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Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing

Spaceflight Now reports: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025111-New-Glenn-beach.jpg) Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the red planet’s once thick atmosphere.

2025-11-13T14:54:35.583881-08:00

Ars Technica

SpaceX-built Starshield satellites emitting in 'wrong direction' amid apparent lack of spectrum coordination

2025-11-14T04:26:40.997182-08:00

GeekWire

Amazon renames Project Kuiper to "Amazon Leo" as LEO broadband service nears

2025-11-13T09:25:22.027028-08:00

Via Satellite

ULA Atlas V launches ViaSat‑3 Flight 2, sending Viasat’s highest‑capacity satellite to orbit to double network capacity

2025-11-13T19:53:22.917284-08:00

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Action Aviation named Middle East launch customer for Gogo Galileo FDX on BBJ UAE-based management and charter operator Action Aviation will be the Middle East launch customer for Gogo’s Galileo FDX satellite communications system on Boeing Business Jets, giving the operator regionally leading in-flight connectivity capability and marking the system’s commercial entry into the Gulf business-aviation market.

2025-11-15T10:45:30.992759-08:00

Action Aviation named Middle East launch customer for Gogo Galileo FDX on BBJ

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SpaceX conducts paired Florida Falcon 9 launches, reaching 146 missions in 2025 SpaceX launched two Falcon 9s from Florida less than four hours apart this weekend, bringing the company's 2025 total to 146 missions. Both flights, which carried Starlink payloads from Kennedy and Cape Canaveral, underscore the company's sustained launch cadence and ongoing constellation buildout.

2025-11-14T23:31:56.666909-08:00

SpaceX conducts paired Florida Falcon 9 launches, reaching 146 missions in 2025

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX schedules paired Falcon 9 launches from Kennedy to deploy 29 Starlink satellites, including Starlink 6‑89 SpaceX has planned two back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from Florida’s Space Coast to deploy nearly 30 Starlink broadband satellites, with Starlink 6‑89 set to lift from LC‑39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Both missions are slated for liftoff this weekend and would add capacity to the Starlink network.

2025-11-14T15:29:01.296436-08:00

SpaceX schedules paired Falcon 9 launches from Kennedy to deploy 29 Starlink satellites, including Starlink 6‑89

NASA Spaceflight

How Space Weather Affects Launches, Orbiting Spacecraft and the Future of Space Operations When Blue Origin scrubbed the NG‑2 launch of its New Glenn rocket amid elevated solar activity, it underlined how space weather can halt launches, disrupt spacecraft systems and narrow launch windows. The incident highlights growing operational risk for launch providers, satellite operators and range authorities.

2025-11-14T13:36:57.404679-08:00

How Space Weather Affects Launches, Orbiting Spacecraft and the Future of Space Operations

Space Intel Report

Hughes warns of liquidity shortfall; says EchoStar–SpaceX spectrum sale won't fill funding gap Hughes Satellite Systems said it does not have sufficient liquidity and cannot rely on proceeds from EchoStar’s recent spectrum transactions — including the EchoStar–SpaceX deal — to plug shortfalls, raising near‑term funding uncertainty for the unit that supplies satellite connectivity and aerospace integrations and customer commitments.

2025-11-14T13:34:07.641650-08:00

Hughes warns of liquidity shortfall; says EchoStar–SpaceX spectrum sale won't fill funding gap

Via Satellite

Amazon's Project Kuiper and GRC partner to supply LEO broadband to UK defence Amazon's Project Kuiper and UK communications firm GRC have formed a partnership to offer LEO broadband connectivity options to GRC's defence customers. Don Brown, head of Global Government for Kuiper, and Steve Slater, GRC's managing director, said the deal expands secure connectivity choices for military and government users.

2025-11-14T11:52:26.712360-08:00

Amazon's Project Kuiper and GRC partner to supply LEO broadband to UK defence

Via Satellite

FCC space chief pushes EPFD limits and faster Starlink rollout to curb inefficiencies and outpace China The FCC’s Space Bureau chief said he’s prioritizing removal of bureaucratic inefficiencies and setting EPFD limits to accelerate next‑generation satellite services — including a faster, gigabit Starlink rollout — aimed at preserving U.S. competitiveness and preventing China from gaining ground in the second space race.

2025-11-14T11:32:54.016002-08:00

FCC space chief pushes EPFD limits and faster Starlink rollout to curb inefficiencies and outpace China

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MDA: EchoStar contract cancellation won’t affect finances; termination payment pending as suppliers delay Globalstar

2025-11-14T10:56:12.337326-08:00

MDA: EchoStar contract cancell

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