https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/orbital-debris-nasa-jpl-traffic-control/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T19:35:32+00:00Turyshev of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory argues debris solution hinges on control and economics https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-fermi-lat-maps-450-gamma-ray-sources/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T18:35:17+00:00International team maps 450 gamma-ray sources in Fermi-LAT MeV survey https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/australia-detects-eight-minute-white-dwarf-radio-pulses/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T17:55:57+00:00Astronomers in Australia detect radio pulses repeating every eight minutes https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/eutelsat-oneweb-satellites-set-nov-30-spacex-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T17:36:01+00:00Eutelsat Prepares 32 OneWeb satellites for Nov. 30 SpaceX launch https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/neuralsat-raises-2-9m-sat-relay-network/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T17:09:09+00:00NeuralSat raises €2.9M for 72-sat orbital data relay network https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/planetary-society-nasa-mission-output-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T16:49:13+00:00Planetary Society study says small NASA missions cannot match larger missions’ output https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/amazon-leo-40-satellites-vulcan-launch/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T16:18:02+00:00Amazon Leo to launch 40 satellites on ULA Vulcan rocket https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/nasa-endeavour-photos-debut-los-angeles-exhibit/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T15:52:18+00:00NASA photographers’ Endeavour ferry flight images to debut at new Los Angeles exhibit https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-hubble-gravitational-lens-gallery-roman-preview/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T15:32:18+00:00NASA publishes Hubble gravitational lens gallery to preview Roman targets https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/spaceium-openport-1-dollar-license-iss-2027/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T15:12:22+00:00Spaceium opens OpenPort refueling interface under a $1 license https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/teghaza-001-martian-meteorite-ancient-water/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T14:25:45+00:004.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite from Mali contains evidence of ancient water https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/pakistan-first-astronaut-shenzhou-24/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T13:28:33+00:00Pakistan will fly its first astronaut on China’s Shenzhou-24 https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/bennu-ryugu-ancient-cosmic-dust-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T13:01:05+00:00ETH Zurich researchers link Bennu and Ryugu to ancient cosmic dust https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-detects-forbidden-trihydrogen-signal/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T12:41:05+00:00JWST team Detects forbidden trihydrogen signal in gas thousands of light-years away https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/esa-euclid-dr1-900-million-galaxies-survey/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T12:21:09+00:00ESA’s Euclid mission releases first major survey of 900 million galaxies https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/esa-delays-maiasspace-contract-signing-funding-arrangement/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T11:51:37+00:00ESA delays MaiaSpace contract signing over funding arrangement https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/esa-hera-starts-close-inspections-dart-impacted-dimorphos/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T11:32:11+00:00ESA’s Hera starts close inspections of DART-impacted Dimorphos https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/democrats-challenge-trump-space-spending-policy/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T06:44:33+00:00Democrats take Congress, challenge Trump space spending https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/gravity-model-blocks-closed-timelike-curves/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T05:38:21+00:00University of New Hampshire researchers propose gravity model to prevent closed timelike curves https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/carbon-oxygen-measured-six-k-dwarf-stars-jwst/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T04:45:47+00:00New study measures carbon and oxygen in six K-dwarf stars https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/skylo-kt-sat-satellite-iot-south-korea/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T04:22:39+00:00Skylo Signs KT SAT distribution deal for satellite IoT in South Korea https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/revolv-space-closes-5-million-series/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T04:01:21+00:00Revolv Space closes €5 million Series A led by Deep Ocean Capital https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/titanmpas-simulates-titan-atmosphere-methane-cycle/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T03:41:21+00:00Scientists built TitanMPAS to simulate Titan’s atmosphere and methane cycle https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/csiro-independent-validation-m87-black-hole-image/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T03:21:21+00:00CSIRO researchers independently validate Event Horizon Telescope M87 black hole image https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/senate-commerce-committee-votes-nasa-nominees-nov-18/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T03:01:24+00:00Senate Commerce Committee schedules Nov. 18 vote on two NASA nominees https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/orbital-nuclear-blast-disable-satellites/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T02:33:14+00:00University of Wisconsin–Madison and Princeton researchers say orbital nuclear blast could disable most satellites https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/gulf-space-technology-kratos-thaicom-10-gateway/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T01:40:48+00:00Gulf Space Technology picks Kratos to build THAICOM-10 ground gateway https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/mda-space-globalstar-refresh-satellites-pass-orbit-tests/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T01:20:48+00:00MDA Space confirms eight Globalstar Refresh satellites complete initial functional tests in orbit https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/researchers-validate-habitable-zone-limits-exocolumn-model/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T01:00:51+00:00Researchers validate habitable-zone limits with new ExoColumn climate model https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/contractor-fire-delays-eden-luna-greenhouse-setup/Orbital Wireen2026-11-12T00:19:11+00:00Contractor fire delays EDEN-LUNA greenhouse setup in Germany https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/josh-dury-setting-eclipse-menorca-bronze-age-site/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T23:31:13+00:00Josh Dury photographed the setting eclipse over a Menorca Bronze Age site https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/mars-lander-spores-unlikely-contaminate-samples/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T23:11:42+00:00Modeling study finds Mars lander spores unlikely to contaminate nearby life-detection samples https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/onorato-team-discovers-earliest-compact-quasar-pair/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T22:51:42+00:00Onorato-led team discovers earliest, most distant compact quasar pair at cosmic dawn https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/anduril-216-night-vision-satellite-sensor/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T22:31:42+00:00Anduril demonstrates night-vision sensor for tracking satellites in darkness https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/unseen-companion-red-giant-pisces-neutron-star/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T22:11:42+00:00Researchers report unseen 2.2-solar-mass companion orbiting red giant in Pisces https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/ky26-asteroid-warm-ice-hayabusa2-2031/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T21:51:42+00:00Georgia Tech researchers rule out ice on KY26 as Hayabusa2 approaches https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/spacex-starship-test-flights-failure-tally-ambiguous/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T21:31:46+00:00SpaceX Starship test flights leave failure tally ambiguous https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/rhiannon-adam-dearmoon-spacex-starship-cancellation/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T20:34:29+00:00Rhiannon Adam photographed Starship vehicle break apart four minutes after liftoff https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/nasa-kuiper-belt-water-stratospheric-dust/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T20:14:29+00:00NASA-led team finds Kuiper Belt water unlike Earth’s in stratospheric dust https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/plasma-simulations-centaurus-jet-edge-brightening/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T19:54:33+00:00Plasma simulations explain Centaurus A’s bright-edged jets https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/comets-probably-deliver-life-ingredients-earth/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T19:20:05+00:00New Cambridge study says comets probably did not deliver life’s ingredients to Earth https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/swri-argon-40-study-traces-uranus-neptune-origins/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T18:47:43+00:00SwRI-led study uses argon-40 to trace Uranus and Neptune origins https://orbital-wire.com/space-policy-history/space-force-cislunar-satellites-late-2029/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T17:54:47+00:00Space Force moves to buy up to five cislunar satellites by late 2029 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/rakuten-ast-spacemobile-japan-satellite-venture/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T17:32:34+00:00Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile Form $1 billion Japan satellite venture https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-x-59-quesst-test-pilots-veterans-day/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T16:27:08+00:00NASA Honors three X-59 Quesst test pilots on Veterans Day https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/firefly-ceo-defense-lunar-services-market/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T16:06:38+00:00Firefly CEO says defense could make up 25% of new lunar services market https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/fire-point-starshield-coverage-extension-request/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T15:46:42+00:00Fire Point asks to extend Starshield coverage beyond Ukraine’s borders https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/penn-state-bennu-murchison-amino-acids-study/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T15:26:44+00:00Penn State study ties Bennu amino acids to Murchison meteorite https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-noaa-2026-antarctic-ozone-hole-seventh-largest-2/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T15:04:34+00:00NASA and NOAA rank 2026 Antarctic ozone hole seventh largest https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/esa-phi-lab-austria-horizon-satellite-scale/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T14:40:24+00:00ESA Phi-Lab Austria selects Horizon Microtechnologies for €500,000 satellite scale-up https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/active-asteroid-1995-bj4-comet-like-tail/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T14:00:23+00:00Active asteroid 1995 BJ4 has grown a comet-like tail https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/ispace-us-joins-nasa-clps-2-moon-delivery/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T13:15:35+00:00ispace-U.S. joins NASA CLPS vendor pool to compete for Moon deliveries https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/synspective-orders-10-firefly-alpha-launches-through-2030/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T12:41:59+00:00Synspective orders up to 10 Firefly Alpha launches through 2030 https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/jwst-flip-digital-twin-finds-hidden-exoplanet/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T12:21:21+00:00Astronomers build digital twin of Webb Camera to find hidden planets https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/venus-stationary-point-virgo-nov-11-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T11:47:48+00:00Venus halts in Virgo and resumes eastward motion on Nov. 11 https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/viasat-space-force-mission-operations-center-contract/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T11:27:52+00:00U.S. Space Force awards Viasat up to $450 million for network operations Center https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-opens-artemis-astronaut-applications-2026/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T10:47:11+00:00NASA opens astronaut applications for first Artemis recruitment since 2024 https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/lyra-systems-pentagon-agreement-space-tech/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T04:58:51+00:00Lyra Systems emerges from stealth with Pentagon agreement for space tech https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/tidal-atmospheric-evolution-exoplanet-toi-2257-b/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T04:23:39+00:00Study models tidal and atmospheric evolution of Exoplanet TOI-2257 b https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/france-authorizes-globalstar-c-3-satellites-launch-operate/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T04:02:22+00:00France authorizes Globalstar to launch and operate 54 C-3 satellites https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/nasa-lisa-gravitational-waves-exoplanet-detection/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T03:43:39+00:00NASA studies show LISA could detect new exoplanet population https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/oldest-compact-quasar-pair-cosmic-dawn/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T03:23:43+00:00Astronomers discover the oldest compact quasar pair just 900 million years after Big Bang https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/meerklass-hydrogen-clustering-cosmic-scales/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T02:27:59+00:00MeerKLASS Collaboration reports first direct measurement of hydrogen clustering across cosmic scales https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/kratos-seagate-space-gateway-offshore-launch-platform/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T02:02:27+00:00Kratos Defense & Security Solutions agrees to use Seagate Space offshore launch platform https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/toi-2535-b-exoplanet-tilted-view/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T01:28:36+00:00Unseen neighbor tilted hot Jupiter TOI-2535 b out of Earth’s view https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/isar-aerospace-hopes-overtake-spacex/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T01:07:42+00:00Isar Aerospace hopes to overtake SpaceX as world’s leading launch company https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/strasbourg-study-group-galaxies-little-molecular-gas/Orbital Wireen2026-11-11T00:26:05+00:00Strasbourg-led study finds group galaxies retain little molecular gas https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/yale-columbia-study-earth-carbon-outer-solar-system/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T23:56:42+00:00Yale and Columbia study traces most Earth carbon to outer solar system https://orbital-wire.com/planetary-science-skywatching/university-arkansas-undergraduate-3d-prints-binderless-lunar-bricks/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T23:36:46+00:00University of Arkansas undergraduate 3D-prints binderless LEGO-like lunar bricks https://orbital-wire.com/launch-mission-tracking/voyager-1-reaches-one-light-day-earth/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T23:05:41+00:00Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth on Nov. 18 https://orbital-wire.com/commercial-spaceflight/pentagon-offers-rocket-lab-150-million-neutron-loan/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T22:42:56+00:00Pentagon offers Rocket Lab $150 million conditional loan for Neutron production https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/ut-austin-models-uranus-neptune-magnetic-fields/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T22:23:47+00:00University of Texas at Austin researchers model ice giant interiors to explain magnetic fields https://orbital-wire.com/satellite-infrastructure/darpa-astra-completes-first-space-assembly/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T21:30:20+00:00DARPA says NOM4D completed first automated in-space assembly demonstration https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/caltech-study-black-holes-failed-supernovae/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T21:00:31+00:00Caltech study hints at black holes born from failed supernovae https://orbital-wire.com/astronomy-astrophysics/cool-molecular-jet-detected-large-magellanic-cloud/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T20:40:34+00:00Team led by Fukui and Rajendra detects cool molecular jet in Large Magellanic Cloud https://orbital-wire.com/agency-program-news/nasa-clps-2-moon-cargo-contract-awards/Orbital Wireen2026-11-10T20:13:30+00:00NASA picks eight companies for ten-year $10 billion Moon cargo contract