Today In Space
Last Updated: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, 3:10 PM PST
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 Starlink mission marks 100th launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast
By Spaceflight Now:  A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday evening on a mission that will mark the 100th launch from the Space Coast this year.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
JWST Detects Rapidly Feeding Supermassive Black Hole in the Infant Universe, Challenging Formation Models
By Space.com: "This challenges our understanding of black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe.".
Space Force Moves to Smaller, Continuous Deliveries in Acquisition Overhaul
By National Defense: JUST IN: Space Force Focused on Smaller, Continual Deliveries Amid Acquisition Shakeup.
Rocket Lab Sets Annual Launch Record with Back-to-Back Electron Missions from Two Hemispheres
By rocketlabcorp.com: Mahia, New Zealand. November 20, 2025: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today completed its second launch in two days from its launch sites in two hemispheres, setting a new annual launch record for the….
SpaceNews.com
Electron launches confidential commercial satellite
Via Satellite
Rocket Lab Hits 18 Electron Launches in 2025
iceye.com
ICEYE and SSC sign LOI to boost Nordic and NATO space surveillance, operations and launch collaboration
By iceye.com: Signed at the NATO Arctic Space Forum, the LOI targets potential ICEYE–SSC synergies across mission development, satellite operations and launch capabilities.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Canada demonstrates why ESA's geographic-return rule is just as powerful today as ever
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The Canadian government on Nov. 18 gave the clearest possible answer to….
Reuters
• Joey Roulette
Blue Origin unveils plan for bigger New Glenn rocket variant to take on SpaceX
By Reuters: Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn rocket, drawing early plans for a family of orbital satellite launchers akin to the fleet of Falcon rockets from Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX.
