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Blue Origin Project Kuiper ULA Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

Blue Origin rebuilds New Glenn infrastructure as ULA prepares Vulcan’s Amazon Leo return-to-flight mission

Blue Origin is rebuilding Florida launch infrastructure after a May 2026 ground-test accident while developing a larger New Glenn variant alongside its flown 7x2 configuration. Separately, ULA is preparing Vulcan to return to flight carrying 40 Amazon Leo satellites, with redesigned booster nozzles and the first launch in a planned 38-mission partnership.

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2026-11-11T23:55:07.659708-08:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

Mynaric Demonstrates Bidirectional Space-to-Ground Optical Communications

By SpaceWatch Global: Mynaric demonstrated its CONDOR system with a successful bidirectional optical link between an SES satellite and a ground station in France.

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2026-11-11T23:55:07.727061-08:00

Satellite Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Gama raises 15 million euros for large deployable solar arrays

By SpaceNews.com: Gama, a French company that pivoted from developing solar sails to solar arrays, has raised 15 million euros ($16.6 million).

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2026-11-11T21:36:05.006529-08:00

defense Space Force Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation

Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX launches 2nd mystery mission for US Space Force in 6-day span (photos)

By Space.com: SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California tonight (Nov. 11), the second such mission for the company in a six-day span.

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2026-11-11T21:36:05.131728-08:00

Mars Space Exploration & Science Missions NASA

Space.com • Leonard David

NASA kick-starts a fresh push to bring Mars samples home

By Space.com: NASA is kickstarting a new initiative for Mars Sample Return (MSR), called the Perseverance Sample Retrieval Architecture.

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2026-11-11T14:19:19.206360-08:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions

Universe Today • Evan Gough

The Ice Giants' Magnetic Fields are Very Strange Compared to Earth's

By Universe Today: Uranus and Neptune, the Solar System's ice giants, have interiors unlike the other planets. As a result, they also have magnetic fields unlike the others.

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2026-11-11T14:15:28.909869-08:00

Leadership NASA

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Senate committee takes up nominees for NASA chief financial officer and inspector general

By SpaceNews.com: A Senate committee is set to advance nominations for NASA’s chief financial officer and inspector general.

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2026-11-11T16:20:39.786738-08:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions Human Spaceflight & Space Stations NASA

Space.com • Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik

On this day in space! Nov. 11, 1966: NASA launches Gemini 12 mission with astronaut icons Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell aboard

By Space.com: Gemini 12 was the last mission of the Gemini program and set the stage for the Apollo progam to land on the moon.

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2026-11-11T13:19:22.221201-08:00

Blue Origin rebuilds New Glenn infrastructure as ULA prepares Vulcan’s Amazon Leo return-to-flight mission

Mynaric Demonstrates Bidirectional Space-to-Ground Optical Communications

Gama raises 15 million euros for large deployable solar arrays

SpaceX launches 2nd mystery mission for US Space Force in 6-day span (photos)

NASA kick-starts a fresh push to bring Mars samples home

The Ice Giants' Magnetic Fields are Very Strange Compared to Earth's

Senate committee takes up nominees for NASA chief financial officer and inspector general

On this day in space! Nov. 11, 1966: NASA launches Gemini 12 mission with astronaut icons Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell aboard

ULA's Vulcan Set for Return to Flight with First Amazon Leo Mission

Mynaric Demonstrates Bidirectional Space-to-Ground Optical Communications

SpaceX launches 2nd mystery mission for US Space Force in 6-day span (photos)

Gama raises 15 million euros for large deployable solar arrays

Senate committee takes up nominees for NASA chief financial officer and inspector general

The Ice Giants' Magnetic Fields are Very Strange Compared to Earth's

Kratos to Upgrade Gateway Antenna Systems for Thaicom-10 Satellite

China launches pathfinder spacecraft for “Origins” space science flagships

Andy Weir's 'Exoplanet' just landed on Audible, but what actually makes an exoplanet habitable?

NASA's secret weapon in the lunar space race may be ... procurement reform?

Archer targets first Midnight transition flight by year-end as FAA grants special airworthiness certificate

Rocket Lab raises Neutron launch price to $70 million as bookings top $515 million and debut slips to 2027

Isaacman outlines SLS changes aimed at higher flight rates and lower costs through the 2030s

SpaceX moves Starship Flight 15 booster to the pad ahead of first planned dual-stage landing attempt

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