AMAZON STARTS LETTING BUSINESSES TEST REBRANDED LEO SATELLITE SERVICE AS IT PLAYS CATCH-UP TO MUSK’S STARLINK - Amazon said Monday it will begin allowing businesses to test its recently rebranded internet-from-space service that seeks to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink. Select businesses will be able to test Amazon Leo production hardware and software as part of an “enterprise preview” of the service “ahead of a wider rollout,” the company said in a blog post. The test program will allow Amazon to collect feedback and “tailor solutions for specific industries” ahead of a broader launch, the company said. More (Source: CNBC - Nov 25)
SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES FROM VANDENBERG ON BRAND NEW FALCON 9 ROCKET - SpaceX launched a brand new Falcon 9 booster on a mission from California to deploy another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, occurred at 12:48 a.m. PST (3:48 a.m. EST / 0848 UTC). It was the first flight of Falcon 9 first stage B1100, the eighth new booster to join the SpaceX fleet this year. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 24)
25 YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - November marks 25 years of human presence aboard the International Space Station, a testament to international collaboration and human ingenuity. Since the first crew arrived on Nov. 2, 2000, NASA and its partners have conducted thousands of research investigations and technology demonstrations to advance exploration of the Moon and Mars and benefit life on Earth. More (Source: NASA - Nov 23)
CHINA LAUNCHES NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TEST SATELLITE - China sent a new communication technology test satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in its southwest Sichuan Province on Friday. The Shiyan-21 satellite was launched at 6:55 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the preset orbit successfully. The satellite will be mainly used for satellite communication, radio and television, data transmission and other services — as well as for conducting related technical tests and verifications. More (Source: Shabelle Media Network - Nov 23)
FALCON 9 ROCKET CONTINUES STARLINK DEPLOYMENTS WITH LAUNCH FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in the early hours Saturday as the company continues to expand its network of more than 9,000 satellites for the Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station came at 2:53 a.m. EST (0753 UTC). It was the 150th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2025 and the ninth of 11 Starlink missions planned this month and the 109th Starlink delivery run for the Falcon 9 this year. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 23)
HOW MEGA-CONSTELLATIONS ARE LEARNING TO MANAGE THEMSELVES - Satellite megaconstellations are quickly becoming the backbone of a number of industries. Cellular communication, GPS, weather monitoring and more are now, at least in part, reliant on the networks of thousands of satellites cruising by in low Earth orbit. But, as these constellations grow into the tens of thousands of individual members, the strain they are putting on the communications and controls systems of their ground stations is becoming untenable. A new paper from Yuhe Mao of the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and their co-authors hopes to alleviate some of that pressure by offloading much of the control scheme and network decision-making logic to satellites themselves. More (Source: Universe Today - Nov 22)
ARIANESPACE TO LAUNCH EU'S GALILEO L14 ON DECEMBER 17, 2025, WITH ARIANE 6 - On December 17, 2025 at 2:01 a.m. local time (5:01 a.m. UTC, 6:01 a.m. CET), Arianespace will launch Galileo L14, a pair of satellites, with Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The mission, called VA266, will be the fifth flight for Ariane 6, Europe's heavy-lift launcher. It will be performed with an Ariane 6 with two boosters, the Ariane 62, which has successfully flown in this version since its inaugural flight in 2024. More (Source: Newsroom Arianespace - Nov 21)
FALCON 9 STARLINK MISSION MARKS 100TH LAUNCH OF THE YEAR FROM FLORIDA’S SPACE COAST - A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday evening on a milestone mission marking the 100th launch from the Space Coast this year. The Starlink 6-78 mission, carrying 29 satellites for SpaceX’s internet service, soared spaceward at 10:39 p.m. EST (0339 UTC), the Faclon 9 rocket rising from a fog bank that had blanketed the area around launch complex 39A. More (Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 21)
ROCKET LAB LAUNCHES HYPERSONIC TEST FLIGHT FOR US MILITARY - Rocket Lab launched its hypersonic test vehicle for the sixth time ever this week. The HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, on a mission for the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). More (Source: Space.com - Nov 20)
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