ViaSat-3 F2 satellite confirmed for launch on November 5th, 2025 – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-02 00:00
Viasat has confirmed the scheduled launch date of its ViaSat-3 F2 satellite is November 5, 2025, during a window that opens at 10:24 p.m., ET. The satellite will be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V551 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. V3-F2 will go through rigorous on-orbit testing of both the bus and payload before entering service.
Success as India launches its heaviest communication satellite, the CMS-03 on Sunday – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-02 00:00
CMS-03 is a multi-band communication satellite that will provide services over a wide oceanic region including the Indian landmass. CMS-03, weighing about 4400kg, will be the heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil. The previous mission of LVM3 launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission resulting in India becoming the first country to land successfully near the lunar south pole.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Bandwagon-4 on Saturday from the Cape – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-02 00:00
Falcon 9 launched the Bandwagon-4 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. On board this mission were 18 payloads for KOREA ADD, Exolaunch, Fergani, Tomorrow Companies Inc., Starcloud, and Vast. This was the third flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched KF-02 and KF-03.
Soon 100 PocketQube satellites will be on-orbit for the PocketQube Community – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-02 00:00
Four PocketQubes will be deployed by PocketQube broker, Alba Orbital, in collaboration with SEOPS as part of the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX. The PocketQube standard was first developed in 2009 at Morehead State University (MSU) and Kentucky Space to help universities and researchers perform space science and exploration at a fraction of the traditional cost. Each PocketQube measures just 5 cm³ per unit (or “1P”), making them among the smallest operational satellites ever developed.