https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/ast-spacemobile-blacklift-rocket-plans-virginia-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T22:03:38+00:00AST SpaceMobile plans Blacklift rocket amid commercial launch crunch https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/vulcan-rocket-total-failure-destroys-amazon-leo-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T21:58:41+00:00Vulcan rocket suffers total failure, destroying 40 Amazon Leo satellites https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-dragonfly-titan-planetary-protection-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T20:51:26+00:00Study assesses Dragonfly Planetary protection for Titan https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-miri-possible-atmosphere-toi-431b/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T20:31:26+00:00JWST MIRI detects possible atmosphere on ultrahot rocky planet TOI-431b https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/dlr-funds-vamex-mars-robot-swarm/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T20:11:25+00:00German Space Agency at DLR funds VaMEx Mars robot swarm https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/grapes-3-muon-telescope-thundercloud-electric-fields/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T17:32:02+00:00GRAPES-3 muon telescope reveals thundercloud electric fields https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/neutrino-warning-blaze-star-eruption-hours-light/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T15:58:54+00:00Study says neutrinos could warn of the Blaze Star’s eruption hours before light https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/uranus-neptune-tilted-magnetic-fields-interior-conductivity/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T15:38:54+00:00Study links interior conductivity to Uranus and Neptune’s tilted magnetic fields https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/evidence-hidden-black-hole-galaxy-uhz1/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T15:18:54+00:00University of Michigan team finds no evidence of hidden black hole in galaxy UHZ1 https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-warns-2026-el-nino-exceed-1997/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T14:58:54+00:00NASA scientists warn the 2026 El Niño could exceed 1997-98 strength https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nuclear-self-destruction-fermi-paradox-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T14:38:54+00:00Study authors say nuclear self-destruction could explain the Fermi Paradox https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/cost-lunar-eclipse-spacecraft-tracking/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T14:18:53+00:00Researchers propose no-cost lunar eclipse tracking in arXiv pre-print https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/alma-finds-three-star-forming-cores/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T13:41:22+00:00ALMA finds three star-forming cores at different stages in one gas clump https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/avi-loeb-1998-ky26-asteroid/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T11:56:37+00:00Avi Loeb says 1998 KY26 is not an asteroid https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/andersen-team-lake-untersee-lab-tent-dive-platform/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T11:21:03+00:00Andersen’s team erects lab tent, finishes dive tent platform at Lake Untersee https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/caltech-robot-builds-first-space-reflector-antenna-bay/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T10:30:39+00:00Caltech robot builds first bay of space reflector antenna https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-starship-flight-15-upper-stage-recovered/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T03:58:05+00:00SpaceX catches Starship upper stage on Flight 15 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/eht-m87-black-hole-ring-confirmed/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T01:54:53+00:00Independent study confirms Event Horizon Telescope’s 2019 M87 black hole ring https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/electric-green-thrusters-satellite-bus-designs/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T01:34:53+00:00Electric and green thrusters Reshape satellite bus designs https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/marketsandmarkets-names-key-players-propulsion-market/Orbital Wireen2026-11-15T01:14:52+00:00MarketsandMarkets names key players in $4.66 billion propulsion market https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/tentative-methane-ammonia-beta-pictoris-b/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T22:47:35+00:00Researchers find tentative methane and ammonia on Beta Pictoris b https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/hazes-water-rich-sub-neptunes-prebiotic-clues/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T22:27:35+00:00Study finds hazes on water-rich sub-Neptunes complicate spectra but hold prebiotic clues https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/long-period-radio-transient-62-minute-pulse/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T22:07:35+00:00Long-period radio transient pulsed every 62 minutes before vanishing https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-artemis-iii-earth-orbit-starship-docking/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T21:47:35+00:00NASA plans Earth-orbit Artemis III mission with Starship docking https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-starbase-expansion-faa-launch-cadence-review/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T21:27:34+00:00SpaceX expands Starbase as Federal Aviation Administration reviews higher launch cadence https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-discovers-lensed-supernova-sn-ares/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T19:31:31+00:00Astronomers detect lensed supernova SN Ares, predict repeat images in decades https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/esa-mars-landing-planetary-protection-cost/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T19:11:31+00:00ESA analysis: Mars landing protection costs up to approximately 5 percent of mission cost https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/spher-ex-data-tracer-galactic-dust-reddening/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T18:51:29+00:00SPHEREx data Tested as Tracer for Galactic dust reddening at the north Ecliptic Pole https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-voyager-1-one-light-day-earth-nov/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T16:27:09+00:00NASA expects Voyager 1 to hit one light-day from Earth on Nov. 18 https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-starship-flight-15-booster-catch-aborted/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T13:57:53+00:00SpaceX launches Starship Flight 15, calls off booster catch https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/concordia-lecithin-kerosene-rocket-gel-fuel/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T13:20:19+00:00Concordia researchers propose lecithin for kerosene-based rocket gel fuel https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-finds-water-ice-beta-pictoris-debris-disk/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T12:56:24+00:00Webb finds water ice and carbon dioxide ice around Beta Pictoris https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/avio-vega-c-launch-christmas-delay/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T12:33:16+00:00Avio slips Vega C launch toward Christmas as satellites arrive late https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/office-space-commerce-selects-four-companies-pilot/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T12:14:32+00:00Office of Space Commerce Selects four companies for licensing pilot https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/mars-jupiter-closest-dawn-nov-16-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T11:33:06+00:00Mars and Jupiter will appear closest at dawn on Nov. 16, 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/mercury-venus-morning-sky-virgo-november-14-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T11:05:00+00:00Mercury returns to morning sky beside Venus in Virgo https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-starship-reaches-orbit-booster-lost-gulf-mexico/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T10:38:35+00:00SpaceX Starship upper stage reaches orbit; booster lost in Gulf of Mexico https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/amazon-leo-vulcan-launch-delayed-saturday/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T04:08:41+00:00ULA delays Amazon Leo Vulcan launch to Saturday https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/berlin-study-merges-gravity-theories-lunar-tides/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T03:48:40+00:00Freie Universität Berlin mathematician merges gravity theories in lunar tide study https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/cesiumastro-joins-commercial-space-federation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T02:44:57+00:00Commercial Space Federation Welcomes CesiumAstro as new Associate Member https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/gilat-cuts-2026-revenue-guidance-3-percent/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T02:24:56+00:00Gilat Cuts 2026 revenue growth guidance to 3 percent https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/stupendously-large-black-holes-dark-matter-2/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T01:25:54+00:00Research rules out stupendously large black holes as significant dark matter component https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/york-space-systems-q3-loss-pentagon-charge/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T00:37:27+00:00York Space Systems Q3 loss hits $807.4M on $749.7M Pentagon contract charge https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/nova-scotia-spaceport-prepares-medium-class-rockets/Orbital Wireen2026-11-14T00:17:25+00:00Maritime Launch Services prepares Nova Scotia Spaceport for medium-class rockets https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/intellian-targets-500-million-aviation-military-expansion/Orbital Wireen2026-11-13T23:52:59+00:00Intellian’s Sung outlines $500 million target as firm moves into aviation and military