SpaceNexus Daily · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Kinetica 2 and Electron launches recorded as successes
Launch Library 2 records Kinetica 2 and Electron launches as successes; Mir Demo Flight is scheduled no earlier than November 4, and Ars Technica Space reported a Chinese Moon landing timeline.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Monday, November 2, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks fell 3.2 percent, with 7 companies up and 27 down. The largest gain was NorthStar Earth & Space, up 13 percent, and the largest decline was AST SpaceMobile, down 11.3 percent. Northwood Space raised $375 million in a Series C round, according to Payload Space.
The SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index is an equal-weighted summary of daily price moves that we compute for information. It is not an investable product, no fund tracks it, and it is not investment advice. Full disclaimer
Sources: SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close); Payload Space
Two launches recorded
Launch Library 2 records these launches as successes. Kinetica 2, from CAS Space, lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on November 3 on the SpaceSail Polar Group #17 mission. Rocket Lab's Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand on November 2 for iQPS Launch 9.
Sources: Launch Library 2; Launch Library 2
Next launch on the schedule
Next on the schedule, Mir Demo Flight, from the Agency for Defense Development, is scheduled to launch from Sea Launch no earlier than 05:00 UTC on November 4. Launch Library 2 lists the status as to be confirmed.
Sources
- SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- NorthStar Earth & Space (NSTR) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Northwood Space funding (Payload Space) · on SpaceNexus
- Kinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group #17 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9) (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Mir | Demo Flight (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- China Puts a Date on Its Crewed Lunar Landing: A Direct-to-Surface Plan Within Three Years Reframes the Artemis Race (SpaceNexus)
- SpaceX reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon (TechCrunch Space)
- Hydrosat Launches Thermal Imaging Capability for Tactical ISR
Past briefings
- 2026-11-02One ISS solar array left after Kutryk's spacewalk, SpaceQ reports
- 2026-11-01Telesat delays Lightspeed rollout by three months, SatNews reports
- 2026-10-31Launch Library 2 records Starlink Group 15-18 launch as a success
- 2026-10-30FCC opens D2D spectrum sharing proceeding, Via Satellite reports
- 2026-10-29NASA is two spacewalks from finishing station upgrade, Spaceflight Now says
- 2026-10-28Airbus and Thales contracted for 2 Galileo satellites each, Via Satellite reports
- 2026-10-27Starlink Group 15-16 lifts off from Vandenberg; Launch Library 2 records success
- 2026-10-26Kutryk readies for first spacewalk, SpaceQ says; Starlink 15-16 targets Oct 27
- 2026-10-25Launch Library 2 records Long March 8A SatNet launch as a success
- 2026-10-24Launch Library 2 records four successful launches on October 23
- 2026-10-23Ars Technica reports 22 Starship launches estimated per Moon landing