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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Reflect Orbital raises $73.5 million for plans to reflect sunlight to targeted locations on Earth

Reflect Orbital, whose proposal to direct reflected sunlight to specific locations on the ground has drawn both interest and controversy, has raised $73.5 million. The announcement adds substantial financing to a commercial space concept whose intended application is sunlight delivery from orbit.

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2026-11-10T16:25:40.190540-08:00

Satellite AI Middle East

Via Satellite • Mark Holmes

Es’hailSat Makes Move to Boost AI Capabilities

By Via Satellite: Es’hailSat has made an interesting move in the area of artificial intelligence, signing an MoU with Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), a national research and innovation center owned by Qatar University to explore collaboration opportunities in (AI) and related technologies.

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2026-11-10T14:34:53.075909-08:00

Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Space.com • Josh Dinner, Mike Wall, Tariq Malik

SpaceX Starship Flight 15 live updates: Super Heavy rocket moved to launch pad for 1st Starship double landing test

By Space.com: Follow live updates as SpaceX attempts its Starship Flight 15 test flight with first double landings.

Space.com

SpaceX moves Starship Flight 15 booster to launch pad for 'squeeze test' ahead of epic double-catch attempt (photos)

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2026-11-10T12:19:16.766654-08:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions

Space.com • Robert Lea

A distant exoplanet mysteriously vanished from sight. Astronomers just discovered why

By Space.com: Astronomers have solved the mystery of an exoplanet that "disappeared" after seven years of observations.

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Astronomers Watch Exoplanet’s Transits Vanish for First Time

The Independent

'Hot Jupiter' exoplanet suddenly vanishes

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2026-11-10T13:19:16.544688-08:00

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Space.com • Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik

On this day in space! Nov. 10, 2013: Europe's GOCE satellite, the 'Ferrari of space,' fell out of orbit after mapping Earth's gravity field

By Space.com: On Nov. 10, 2013, Europe's GOCE satellite fell to Earth after four years in orbit mapping the planet's gravitational field. Here's why it mattered.

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2026-11-10T14:19:15.604191-08:00

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Ars Technica • Stephen Clark

The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch

By Ars Technica: Launch is extremely constrained and that is exactly the situation we predicted.".

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2026-11-10T15:19:11.870373-08:00

Satellite Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Synspective Orders 10 Launches on Firefly’s Alpha Rocket

By Via Satellite: Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provider Synspective ordered 10 launches on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket, planned through 2030. This is a new.

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2026-11-10T12:20:39.904752-08:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions NASA

Universe Today • Carolyn Collins Petersen

ALMA Reveals a Jet of Cool Gas from a Microquasar

By Universe Today: There's a strange gamma-ray emitter in the Large Magellanic Cloud that has astronomers stumped about its source. It lies within the ashes left behind by a supernova that created a compact object that's part of the system.

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2026-11-10T11:55:32.070620-08:00

Reflect Orbital raises $73.5 million for plans to reflect sunlight to targeted locations on Earth

Es’hailSat Makes Move to Boost AI Capabilities

SpaceX Starship Flight 15 live updates: Super Heavy rocket moved to launch pad for 1st Starship double landing test

SpaceX moves Starship Flight 15 booster to launch pad for 'squeeze test' ahead of epic double-catch attempt (photos)

A distant exoplanet mysteriously vanished from sight. Astronomers just discovered why

Astronomers Watch Exoplanet’s Transits Vanish for First Time

'Hot Jupiter' exoplanet suddenly vanishes

On this day in space! Nov. 10, 2013: Europe's GOCE satellite, the 'Ferrari of space,' fell out of orbit after mapping Earth's gravity field

The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch

Synspective Orders 10 Launches on Firefly’s Alpha Rocket

ALMA Reveals a Jet of Cool Gas from a Microquasar

Reflect Orbital raises $73.5 million

The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch

Es’hailSat Makes Move to Boost AI Capabilities

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On this day in space! Nov. 10, 2013: Europe's GOCE satellite, the 'Ferrari of space,' fell out of orbit after mapping Earth's gravity field

A distant exoplanet mysteriously vanished from sight. Astronomers just discovered why

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