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 house various payloads from European entities to be demonstrated and validated in orbit. The launch date and launch provider have not been announced as of this information release.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn to carry EscaPADE the first multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars on Wednesday – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-11 00:00
Blue Origin’s second flight of New Glenn launch vehicle carrying the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE), a dual-spacecraft mission with University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory. The spacecrafts’ scientific goals are to understand the structure of Mars’ hybrid magnetosphere and how it guides ion flows.
Space Ocean + Enduralock sign LOI to standardize docking interface for in-space fluid delivery + logistics – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-12 00:00
Space Ocean Corp. Has approved a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Enduralock that outlines a non-binding strategic collaboration. The firms plan to integrate Enduralock’s OneLink™ docking interface into future Space Ocean platforms as a standardized on-orbit connection for fluid, data and power transfer.
Starlink’s smallsat Group 6-87 breaks a record as it launches late on Monday from the Cape – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-11 00:00
A launch record was broken on Monday, November 10th at 10:21 p.m. ET, as the Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink mega-constellation. This was the third flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched KF-01 and IMAP. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
AST SpaceMobile comments on launch delays – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-11 00:00
AST SpaceMobile’s delays for its commercial satellites are the result of supplier and manufacturing issues and hurdles in developing the satellites’ core antenna element. Commercial launches are now delayed by at least six months from the original timeline. The company has a launch scheduled for a prototype satellite (BlueBird 6/FM1) in early December 2025.
Starlink Group 6-85 to launch 29 smallsats on Friday from the Cape – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-11-11 00:00
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink smallsats Group 6-85 to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation. A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.