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 rocket back to the Vertical Integration Facility about third of a mile away, replaced it with a new valve and returned the rocket to the pad on Nov. 12. 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 without reliable connectivity. With a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, we could help bridge that gap and extend fast, reliable internet to those beyond the reach of existing networks. 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 Guiana. 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 information. 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 were supposed to return in November after a handover with the Shenzhou-21 crew. That return has been postponed while engineers assess potential damage from what reports describe as "a tiny piece of space debris." 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 scrubbed last week due to a recurring “issue with the Atlas V booster liquid oxygen tank vent valve,” according to ViaSat. 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 Earth orbit (LEO). 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 United Launch Alliance and one New Glenn flight from Blue Origin. 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 flight into space. Their destination: a 109 metre-long floating station perched above the Earth. More (Source: Euronews - Nov 10)
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