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VideoPoor weather prevents Blue Origin from launching NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission
This will be the second launch of a New Glenn rocket and NASA's first mission to Mars since 2020. Blue Origin is assessing its next launch opportunity.
VideoSpaceX launches Sunday Starlink mission following Saturday scrub
The mission was SpaceX’s 560th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. SpaceX accomplished liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 9 at 3:10 a.m. EST (0810 UTC).
Issue with Atlas 5 booster liquid oxygen vent valve causes second scrub of ViaSat-3 F2 launch
United Launch Alliance scrubbed a second launch attempt for an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite. A new launch date hasn't been announced.
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
Following deployment, SpaceX will have launched a total of 2,600 Starlink V2 Mini satellites so far this year. Liftoff of the Starlink 11-14 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 1:13 p.m. PST (4:13 p.m. EST / 2113 UTC).
VideoAtlas booster valve issue scrubs launch of ViaSat-3 F2 satellite
The mission is the second of three planned spacecraft that Viasat plans to operate in geostationary orbit. United Launch Alliance is targeting liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than Thursday, Nov. 6, at 10:16 p.m. EST (0316 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
This is the first out of at least eight planned launches supporting the broadband internet satellite constellation in November. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 8:31 p.m. EST (0131 UTC).
President Trump renominates commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator
The announcement of his nomination comes more than five months after the President pulled it for largely political reasons.
VideoCommercial space station demo, data center precursor launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-4 mission
SpaceX flew 18 payloads to a mid-inclination orbit including an intelligence-gathering satellite for the military of South Korea. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 1:09 a.m. EDT (0509 UTC).
VideoSpaceX launches 100th Starlink flight of 2025
SpaceX launched more than 2,500 of its satellites so far this year. It executed liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday at 1:41 p.m. PDT (4:41 p.m. EDT / 2041 UTC).
Blue Origin completes New Glenn static fire test, preparing for NASA’s EscaPADE mission launch
Blue Origin lit up a pocket of Florida's Space Coast Thursday night when it hot fired its New Glenn rocket for an engine test lasting roughly 40 seconds in duration.