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Space News 28 October 2025 - 15 November 2025

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida; targets another 28 from Vandenberg today (Nov. 6, 2025)

Cape Canaveral Rocket Launch Today (Nov. 15, 2025): SpaceX Falcon 9 Sends Starlink 6‑85 to Orbit at 1:44 a.m. ET; Booster Lands on ‘JRTI’

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX kicked off Saturday, November 15, 2025, with an overnight Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, lofting 29 Starlink satellites on mission Starlink 6‑85 at 1:44 a.m. Eastern (06:44 UTC). The veteran first stage, core B1078, completed its 24th flight and touched down on the Atlantic droneship Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) a little over eight minutes after liftoff. Spaceflight Now+1 Launch at a glance What happened overnight The Falcon 9 climbed away from Space Launch Complex‑40 right on time, marking another routine—but high‑tempo—Starlink deployment for SpaceX. The company reported a successful droneship
15 November 2025
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Severe G4 Solar Storm Lights Up Skies: Northern Lights Visible Across U.S., Southern Lights in Australia — Where to Watch Tonight (Nov. 12, 2025)

Severe G4 Solar Storm Lights Up Skies: Northern Lights Visible Across U.S., Southern Lights in Australia — Where to Watch Tonight (Nov. 12, 2025)

What’s happening The Sun’s recent burst of activity sent a train of CMEs toward Earth. Overnight, the storm escalated to G4 (severe) levels, which NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) confirmed at 01:20 UTC on Nov. 12 (8:20 p.m. EST, Nov. 11). Forecasters say geomagnetic storming “is anticipated to continue into the night,” keeping aurora chances elevated. NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center The severe watch was posted ahead of time due to a sequence of CMEs—including one tied to an X5.1‑class solar flare at 10:04 UTC on Nov. 11—with forecasters flagging uncertainty around the exact arrival timing but high confidence
12 November 2025
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida; targets another 28 from Vandenberg today (Nov. 6, 2025)

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9, Breaking Florida’s Annual Launch Record — Nov. 11, 2025

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — November 11, 2025. SpaceX capped a late‑night Falcon 9 flight with the successful deployment of 29 Starlink internet satellites and a smooth droneship landing, a mission that pushed Florida’s Space Coast to a new single‑year record for orbital‑class launches. Liftoff occurred at 10:21 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 10 (03:21 UTC on Nov. 11) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Space+1 Key facts at a glance Launch and deployment Falcon 9 climbed through clear night skies from Cape Canaveral at 10:21 p.m. EST (03:21 UTC), beginning a roughly hour‑long ascent to
11 November 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin Launch Today (Nov. 10): New Glenn’s Mars Mission Scrubbed; Next Attempt Set for Nov. 12 — Time, Mission & How to Watch

Updated Monday, November 10, 2025 — Cape Canaveral, Florida Blue Origin’s second New Glenn mission — poised to send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes toward Mars — did not fly today. After a weather scrub on Sunday, Nov. 9, the company now targets Wednesday, Nov. 12, with a 2:50–4:17 p.m. EST (19:50–21:17 UTC) launch window from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. Blue Origin says it worked with the FAA and the range to select this new window, citing continued concerns about weather and sea-state conditions for booster recovery. Blue Origin What changed since yesterday Blue Origin stood down on Sunday
10 November 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin’s heavy‑lift New Glenn rocket is poised for its second orbital mission this afternoon, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a path toward Mars along with a Viasat communications demo. The launch window opens at 2:45 p.m. ET (19:45 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; Blue Origin’s official webcast begins ~45 minutes before liftoff. Blue Origin Key facts at a glance How to watch the New Glenn ESCAPADE launch What’s launching: ESCAPADE, NASA’s twin Mars probes ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) is NASA’s first multi‑satellite mission to another planet, led by
9 November 2025
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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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Alien Probe or Cosmic Relic? Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Baffles Scientists (updated 27.10.2025)

NASA’s Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS on Nov. 5: Fresh Post‑Sun Images, JWST Chemistry—and How to See It Next

Key points What’s new today (Nov. 5) After weeks hidden in the Sun’s glare, 3I/ATLAS is being picked up again by ground telescopes. The Virtual Telescope Project published a clean, post‑conjunction image captured this morning (UTC), marking the start of a new observing window as the comet climbs into darker, pre‑dawn skies. The team plans additional public sessions as conditions improve. The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 At the same time, science teams are digesting a flurry of perihelion‑time findings. Analysts note the object’s distinct blue hue reported in recent imagery—its third apparent color shift since discovery—and are comparing that trend
5 November 2025
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Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS – a 10-Billion-Year-Old Time Capsule – Flies Past Mars

Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Just Turned Blue and “Accelerated”—Here’s What Really Happened This Week

Key facts (updated Nov 5, 2025): The story so far: what changed in the last few days While 3I/ATLAS was hidden in the Sun’s glare in late October, it slipped into the fields of view of several solar‑monitoring cameras: STEREO‑A (SECCHI), SOHO/LASCO C3 and NOAA’s GOES‑19 CCOR‑1 coronagraph. A new analysis by Qicheng Zhang (Lowell Observatory) and Karl Battams (U.S. Naval Research Lab) reports an extra‑steep brightening as perihelion approached (scaling approximately as r^‑7.5), and color photometry showing the comet was bluer than the Sun, signaling that glowing gas (not just dust) dominated the visible output near perihelion. This is
5 November 2025
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India’s “Bahubali” Rocket to Launch 4.4-Ton Heaviest-Ever Military Satellite – Countdown to Nov 2 Blastoff

India’s “Bahubali” Rocket to Launch 4.4-Ton Heaviest-Ever Military Satellite – Countdown to Nov 2 Blastoff

Mission Overview On Nov 2 evening, ISRO will attempt a landmark mission by launching CMS-03 – also known as GSAT-7R – atop its powerful LVM3-M5 launcher. The satellite, dedicated to the Indian Navy, aims to bolster India’s maritime communications and domain awareness. At liftoff, the 43.5 m-tall “Bahubali” rocket will carry CMS-03 into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) (about 36,000 km high), from which the spacecraft will later circularize to geostationary orbit. Weighing roughly 9,700 lbs (4,400 kg), CMS-03 will become the heaviest communications satellite launched by an Indian rocket space.com moneycontrol.com. ISRO itself calls this a record: it will
2 November 2025
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Breaking: NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Off – Travel Times Could Halve

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Jet Makes Historic First Flight – Could Halve Air Travel Time

A Historic First Flight After years of development and delays, the X-59 QueSST (Quiet Supersonic Technology) research aircraft finally took to the skies and “successfully completed its first flight” on Tuesday morning, Oct. 28 news.lockheedmartin.com reuters.com. The test took place at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, with NASA test pilot Nils Larson at the controls reuters.com. The single-seat X-59 took off just after sunrise and landed safely about an hour later at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, following a planned route toward Edwards Air Force Base accompanied by a chase plane reuters.com reuters.com. About 200 aerospace workers
29 October 2025
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Alien Probe or Cosmic Relic? Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Baffles Scientists (updated 27.10.2025)

Harvard Scientist’s Halloween Warning: Comet 3I/ATLAS May Hide Alien Tech and Spark Market Chaos

A Mysterious Interstellar Comet Approaches the Sun An interstellar mystery object is streaking through our Solar System this week, captivating scientists and skywatchers alike. Officially designated 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1), this object is only the third visitor ever confirmed to come from beyond our Solar System ts2.tech. It follows in the footsteps of the cigar-shaped 1I/’Oumuamua (detected in 2017) and comet 2I/Borisov (in 2019) ts2.tech. But 3I/ATLAS is proving to be a unique cosmic guest of its own. Discovered on July 1, 2025 by the ATLAS sky survey telescope in Chile, it immediately stood out by racing in on a steep
29 October 2025
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Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS – a 10-Billion-Year-Old Time Capsule – Flies Past Mars

Largest & Oldest Interstellar Comet Ever Seen Nears Sun – 3I/ATLAS Blasts Water ‘Like a Fire Hose’

Image: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (center) streaking through the stars, captured on Aug. 27, 2025 by the Gemini South telescope in Chile. As the comet nears the Sun, solar radiation vaporizes ice in its nucleus, unleashing jets of gas and dust that form a growing tail livescience.com. A Visitor From Beyond the Solar System Astronomers in late July 2025 realized that a faint new comet spotted by the ATLAS survey was no ordinary object – its orbit was highly eccentric (e > 1), meaning it wasn’t bound to the Sun at all space.com. This was the tip-off that the comet, now
28 October 2025
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