ISS ASTRONAUTS TAKE COVER FROM RADIATION AS SOLAR STORMS SPARK AURORAS ACROSS THE PLANET - It's not all about pretty auroras when the sun shoots some ejecta our way. As people across the Earth gazed at the sky the past few nights, staring up at the brilliant auroras brought on by recent intense solar storms, Earthlings in orbit had to take some precautions. Astronauts aboard the Intern... More (Source: Space.com - Nov 14)
BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCHES TWIN MARS PROBES FOR NASA AS NEW GLENN MAKES FIRST LANDING - 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. The centerpiece of Amazon- and Blue Origin-founder Jeff Bezos... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 14)
ULA LAUNCHES VIASAT-3 FOLLOWING VALVE REPLACEMENT ON ATLAS 5 ROCKET - United Launch Alliance launched its Atlas 5 rocket Thursday night, which carried a communications satellite for California-based communications company, Viasat. The launch came a week after the mission was scrubbed due to a faulty liquid oxygen tank vent valve on the Atlas booster. ULA rolled the... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 14)
PROJECT KUIPER IS NOW AMAZON LEO - Seven years ago, Amazon set out to design the most advanced satellite communications network ever built. Our vision was simple: There are still billions of people on the planet who lack high-speed internet access, and millions of businesses, governments, and other organizations operating in places ... More (Source: About Amazon - Nov 14)
ARIANESPACE TO LAUNCH KOMPSAT-7 SATELLITE ON NOVEMBER 28, 2025, WITH VEGA C - On November 28th, 2025, at 2:21 p.m. local time (5:21 p.m. UTC, 6:21 p.m. CET), Arianespace is to launch KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. This mission, called “VV28” will be performed using an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Gu... More (Source: Newsroom Arianespace - Nov 14)
INTENSE SOLAR STORM DELAYS BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCH OF NASA MARS PROBES - Blue Origin has scrubbed today's launch attempt of its second-ever New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin is now targeting Thursday (Nov. 13) for the ESCAPADE launch. Liftoff will occur during a window that's open from 2:57 p.m. EST to 4:25 p.m. EST (1957 to 2125 GMT). Read our launch preview for more inform... More (Source: Space.com - Nov 13)
SPACEX AND MUSK CALLED ON TO RESCUE CHINA'S SHENZHOU-20 CREW - SpaceX and Elon Musk are once again being called upon to rescue spacefarers — this time, the Chinese crew of Shenzhou-20, delayed on China's Tiangong space station after suspected space debris damage. The three-person crew including Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie, arrived in April and w... More (Source: The Register - Nov 12)
ULA TO LAUNCH VIASAT-3 BROADBAND SATELLITE - This week’s highlight is the launch of the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite on a powerful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket. The launch is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 13, from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 10:00 p.m. EST. The mission was sc... More (Source: Astronomy Magazine - Nov 11)
PRIVATE CHINESE ROCKET FAILS DURING LAUNCH, 3 SATELLITES LOST - A private Chinese rocket just suffered its second-ever failure. Galactic Energy's solid-fuel Ceres-1 rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 p.m. EST on Sunday (Nov. 9; 0402 GMT and 12:02 p.m. local time on Nov. 10), carrying three satellites toward low ... More (Source: Space.com - Nov 11)
FLORIDA ANNUAL LAUNCH RECORD BROKEN WITH LATE-NIGHT STARLINK FLIGHT - The busiest spaceport in the world broke another record on Monday night. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was the 94th launch for an orbital class rocket from Florida, surpassing the total achieved in 2024. The total was a combination of Falcon 9 rockets as well as Atlas 5 and Vulcan rockets from Unite... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 11)
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF HUMAN LIFE IN SPACE. HERE’S A LOOK BACK AT IT - Three American and Russian astronauts landed at the International Space Station for the first time in November 2000. We take a look back at some of the station’s biggest moments. On October 31, 2000, three astronauts from the United States and Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan on a two-day fli... More (Source: Euronews - Nov 10)
SPACEX LAUNCHES SUNDAY STARLINK MISSION FOLLOWING SATURDAY SCRUB - Following a last minute scrub Saturday morning, SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites in the predawn hours of Sunday morning. The launch came as the Federal Aviation Administration readies a rollout of commercial launch restrictions for U.S. airspace. The company said poor weather in the... More (Source: - Nov 10)
FIREBALL IN FLORIDA SKY POSSIBLE SATELLITE REENTRY, NOT METEORITE OR SPACEX ROCKET - At 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, from Merritt Island Wildlife Preserve in Titusville, Florida, objects were seen re-entering the atmosphere. Several people from Cape Canaveral to Daytona Beach to Palm Coast reported seeing the fireball in the sky. Photographer Richard P. Gallagher, who posts a l... More (Source: Florida Today - Nov 9)
SPACE JUNK DELAYS ASTRONAUTS RETURNING HOME - Three astronauts who have been on a space station for the past 6 months will have to wait a little bit longer to get home. It wasn't bad space traffic that delayed them, but tiny bits of space debris causing trouble for astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie. It's suspected bits of s... More (Source: BBC News - Nov 9)
ISSUE WITH ATLAS 5 BOOSTER LIQUID OXYGEN VENT VALVE CAUSES SECOND SCRUB OF VIASAT-3 F2 LAUNCH - United Launch Alliance halted its Atlas 5 countdown for a second night in a row, scrubbing the launch of the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was scheduled for 10:16 p.m. EST (0316 UTC), but the valve issue that prevented a launch Wednesday night remai... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 8)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM VANDENBERG SFB - SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink broadband satellites Thursday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, bringing the total launched in 2025 to 2,600. The Starlink 11-14 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 1:13 p.m. PST (4:13 p.m. EST / 2113 UTC). The rock... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 7)
CHINA REACHED OUT TO NASA TO AVOID A POTENTIAL SATELLITE COLLISION IN 1ST-OF-ITS-KIND SPACE COOPERATION - China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between satellites, a space sustainability official said, marking a first for space traffic management. "For years, if we had a conjunction, we would send a note to the Chinese saying, 'We think we're going to run ... More (Source: Space.com - Nov 7)
SPACE DEBRIS MAY HAVE HIT A CHINESE SPACECRAFT, DELAYING RETURN OF SHENZHOU 20 ASTRONAUTS - Three Chinese astronauts will live in space a little longer, after their return vehicle was hit by a suspected space debris impact. The astronauts are part of the Shenzhou 20 mission, which launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on April 24 and arrived at Tiangong after a six-hour orbi... More (Source: Space.com - Nov 6)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 29 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites of the month Wednesday night. The company has at least seven such missions planned before the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The mission, dubbed Starlink 6-81, saw 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites sent to low Earth orbit. The spacecraft were deploye... More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 6)
