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Launch Library 2 records Long March 2D CAS Pathfinder-1 launch as a success
Launch Library 2 records the Long March 2D launch of CAS Pathfinder-1 as a success. Kuaizhou 11 is scheduled to launch no earlier than November 12.
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Vulcan VC6L · ULA · Cape Canaveral SFS
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Analysis
- Analysis6 Nov
Starship Flight 15 Plans the First Ship Catch: What It Means for SpaceX, U.S. Launch and the Moon
SpaceX plans to try catching both the Super Heavy booster and, for the first time, the Starship upper stage on Flight 15, targeted for no earlier than November 13. What a ship catch is, what has to go right, and what it would change for SpaceX, American launch capacity and NASA's Moon landing plans.
SpaceNexus Desk · AI-draftedRead the analysis → - Analysis8 Nov
AST SpaceMobile Plans Its Own Rocket, Blacklift, on Firefly Engines: What It Means for Launch
AST SpaceMobile plans to build Blacklift, a 20-ton rocket for its BlueBird satellites targeted for late 2028, on Miranda and Vira engines from Firefly Aerospace under a deal Firefly values at more than $1.3 billion. What was announced, what the money buys, why AST says it is building its own rocket, and what has to go right.
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Space markets
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SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index
Yahoo Finance, daily close · as of Thu 12 Nov close
−4.25%
4 up, 30 down across 35 public pure-play space companies at the last close.
Equal-weighted daily move; primes and broad defense excluded so one mega-cap can't be the whole index.
Biggest moves at the last close
Yahoo Finance, daily close · as of Thu 12 Nov close
Up
- LUNRIntuitive Machines+6.98%
- GOMX.STGomSpace+4.19%
- GSATGlobalstar+0.23%
Down
- SIDUSidus Space−13.11%
- OHB.DEOHB SE−8.94%
- YSSYork Space Systems−8.84%
Space Score movers
The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.SpaceNexus Space Score · as of 9 Nov, 02:10 UTC
Score change since Nov 3.
Rose
- Momentusup 84 → 197
Momentum +81.2: Open-role change (90 days) +12.5% (8 → 9 roles) → +25% (8 → 10 roles) (company job board; percentile 39 → 74; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period)
- Varda Space Industriesup 32 → 494
Momentum +32.4: Open-role change (90 days) +29.7% (91 → 118 roles) → +37.4% (91 → 125 roles) (company job board; percentile 65 → 82; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period)
- Albedoup 24 → 216
Momentum +24.8: Open-role change (90 days) -28.6% (7 → 5 roles) → +0% (7 → 7 roles) (company job board; percentile 13 → 26; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period)
Fell
- Kepler Communicationsdown 82 → 319
Momentum −81.0: Open-role change (90 days) +31.6% (19 → 25 roles) → +5.3% (19 → 20 roles) (company job board; percentile 71 → 39; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period)
- ispace inc.down 41 → 267
Momentum −41.3: Open-role change (90 days) +12.7% (55 → 62 roles) → +1.8% (55 → 56 roles) (company job board; percentile 42 → 30; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period)
- BlackSkydown 16 → 318
Momentum −22.6: Open-role change (90 days) +42.3% (26 → 37 roles) → +30.8% (26 → 34 roles) (company job board; percentile 87 → 77; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period)
Funding & startups
Startup tracker →Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security. Full disclaimer
Latest funding rounds
SpaceNexus funding tracker · as of 10 Nov, 19:25 UTC
- Rocket Lab$150MCredit Facility10 Nov
- CesiumAstro$730MSeries D · led by Janus Henderson5 Nov
- LeoLabs$150MCredit Facility5 Nov
- Tumbleweed$7.7MSeed · led by Pact VC3 Nov
- Northwood Space$375MSeries C · led by Andreessen Horowitz / DFJ Growth2 Nov
Private funding, last 12 months
disclosed rounds · as of 10 Nov, 19:25 UTC
$13.9B
Sum of disclosed private rounds into space companies dated in the last 365 days. IPOs, tender offers, debt and grants are not counted; undisclosed rounds are listed but never estimated.
Contracts & people
Solicitations →Latest space contract awards
official announcements · as of 12 Nov, 22:30 UTC
Recently announced
- SpaceX$9.92M award
Space Development Agency · announced 10 Nov · For up to a maximum $12,666,379, for a risk reduction study on their Plug and Play Laser, also known as Plaser
Official page on war.gov for SpaceX, announced 10 Nov (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Computer World Services Corp.up to $33.8M (ceiling)
Department of War, Air Force · announced 4 Nov · For operation support services
Official page on war.gov for Computer World Services Corp., announced 4 Nov (opens in a new tab) ↗ - Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.modification of $30.8M
Space Systems Command · announced 4 Nov · For the addition of cloud compute resources, software licenses, platform integration, and workspace enablement supporting platform delivery
Official page on war.gov for Systems Planning and Analysis Inc., announced 4 Nov (opens in a new tab) ↗ - SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$19.9M award
NASA · announced 2 Nov · HelioSwarm Medium-Class Explorers Mission Contract
Official page on sam.gov for SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, announced 2 Nov (opens in a new tab) ↗
In the USAspending record · newest award 8 Oct
- Voyager Technologies$2M obligated
NASA · 8 Oct · To administer the NASA high school students united with NASA to create hardware (HUNCH) program.
Award record on usaspending.gov for Voyager Technologies, 8 Oct (opens in a new tab) ↗ - SpaceX$5M obligated
State · 30 Sep · Peru - space x Starlink
Award record on usaspending.gov for SpaceX, 30 Sep (opens in a new tab) ↗
Announced amounts are as the official page states them, with their kind in words. USAspending amounts are the total obligated on each award, as reported (record checked 12 Nov). Only awards the government itself codes as space work are listed.
Executive moves
company-matched news · as of 8 Nov, 16:08 UTC
- Alexander MacDonald4 Nov
President, Canadian Space Agency · from NASA
- Robert Wingfield3 Nov
Chief Information Officer, Applied Aerospace & Defense
- Space Force2 Nov
chief Saltzman to lead advisory board, Voyager
- Hassan R. Baqar29 Oct
Board of Directors, Sidus Space
From the desk
Everything we publish →- Analysis13 NovOHB Takes Its Case to Brussels: Why the Airbus-Leonardo-Thales Space Merger Review Will Test Europe's Sovereignty Goals Against Its Competition RulesOHB SE has reiterated its opposition to the proposed Airbus, Leonardo and Thales space combination and says it is confident the EU regulator will weigh the anti-competitive threat. The review sets Europe's push for...SpaceNexus Desk · AI-drafted
- Analysis13 NovFalse Claims Act Reaches the Commercial Space Race: Axiom's Suit Against Vast, a Critical NASA OIG Report and a Pending Inspector General VoteAn unsealed False Claims Act complaint by Axiom Space accuses rival Vast Space of giving NASA a mission planning document built on Axiom's proprietary work. It lands the same week NASA's Office of Inspector General...SpaceNexus Desk · AI-drafted
- Mission debrief12 NovLong March 2D · CAS Pathfinder-1: mission debriefThe Long March 2D launched the CAS Pathfinder-1 mission from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 11 Nov at 11:41 UTC, inside a window that ran from 11:32 to 12:05 UTC. Launch Library 2 records the outcome as a...SpaceNexus Desk · AI-drafted
- SpaceNexus AM12 NovAPOD: 2026 November 12 – Moon, Venus and Spica MeetAPOD: 2026 November 12 – Moon, Venus and Spica Meet, reported by NASA Science.SpaceNexus Desk · AI-drafted
- SpaceNexus AM11 NovStarship Flight 15 Attempts the First Double Catch: Why…SpaceX has moved its Super Heavy booster to the Starbase pad for a Flight 15 attempt on November 13 to land both the ship and the booster. Success…SpaceNexus Desk · AI-drafted
- Mission debrief10 NovLong March 12 · SatNet LEO Group 29: mission debriefA Long March 12 rocket operated by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched the SatNet LEO Group 29 mission from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on 8 Nov at 20:24 UTC, inside a window...SpaceNexus Desk · AI-drafted
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Launch board
Mission Control →Next 48 hours
Launch Library 2 · as of 13 Nov, 01:16 UTC
- T−17hAmazon Leo (LV-01)Vulcan VC6L · Cape Canaveral SFS
- date not confirmedStarlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15)Starship V3 · SpaceX Starbase
- T−24hMKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and othersSoyuz 2.1b Fregat-M · Vostochny Cosmodrome
- T−28hThe Mountain God Rises (iQPS Launch 10)Electron · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
Launch slips per week
SpaceNexus slip history · as of 13 Nov, 01:16 UTC
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