Space News for Monday, November 17, 2025

NASA’s twin Sentinel-6B mission launches on Falcon 9 from California – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-16 00:00 Sentinel-6B is the second of twin satellites in the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission. The first, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, launched in November 2020. The mission ...

Space News for Friday, November 14, 2025

ULA’s Atlas V rocket launches ViaSat-3 Flight 2 mission for Viasat after numerous delays – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-13 00:00 The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off at 10:04 p.m. EST (0304 UTC) on a commercial satellite delivery mission for operator Viasat. ...

Space News for Thursday, November 13, 2025

UPDATE: Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn mission to carry EscaPADE to Mars due to extreme solar storms now on for Thursday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-12 00:00 NG-2 Update: We are scheduled to launch Thursday, November 13, with a launch window from 2:57 PM – 4:25 PM EST / 19:57 – ...

Space News for Wednesday, November 12, 2025

ESA selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build spacecraft for the ESA-EC “IOD/IOV” program – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-11 00:00 Kongsberg NanoAvionics will build a large CubeSat platform for ESA's in-orbit demonstration/in-orbit validation (IOD/IOV) program. The spacecraft will ...

Space News for Tuesday, November 11, 2025

INNOSPACE begins payload integration for ‘HANBIT-Nano’ prior to the firm’s 1st commercial launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-11 00:00 INNOSPACE has begun functional checks and satellite–launch vehicle interface tests for customer satellites and experimental payloads. The target ...

Space News for Monday, November 10, 2025

Ergen returns as CEO at EchoStar + strikes $17B spectrum deal with SpaceX – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-09 00:00 Echostar made changes with Hamid Akhavan who served as president and CEO of the company into chief of EchoStar Capital. Co-founder Charlie Ergen as its new CEO ...

Space News for Friday, November 07, 2025

INNOSPACE to launch HANBIT-Nano SPACEWARD mission on November 22 including 5 smallsats – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-06 00:00 INNOSPACE targets 3:00 p.m. On November 22 (Brazil time) for the launch of its first commercial launch vehicle ‘HANBIT-Nano’ as part of the SPACEWARD ...

Space News for Thursday, November 06, 2025

Rocket Lab launches “The Nation God Navigates” to join SAR constellation for Japn – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-05 00:00 Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for its next mission for multi-launch customer, Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, ...

Space News for Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Sentinel-1D climbs to orbit via an Ariane 6 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-04 00:00 Sentinel-1D was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Tuesday, November 4th. The satellite gained its assigned orbit, with signal acquisition confirming the satellite is on-orbit and ...

Space News for Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Sentinel-1D + Ariane 6 ready for liftoff – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-03 00:00 ESA’s Sentinel-1D satellite is in on its launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. The broadcast of the launch can be watched on ESA Web TV, starting at 21:15 CET, Tuesday, November 4th, with ...