NOV 9
1 ITEM
Blue Origin delays New Glenn Launch of NASA’s EscaPADE Mars Mission
Blue Origin announced on Sunday that its second New Glenn mission, carrying NASA’s EscaPADE Mars probes and a Viasat Inc. demo payload, has been postponed due to cumulus-cloud c...
SPACE
Blue Origin
Launch
OCT 30
1 ITEM
Blue Origin Hot Fires New Glenn Ahead Of NASA EscaPADE Mars Mission
Blue Origin conducted a clamped hot fire of New Glenn’s seven BE 4 engines at Cape Canaveral as it prepares to launch NASA’s EscaPADE dual spacecraft to Mars. The test occurred ...
SPACE
Blue Origin
Launch
OCT 24
1 ITEM
Elon Musk Says China’s ZQ-3 Could Surpass Falcon 9—But Starship Will Eclipse Both
Elon Musk acknowledged that China’s ZQ-3 rocket, developed by LandSpace,could eventually outperform Falcon 9, citing its use of stainless steel and methalox propulsion, design t...
OCT 16
2 ITEMS
Falcon 9 Lands Successfully for Its 500th Time
SpaceX completed the 500th landing of a Falcon 9 first stage following a successful mission from Cape Canaveral carrying Starlink satellites. The milestone was confirmed by offi...
SpaceX Launches Second Batch of SDA Tranche 1 Transport Satellites
SpaceX launched 21 Lockheed‑built satellites for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer, following an earlier York‑built batch. The SDA aims to orbit 128...
SATELLITETODAY
Launch
Military
SpaceX
Lockheed Martin
OCT 15
1 ITEM
U.S. Allows SpaceX to Double Launch Cadence at Vandenberg
The U.S. Air Force signed a record of decision allowing SpaceX to increase launch capacity at Vandenberg from ~50 Falcon 9 missions per year to as many as 100 launches (Falcon 9...
AVIATIONWEEK
Launch
SpaceX
OCT 13
1 ITEM
Starship Aces 11th Test Flight
SpaceX completed the 11th Starship test and final flight of its Block 2 Starship, marking a major milestone before transitioning to the upgraded, operational design. The launch ...
SPACEFLIGHTNOW
Launch
SpaceX
Starship
OCT 9
1 ITEM
Stoke Raises $510 Million to Scale Fully Reusable Nova Launch Vehicle
Stoke Space Technologies, a Mach33 portfolio company, announced a $510 million Series D equity raise alongside a $100 million debt facility, bringing its total capital raised to...
STOKESPACE
Launch
Stoke Space
OCT 5
1 ITEM
Firefly Aerospace acquires SciTec for ~$855M (cash + equity)
Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ: FLY) announced a definitive agreement to acquire SciTec, a specialist in software, analytics, and data processing for national security systems, for $...
FIREFLYSPACE
Defense
Firefly Aerospace
Launch
OCT 3
1 ITEM
Space Force awards NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 launch contracts: SpaceX gets 7 missions ($714M), ULA gets 2 missions ($428M)
Under these task orders, for launches beginning in FY 2027, SpaceX secured seven “must-go” national security payloads, while ULA received two.This allocation reflects the U.S. S...
BREAKINGDEFENSE
Defense
Launch
SpaceX
ULA
