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Blue Origin’s New Glenn successfully launches NASA’s ESCAPADE and lands its booster on its second flight. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launched the ViaSat-3 F2 satellite from Florida. Space Kinetic has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to accelerate the development of its architecture for asymmetric space-based missile defense, and more.

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Elysia Segal brings us the Space Traffic Report from NASASpaceflight.com.

Selected Reading

New Glenn Launches NASA’s ESCAPADE, Lands Fully Reusable Booster - Blue Origin

Viasat Successfully Tests HaloNet Launch Telemetry Solution for NASA Onboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn

Viasat Confirms Successful Launch of ViaSat-3 F2

Space Kinetic Awarded DARPA Contract to Advance Asymmetric Missile Defense Architecture

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser® Spaceplane Successfully Completes Critical Pre-flight Milestones

Intuitive Machines and Texas A&M Space Institute Accelerate Lunar Mission Readiness

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after vessel damaged by space debris 

IonQ Announces Plans to Acquire Skyloom

MDA Space Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

Virgin Galactic Announces Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results And Provides Business Update

Vartis Space Unveils “Vartis Space Clock” — An Open-Source Framework for Independent Deep-Space Time Synchronization

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