2025 11 News
17 Nov 2025
- China to launch Shenzhou-22 spacecraft Nov. 25 to provide lifeboat for astronauts
- FAA ends commercial launch curfew
- Falcon 9 launches Sentinel-6B satellite to monitor global sea level
- SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels
- SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor
- After last week’s stunning landing, here’s what comes next for Blue Origin
16 Nov 2025
- OHB raises concerns about planned European space joint venture
- Dream Chaser completes key tests ahead of first flight
15 Nov 2025
14 Nov 2025
- SES adds to GEO’s busiest servicing pipeline with Infinite Orbits contract
- Maryland congressional delegation seeks information on Goddard facility closures
- Shenzhou-20 astronauts safely return to Earth on Shenzhou-21 spacecraft after space debris damage concerns
- Virgin Galactic on track to begin commercial flights in 2026
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket came back home after taking aim at Mars
- Rocket Report: Blue Origin’s stunning success; vive le Baguette One!
- The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board
- Three astronauts are stuck on China’s space station without a safe ride home
- US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
13 Nov 2025
- New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster
- IonQ expands into space networking with acquisition of Skyloom
- Project Kuiper becomes Amazon Leo ahead of LEO broadband service debut
- Firefly deepens push into defense market after closing SciTec acquisition
- ‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry
- SES expands launch contract with Relativity Space
- Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE following scrubs from clouds, space weather
- Live coverage: ULA to launch ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket
- What would a “simplified” Starship plan for the Moon actually look like?
12 Nov 2025
- French startup U-Space raises €24 million for smallsat manufacting
- European companies to fly commercial microgravity mission in 2026
- Investigation fails to determine root cause of MethaneSAT failure
- An explosion 92 million miles away just grounded Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket
- With another record broken, the world’s busiest spaceport keeps getting busier
11 Nov 2025
- Top Science Committee Democrat calls for halt to Goddard facility closures
- Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged
- Automated satellite solar module production ramps up in New York
- Rocket Lab delays first Neutron launch to 2026
- China continues assessment of Shenzhou-20 crew return after suspected debris strike
- Rocket Lab delays debut of Neutron rocket to 2026
10 Nov 2025
- Avio secures solid rocket deals with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon
- Sateliot opens Barcelona facility to build more capable direct-to-device satellites
- China expands Guowang constellation, Galactic Energy suffers Ceres-1 launch failure
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- NASA is kind of a mess: Here are the top priorities for a new administrator
09 Nov 2025
- Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn launch of ESCAPADE
- Portal Space Systems announces highly maneuverable satellite bus
- China breaks annual launch record with VLEO Chutian and Shiyan technology test launches
- Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
08 Nov 2025
- Blue Origin seeking exemption from FAA order restricting commercial launches
- Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission
- Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says
07 Nov 2025
- GHGSat continues to expand its methane-monitoring constellation
- FAA to restrict commercial launches during government shutdown
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
- Rocket Report: Canada invests in sovereign launch; India flexes rocket muscles
- The government shutdown is starting to have cosmic consequences
06 Nov 2025
- BlackSky hit by U.S. budget cuts, but international demand lifts outlook
- Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations
- EchoStar sells more spectrum in $2.6 billion deal for bigger SpaceX stake
- D-Orbit and mhackeroni conduct in-orbit cybersecurity competition
- Isaacman renomination wins support from much of the space industry
- Second New Glenn launch set for Nov. 9
- Rocket Lab launches sixth iQPS satellite
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
- After Russian spaceport firm fails to pay bills, electric company turns the lights off
05 Nov 2025
- Iceye unveils ‘guaranteed’ imagery service as satellite firms vie for defense customers
- ESA advances ERS program, marking shift toward dual-use and defense
- Astranis unveils Vanguard for secure beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications
- Reflex Aerospace raises 50 million euros
- China delays Shenzhou-20 crew return after suspected space debris impact
- Telesat eyes December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinder debut
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- Live coverage: ULA to launch ViaSat-3 communications satellite on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
- Space junk may have struck a Chinese crew ship in low-Earth orbit
04 Nov 2025
- Telesat eyes December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinder debut
- Ariane 6 launches Sentinel-1D radar imaging satellite
- Analysts say experience, not funding, is hindering European smallsat launchers
- SES leans on SKY Perfect JSAT as inflight demand outpaces expanded fleet
- Intuitive Machines to acquire Lanteris Space Systems
- China conducts ground tests on inflatable, reconfigurable space manufacturing module
- China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat
03 Nov 2025
- China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat
- Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of Mynaric faces sovereignty test
- Latvia to sign Artemis Accords
- A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space
- Capitol Hill is abuzz with talk of the “Athena” plan for NASA
02 Nov 2025
- Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of Mynaric faces sovereignty test
- SpaceX launches fourth Bandwagon rideshare mission