https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/viasat-q2-revenue-1-2-billion-defense-growth/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T17:06:44+00:00Viasat reports $1.2 billion second-quarter revenue as defense growth offsets communications declines https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/cometary-dust-activity-organic-release-proxy/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T16:46:44+00:00Study tests cometary dust activity as proxy for organic release https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-supercomputing-2026-booth-4038-fortran-hydrology-demos/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T16:26:47+00:00NASA staffs Booth #4038 at Supercomputing 2026 with Fortran, versioning and hydrology Demos https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/qualcomm-spacex-starlink-mobile-5g-network/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T15:41:54+00:00Qualcomm to supply 5G radio equipment for SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile network https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/democrats-win-congress-nasa-funding-panels/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T15:21:57+00:00Democrats win Congress and take control of NASA funding panels https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/university-ottawa-ccc-tl-cosmology-test/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T14:54:55+00:00University of Ottawa researchers test CCC+TL model against cosmic observations https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/exmoor-dark-skies-festival-light-pollution/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T14:27:23+00:00Skywatchers gather at Exmoor Dark Skies Festival amid rising light pollution https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/roman-space-telescope-trappist-1-microlensing-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T13:29:20+00:00Study finds Roman Space Telescope should not detect TRAPPIST-1-like planets by microlensing https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/tess-archive-reanalysis-habitable-zone-planets/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T13:09:23+00:00TESS Archive reanalysis narrows habitable-zone planet list https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/m-dwarf-convection-fake-exoplanet-atmospheric-signals-simulations/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T12:30:21+00:00M dwarf convection can fake exoplanet atmospheric signals, simulations show https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/shenzhou-24-pakistani-astronaut-china-space-station/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T12:01:27+00:00Shenzhou 24 to carry Pakistani astronaut, first foreign national on China’s space station https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/cambridge-comets-unlikely-delivered-life-ingredients-earth/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T11:25:41+00:00Cambridge-led research argues comets likely did not deliver life’s ingredients to Earth https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nemesis-sun-stellar-companion-hypothesis/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T11:06:09+00:00Muller says the Sun may still have an unseen stellar companion called Nemesis https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/exomars-orbiter-detects-hydrogen-chloride-near-alba-mons/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T10:46:10+00:00ExoMars Orbiter detects hydrogen chloride near Alba Mons https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/leonid-meteor-shower-peaks-nov-17-uk/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T05:03:17+00:00BBC Weather says Leonid meteor shower peaks on 17 November across the UK https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/leonid-meteor-shower-peaks-november-17-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T04:22:36+00:00Leonid meteor shower peaks Nov. 17 with fast meteors visible all month https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/trump-nasa-nuclear-powered-mars-spacecraft-2028/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T04:01:01+00:00Trump announces NASA nuclear-powered Mars spacecraft targeting 2028 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/kim-sonmez-self-sustaining-networks-catalysts/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T03:41:04+00:00Kim and Sönmez show self-sustaining networks can emerge from few catalysts https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/russia-kosmos-2612-rendezvoused-iceye-x36/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T03:11:31+00:00Payload says Russia’s Kosmos 2612 rendezvoused with ICEYE-X36 https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/kyiv-starshield-contract-us-mid-2027/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T02:37:40+00:00Kyiv seeks new Starshield contract with U.S. ahead of mid-2027 expiration, weighing stopgap options https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/simons-observatory-online-cosmic-microwave-background/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T02:17:43+00:00Simons Observatory goes online to study the oldest light https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/venus-dawn-helix-nebula-november-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T01:55:41+00:00Venus blazes before dawn as Helix Nebula awaits moonless skies https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/united-airlines-spotify-starlink-seatback-streaming/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T01:22:38+00:00United Airlines adds Spotify streaming to Starlink seatback screens https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/sulfuric-acid-forms-interstellar-ice-5-k/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T00:42:48+00:00Researchers show Sulfuric acid can form in Interstellar ice at 5 K https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/swift-observatory-ends-22-year-mission-indonesia/Orbital Wireen2026-11-07T00:18:17+00:00Swift Observatory ends 22-year mission with reentry over Indonesia https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nexus-sharp-spectrograph-proposed-elt-galaxy-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T23:58:21+00:00New research proposes NEXUS@SHARP Spectrograph for the ELT to study ultra-diffuse galaxies https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/spacex-qualcomm-starlink-mobile-5g-carrier/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T23:21:37+00:00SpaceX pairs Qualcomm 5G towers with Starlink satellites for Mobile carrier https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/mitsubishi-electric-mufg-bank-ghgsat-convertible-notes/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T22:38:37+00:00Mitsubishi Electric, MUFG Bank and Climate Investment back GHGSat with convertible notes https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-falcon-9-classified-space-force-mission-california/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T22:18:30+00:00SpaceX targets Falcon 9 launch from California for classified Space Force mission https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/galaxy-cluster-lensing-misty-moons-early-star-formation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T21:58:37+00:00Galaxy cluster lensing magnifies Misty Moons, reveals early star formation https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/venus-bright-sunrise-star/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T21:38:37+00:00Venus shines as the bright object before sunrise, not a star https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/atom-waves-mimic-black-hole-horizon/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T21:18:40+00:00UC Santa Barbara researchers mimic black hole horizon with atom waves https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/leap-signs-sutherland-spaceport-mou-scotland/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T20:29:43+00:00Leap signs non-binding MoU to launch from Scotland’s Sutherland Spaceport https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/ast-spacemobile-blacklift-rocket-bluebird-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T19:50:02+00:00AST SpaceMobile will build its own Blacklift rocket to deploy BlueBird satellites https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/kutryk-menon-install-eighth-iss-solar-array/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T19:24:25+00:00Kutryk and Menon install eighth solar array on station truss https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/finland-space-operations-center-radar-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T18:33:14+00:00Finland to stand up space operations center and take control of three radar satellites https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/rubidium-atoms-cooled-record-picokelvin-aboard-tiangong/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T18:11:14+00:00Chinese researchers cool rubidium atoms to record 9.7 picokelvin aboard Tiangong https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/nasa-escapade-powered-earth-flybys-mars/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T17:51:17+00:00NASA twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to perform powered Earth flybys En route to Mars https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/caltech-robot-builds-space-truss/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T17:08:04+00:00Caltech robot builds perimeter truss in first autonomous space demo https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/trace-gas-orbiter-hydrogen-chloride-alba-mons/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T16:41:00+00:00Trace Gas Orbiter detects hydrogen chloride above Alba Mons fissures on Mars https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/uranus-neptune-magnetic-fields-deep-interior-conductivity/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T16:21:00+00:00New model ties ice-giant magnetic fields to deep interior conductivity https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/space-force-translator-satellites-sdn-backbone/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T16:01:00+00:00Space Force considers 12 to 13 translator satellites for roughly $1 billion fix https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/earth-tidal-heating-kept-moon-volcanic-billion-years/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T15:41:00+00:00Researchers say Earth’s gravity kept the Moon volcanic until about two billion years ago https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/leap-sutherland-deal-first-launch-site-outside-us/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T15:21:02+00:00Leap signs Sutherland deal, first launch site outside US https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/blue-origin-new-glenn-january-2027-launch-target/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T14:32:55+00:00Blue Origin sets January 2027 as New Glenn launch target https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/voyager-1-crosses-one-light-day-threshold-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T13:34:27+00:00Voyager 1 will cross the one-light-day threshold from Earth on Nov. 18, 2026 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/ohb-wins-554-million-esa-sentinel-3-contract/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T12:58:04+00:00OHB wins €554 million ESA contract for first Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/dod-autonomous-cyber-defenses-military-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T12:38:07+00:00DoD C3I director pushes autonomous cyber defenses for military satellites https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/cesiumastro-730-million-series-d-synchronicity-constellation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T12:10:04+00:00CesiumAstro completes $730 million Series D and unveils satellite constellation https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/pave-space-ibex-bodyguard-satellite-demo/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T11:50:04+00:00Swiss startup PAVE Space readies IBEX bodyguard satellite demo https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/avio-scales-back-reusable-launcher-programme/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T11:30:06+00:00Avio scales back reusable-launcher demonstrator programme https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/north-america-nebula-friday-observing-target/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T10:32:08+00:00Sky Today names the North America Nebula as Friday’s observing target https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/queensland-krepe-3-spacecraft-breakup-re-entry/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T05:08:57+00:00University of Southern Queensland captures spacecraft breakup during KREPE-3 re-entry https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/canada-budget-2026-medium-lift-defence-priority/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T04:48:57+00:00Canada’s Budget 2026 makes medium-lift rockets a National Defence priority https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/lofar-sharpest-low-frequency-radio-sky-image/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T04:28:57+00:00Leiden-led team releases sharpest low-frequency radio sky image with 63,000 sources https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/microbe-grows-160-days-mars-like-brine/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T04:08:57+00:00Florida-led team grew salt-loving microbe for 160 days in Mars-like brine https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-little-red-dots-primordial-black-holes/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T03:49:00+00:00Johns Hopkins researchers test Webb’s little red dots as primordial black holes https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/pentagon-150-million-loan-leolabs-radar-expansion/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T02:37:51+00:00Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital commits $150 million to LeoLabs radar expansion https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/blue-origin-northstar-gs3-new-glenn/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T02:17:54+00:00Blue Origin unveils Northstar engine and GS3 third stage for New Glenn https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-awards-1-billion-ka-band-relay-contracts/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T01:25:29+00:00NASA awards $1.07 billion in Ka-band relay contracts to three firms https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/nasa-csa-astronauts-install-final-iss-solar-array/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T01:06:47+00:00NASA and CSA astronauts install final ISS roll-out solar array on 101st spacewalk https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/blue-origin-new-glenn-third-stage-northstar/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T00:46:50+00:00Blue Origin reveals New Glenn third stage and Northstar engine https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/menon-kutryk-install-final-iss-solar-array/Orbital Wireen2026-11-06T00:00:36+00:00Menon and Kutryk install final International Space Station solar array https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/artemis-ii-launch-gps-errors-north-america/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T23:17:38+00:00Taiwan researchers link Artemis II launch to GPS errors across North America https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-esa-hubble-messier-30-globular-cluster/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T22:59:18+00:00NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope imaged Messier 30 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/new-software-model-sharpens-webb-exoplanet-images/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T22:39:18+00:00New software model sharpens Webb exoplanet images https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/blue-origin-delays-new-glenn-return-flight/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T22:19:18+00:00Blue Origin delays New Glenn return to flight until January 2027 https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/victor-glover-artemis-ii-flight-longing-people/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T21:59:21+00:00Victor Glover says Artemis II flight left him longing for other people https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/northwestern-flip-digital-twin-jwst-exoplanets/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T21:31:52+00:00Northwestern team developed a digital twin technique for the James Webb Space Telescope https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/sandia-asteroid-shape-x-ray-deflection/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T21:07:57+00:00Sandia researchers find asteroid shape changes X-ray deflection results https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/jessica-watkins-first-black-woman-command-crew-13/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T20:23:48+00:00Jessica Watkins commands Crew-13 as the first Black woman to command an orbital flight https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/esa-exomars-hydrogen-chloride-alba-mons/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T20:03:51+00:00European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter detects hydrogen chloride spikes above Alba Mons https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spacex-picks-qualcomm-starlink-mobile-terrestrial-base-stations/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T19:33:49+00:00SpaceX picks Qualcomm to build Starlink Mobile terrestrial base stations https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-spectroscopy-3i-atlas-water-ice-solar-system/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T18:59:06+00:00JWST spectroscopy shows 3I/ATLAS water ice matches solar system ice https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/ubotica-autonomous-satellite-scheduling-maritime-surveillance/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T18:39:06+00:00Ubotica demonstrates autonomous onboard satellite scheduling for maritime surveillance https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/esa-hera-returns-close-views-didymos-dimorphos/Orbital Wireen2026-11-05T18:19:09+00:00ESA’s Hera returns first close-up views of Didymos and Dimorphos