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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

ESA’s Sentinel‑1D is on the launch pad at Europe’s Guiana Space Centre and Ariane 6 is ready to carry the radar satellite to its assigned orbital slot. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:03 p.m. ET today (Nov. 4), marking Ariane 6’s fourth flight ever.

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

NASA Spaceflight

Scrutiny Grows Over Starship HLS as NASA Signals Possible Competition and Musk Pushes Back

2025-11-01T14:45:07.512710-07:00

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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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Telesat sets December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinders; 96‑satellite LEO rollout planned for 2027 amid GEO revenue slide Telesat reported Q3 2025 losses and falling geostationary revenues but reaffirmed its 2025 guidance while advancing Lightspeed. Pathfinder satellites are targeted for December 2026, with a 96‑satellite LEO broadband initial global service slated for 2027 to help offset declining GEO business.

2025-11-04T14:36:14.562873-08:00

Telesat sets December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinders; 96‑satellite LEO rollout planned for 2027 amid GEO revenue slide

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Mitchell Institute: Dynamic Space Operations Go Beyond Refueling — Raises Question of Guardians Conducting On‑Orbit Missions

2025-11-04T12:52:39.481025-08:00

Mitchell Institute: Dynamic Sp

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Analysts: Lack of Flight Experience, Not Funding, Is Holding Back European Smallsat Launchers

2025-11-04T11:35:06.608362-08:00

Analysts: Lack of Flight Exper

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Chasing Falcon 9: China moves a score of commercial launchers from drawing board to factory Commercial launch vehicles have emerged as one of China’s hottest tech plays. Over several years, roughly a score of new boosters have progressed from drawing board to factory floor, marking a rapid industrial build-up in China’s commercial space sector today.

2025-11-04T01:32:26.285789-08:00

Chasing Falcon 9: China moves a score of commercial launchers from drawing board to factory

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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 ESA’s Sentinel‑1D is on the launch pad at Europe’s Guiana Space Centre and Ariane 6 is ready to carry the radar satellite to its assigned orbital slot. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:03 p.m. ET today (Nov. 4), marking Ariane 6’s fourth flight ever.

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

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

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Viasat schedules ViaSat-3 Flight‑2 launch for Nov. 5, 2025 aboard ULA Atlas V Viasat confirmed ViaSat‑3 Flight‑2 will launch on Nov. 5, 2025 during a window opening at 10:24 p.m. ET aboard a ULA Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral. The Ka‑band satellite, covering the Americas, is designed to add >1 Tbps and more than double Viasat’s network capacity.

2025-11-03T06:35:30.277548-08:00

Viasat schedules ViaSat-3 Flight‑2 launch for Nov. 5, 2025 aboard ULA Atlas V

NASA Spaceflight

Vast completes Haven‑1 structural tests; Bandwagon‑4 lofts pathfinder demo as 2030 ISS retirement looms Vast has finished structural testing on its Haven‑1 station core and flew a pathfinder payload aboard SpaceX's Bandwagon‑4, one of 18 mid‑inclination demos on the mission including Starcloud's space data‑center tech. The steps accelerate commercial LEO station progress ahead of NASA's planned 2030 ISS deorbit.

2025-11-03T06:11:40.264713-08:00

Vast completes Haven‑1 structural tests; Bandwagon‑4 lofts pathfinder demo as 2030 ISS retirement looms

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India lofts record‑mass 4,410 kg CMS‑03 on LVM3; China follows with Yaogan remote‑sensing launch India on Nov. 2 launched its heaviest communications satellite, CMS‑03 (≈4,410 kg), aboard an LVM3 'Bahubali' from Sriharikota. China followed on Nov. 3 with a Yaogan remote‑sensing (reconnaissance) satellite lifted on a modified Long March‑7 from Wenchang, entering its planned geosynchronous/beyond‑LEO orbit.

2025-11-03T03:17:40.229111-08:00

India lofts record‑mass 4,410 kg CMS‑03 on LVM3; China follows with Yaogan remote‑sensing launch

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