Space News for Monday, October 27, 2025

SpaceX set for launches Monday, Wednesday and Thursday – SatNews

Original Publication Date: 2025-10-26 00:00

SpaceX is scheduled to launch Starlink Group 11-21 smallsats on Monday from Vandenberg in California at 2:12 PM – 6:12 PM PDT. The forecast calls for a temperature of 64°F, clear skies, 0% cloud cover and a wind speed of 23mph. There is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the launch, but what residents experience will depend on weather and other conditions.

ALL.SPACE awarded €950,000 by ESA’s NAVISP Program to develop GNSS independent PNT – SatNews

Original Publication Date: 2025-10-26 00:00

All.SPACE has been awarded €950,000 by the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP) The award is to develop an alternative Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capability designed to operate in Global Navigation Satellite System-denied environments. The project will build a proof of concept for Alt-PNT.

Falcon 9 launches 28 Starlink smallsats Group 10-21 on Sunday from the Cape – SatNews

Original Publication Date: 2025-10-26 00:00

Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit. First stage landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. This was the 24th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission. This is the 17th mission for the Starlink constellation.

India’s LVM3 launch vehicle ready to launch India’s heaviest communication satellite, the CMS-03 – SatNews

Original Publication Date: 2025-10-26 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 4,400kg, will be lndia’s heaviest communication satellite to be launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.