space's Arc aims to deorbit cargo capsules to deliver military supplies anywhere on Earth within an hour Inversion Space’s Arc concept envisions small, cargo‑laden spacecraft that can be deorbited on demand to deliver supplies to troops anywhere on Earth within an hour. The proposal targets military logistics by compressing global delivery timelines and builds on longstanding U.S. interest in ultra‑rapid cargo transport.

2025-11-06T10:20:17.159407-08:00

Inversion Space's Arc aims to deorbit cargo capsules to deliver military supplies anywhere on Earth within an hour

businesskorea.co.kr

South Korea to join space data‑center race with 2030 demonstration satellite South Korea has announced plans to enter the space data‑center race by launching a demonstration satellite in 2030 to test space‑based data‑center capabilities. The programme establishes a clear timeline for Seoul’s move into orbital data processing and associated satellite engineering work.

2025-11-06T10:01:45.434881-08:00

South Korea to join space data‑center race with 2030 demonstration satellite

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