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Satellites News 19 September 2025 - 8 November 2025

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX Starlink update for Nov. 7, 2025: 29‑satellite Falcon 9 lined up at Kennedy as FAA imposes overnight launch window; California mission lofts 28 satellites

SpaceX is targeting a pre‑dawn Starlink launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Saturday, days after a West Coast Falcon 9 carried 28 satellites to orbit—and as a new FAA order confines U.S. commercial launches to overnight hours starting Nov. 10. What’s scheduled at Kennedy Space Center SpaceX is preparing the Starlink Group 10‑51 mission from Launch Complex 39A at KSC. The company is aiming for 7:10 a.m. EST (12:10 UTC) on Saturday, Nov. 8, flying a Falcon 9 on a northeasterly trajectory. The first stage is planned to land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) positioned in
8 November 2025
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets 28 More Starlink Satellites – Ties Monthly Launch Record

Falcon 9 Launch Details and Milestones On Sept. 28, SpaceX executed a textbook launch from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E. The Falcon 9 booster B1063, standing vertically on the pad, ignited and soared away at 7:04 p.m. PDT spaceflightnow.com. After clearing the pad, it flew on a south-easterly trajectory toward orbit. About 8½ minutes later the first stage used its grid fins and engines to steer back to Earth, touching down cleanly on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean spaceflightnow.com thenews.com.pk. The second stage continued upwards and deployed the 28 Starlink satellites roughly an
29 September 2025
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Skywatch Alert: Aurora, Meteor Showers & Satellite Sights – What to See Sept 29–30, 2025

Skywatch Alert: Aurora, Meteor Showers & Satellite Sights – What to See Sept 29–30, 2025

Space Weather Forecast Space weather experts agree: late September will be mostly uneventful. NOAA’s SWPC issued a 3-day forecast on Sept 29 predicting only quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions (Kp indices up to 4) services.swpc.noaa.gov. In its rationale NOAA explicitly notes “No G1 (Minor) or greater geomagnetic storms are expected” on Sept 29–30 services.swpc.noaa.gov. EarthSky’s “Sun News” bulletin echoed this outlook, describing Sept 29–30 as “Quiet to unsettled” as the effects of a coronal-hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) wane earthsky.org. Space.com’s aurora live-blog (Sept 25 update) had warned that a small solar wind boost over the weekend might briefly push
29 September 2025
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Spectacular Space News Blitz: SpaceX Soars 28 Satellites, NASA Unleashes Solar Probes, China’s New Weather Satellite & More (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Spectacular Space News Blitz: SpaceX Soars 28 Satellites, NASA Unleashes Solar Probes, China’s New Weather Satellite & More (Sept 28–29, 2025)

Sources: Authoritative space news outlets, agency releases and expert commentary from Sept. 28–29, 2025, including Space.com space.com, Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com, ESA and company press releases esa.int northstar-data.com, and industry reports grandviewresearch.com. All statistics and quotes above are cited to linked original reports.
29 September 2025
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Space News Bonanza: NASA’s Artemis, SpaceX Starlink Launch & China’s New Weather Satellite (Sept 27–28, 2025)

Space News Bonanza: NASA’s Artemis, SpaceX Starlink Launch & China’s New Weather Satellite (Sept 27–28, 2025)

Government Space Agency Missions & Announcements NASA: In late September, NASA’s focus was on its upcoming Artemis II Moon mission. The four astronauts held a media briefing on Sept. 24 to announce the name of their Orion spacecraft: “Orion Integrity” nasa.gov. They explained “Integrity” symbolizes the trust and collaboration needed for the mission. This 10-day crewed lunar test flight is slated for no later than April 2026. Meanwhile, NASA science made headlines with a major Mars discovery: analyses of a Perseverance rover sample (nicknamed “Sapphire Canyon”) from Jezero Crater suggest it “could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life” nasa.gov. Acting
28 September 2025
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Global Space News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

Global Space News Roundup (Sept 26–27, 2025)

Summary: Record Launch Cadence for Starlink and Kuiper Constellations SpaceX’s launch blitz: SpaceX achieved an unprecedented launch cadence, flying three Falcon 9 missions in under 41 hours through Sept. 25–26 spaceflightnow.com. These included two Starlink batches (28 satellites from Florida and 24 from California) and NASA’s solar observatory mission (IMAP) to deep space. The Sept. 26 Vandenberg launch marked SpaceX’s 123rd Falcon 9 flight of 2025 and the 15th just in September, putting the company on pace to smash its previous annual launch record space.com. With these missions, SpaceX surpassed 8,400 Starlink satellites in orbit, with about 8,500 active Starlink craft now
27 September 2025
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Amazon Launches 27 Satellites in High-Stakes Race Against SpaceX’s Starlink

Amazon Launches 27 Satellites in High-Stakes Race Against SpaceX’s Starlink

Amazon’s Space Race: Project Kuiper Launches 27 More Satellites — How It Stacks Up Against Starlink Bottom Line: Amazon’s latest launch of 27 Kuiper satellites is a significant milestone in the space internet showdownwith SpaceX. It dramatically scales up Amazon’s in-orbit assets and demonstrates the company’s commitment to catching up in this critical new industry. Project Kuiper is still in early days – 129 satellites versus Starlink’s 8,000+ – but Amazon’s vast resources, massive launch contracts, and integrations with its tech ecosystem position it as a formidable challenger. If Amazon can execute its blistering launch schedule and hit service milestones, 2025–2026 will see global broadband
25 September 2025
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Spy Satellite Launch, New Astronauts & a Lunar Lander Deal – Space News Roundup (Sept 22–23, 2025)

Spy Satellite Launch, New Astronauts & a Lunar Lander Deal – Space News Roundup (Sept 22–23, 2025)

Rocket Launches and Satellite Deployments Spy sats on the West Coast: SpaceX lofted another batch of classified U.S. spy satellites on Sept. 22, with a Falcon 9 roaring off Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:38 p.m. EDT (10:38 a.m. local) space.com. The NROL-48 mission – SpaceX’s 11th dedicated launch for the National Reconnaissance Office’s new “proliferated architecture” – carried a cluster of undisclosed reconnaissance payloads. The NRO is pivoting to large numbers of smaller satellites instead of a few big ones, aiming to deliver “an order of magnitude more signals and images” with faster revisit times and resilience space.com. SpaceX’s webcast cut off early
23 September 2025
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Argentina’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: Inside the Satellite Boom and What’s Next

Argentina’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: Inside the Satellite Boom and What’s Next

Key Facts Historical Evolution of Argentina’s Space Industry Argentina’s journey into space began remarkably early. In the 1940s, visionary engineer Teófilo Tabanera formed the Sociedad Argentina Interplanetaria, making Argentina the first Latin American country with a spaceflight organization en.wikipedia.org. By 1960 – nearly a year before humans reached space – Argentina established the National Commission for Space Research (CNIE) with Tabanera at the helm en.wikipedia.org. Throughout the 1960s, CNIE and the Air Force’s research institute launched a series of indigenous multistage high-altitude rockets (Alfa Centauro, Beta Centauro, Orión, Canopus, etc.), successfully sending scientific payloads to the upper atmosphere en.wikipedia.org. In
22 September 2025
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Norway’s Space Industry Is Skyrocketing – Inside the High North’s Satellite Boom

Norway’s Space Industry Is Skyrocketing – Inside the High North’s Satellite Boom

In conclusion, Norway’s space and satellite industry has quietly grown into a dynamic, multi-faceted sector that touches many aspects of modern life – from the TV we stream, to the ships monitored off the coast, to scientific discoveries in the aurora. Long overshadowed by bigger spacefaring nations, Norway is now stepping into the limelight with new infrastructure and bold projects. “Our commercial space activities will put Norway on the map as a strategic, European asset in the space sector,” says NOSA Director Christian Hauglie-Hanssen businessnorway.com. The recent flurry of activity – a new spaceport, new satellites, new partnerships – suggests
21 September 2025
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The Netherlands’ Space Industry Is Booming: Inside the Dutch Satellite Sector and 2030 Outlook

The Netherlands’ Space Industry Is Booming: Inside the Dutch Satellite Sector and 2030 Outlook

Key Facts Brief History of the Dutch Space & Satellite Sector The Netherlands has a rich space heritage dating back to the dawn of the space age. It was an early participant in European space efforts – by 1968, ESA’s ESTEC technical center was established in Noordwijk, inaugurated by Dutch royalty to spearhead Europe’s space research esa.int. The country joined the newly formed European Space Agency in 1975 as a founding member, embedding itself in collaborative programs from the start. The Netherlands launched its first satellite in 1974: the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS) was built in partnership with NASA and
20 September 2025
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SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites at Dawn – Boosts World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Toward Global Internet

SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites at Dawn – Boosts World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Toward Global Internet

Falcon 9 Dawn Launch Delivers 28 New Starlink Satellites SpaceX notched another predawn launch on Florida’s Space Coast, sending 28 fresh Starlink satellites into orbit as part of its ongoing mission to blanket the globe in internet coverage. The Falcon 9 rocket lit up the early morning sky at approximately 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 18, 2025, lifting off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 pad space.com. The mission – designated Starlink Group 10-61 – marked yet another routine flight for SpaceX but one that continues to build an unprecedented satellite network overhead. According to SpaceX, the launch window opened at
19 September 2025
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