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Solar storms delay Blue Origin's New Glenn launch of NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes

Blue Origin has delayed the second New Glenn launch carrying NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars space‑weather smallsats after heightened solar activity and geomagnetic storms disrupted operations. The mission, previously scrubbed for weather, later secured a short favorable window for liftoff and a planned booster landing attempt.

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Blue Origin targets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch with NASA's twin ESCAPADE smallsats to Mars

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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.

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

New York Times

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NASA, Blue Origin Launch Twin ESCAPADE Probes to Mars on New Glenn NASA's ESCAPADE mission launched at 3:55 p.m. EST aboard Blue Origin's New Glenn, sending twin smallsats to Mars to study how the solar wind drives atmospheric escape. The mission is notable for its low-cost, nontraditional development model and novel twin-satellite, stereo observation approach.

2025-11-14T02:18:20.688594-08:00

NASA, Blue Origin Launch Twin ESCAPADE Probes to Mars on New Glenn

European Spaceflight

Exploration Company completes hypervelocity tests of Nyx micrometeoroid shielding The Exploration Company has completed hypervelocity impact testing of shielding for its Nyx spacecraft, validating materials and assembly against micrometeoroid strikes. The tests mark a hardware‑qualification milestone intended to reduce mission risk from high‑velocity particle impacts ahead of further flights.

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Exploration Company completes hypervelocity tests of Nyx micrometeoroid shielding

Ars Technica

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A ‘simplified’ Starship lunar plan may not satisfy both SpaceX and NASA SpaceX has pitched a "simplified" Starship approach for lunar landings intended to accelerate Artemis objectives. The core problem: options that meet NASA's safety, schedule and mission constraints while remaining acceptable to SpaceX may be hard to identify, leaving the HLS pathway uncertain.

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A ‘simplified’ Starship lunar plan may not satisfy both SpaceX and NASA

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Keeping America first in space Policymakers and industry are sharpening strategies to preserve U.S. leadership in space, emphasizing resilient launch options, strengthened defense and alliance cooperation, and prioritized funding for civil and military programs amid rising competition from China. The approach will shape procurement, commercial partnerships and national-security investments.

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Keeping America first in space

Universe Today

IAU's Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL) recommended to solve relativistic timekeeping for Moon–Earth operations A new paper by Pascale Defraigne at the Royal Observatory of Belgium endorses the IAU’s Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL) as the framework to reconcile relativistic differences in timekeeping between Earth and the Moon, addressing how gravitational time dilation affects cesium‑based seconds across the two bodies.

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IAU's Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL) recommended to solve relativistic timekeeping for Moon–Earth operations

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Ground truth: Lunar program needs a resilient Earth‑based network Lunar exploration depends as much on a resilient, globally distributed Earth‑based network for communications, tracking and data processing as it does on rockets and landers. That terrestrial infrastructure provides the “ground truth” — real‑time telemetry, precise positioning and mission support crucial to safe operations and science return.

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Ground truth: Lunar program needs a resilient Earth‑based network

TechCrunch

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Solar storms delay Blue Origin's New Glenn launch of NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes Blue Origin has delayed the second New Glenn launch carrying NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars space‑weather smallsats after heightened solar activity and geomagnetic storms disrupted operations. The mission, previously scrubbed for weather, later secured a short favorable window for liftoff and a planned booster landing attempt.

2025-11-12T07:39:51.616555-08:00

Solar storms delay Blue Origin's New Glenn launch of NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes

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