# SpaceNexus Daily, Friday, November 6, 2026: Final iROSA solar panel installed on ISS, NASASpaceFlight reports > NASASpaceFlight reported that ISS astronauts installed the final iROSA solar panel. Launch Library 2 records a Long March 2C success, and Ceres-2 and Falcon 9 launches are scheduled. - Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/briefing/2026-11-06 - This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/briefing/2026-11-06.md - Data as of: published 2026-11-06 06:03 UTC; records from 2026-11-05 06:00 UTC to 2026-11-06 06:00 UTC - How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#ai-content ## About this edition - AI-generated briefing, AI voice. This briefing is AI-generated: an AI model wrote the script from SpaceNexus records and the sources listed, two independent AI passes checked every claim against those records and the web, and an AI voice reads it. No sponsor, advertiser or partner has any part in it. - How it was checked: All 32 claims in the script were checked one by one against the SpaceNexus records listed below, by two independent AI fact-checkers that did not write it, one of them also searching the web; every number, date and time was matched to the records by code. It publishes only if every claim passes. ## Transcript This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Friday, November 6, 2026. ### Space stocks and money In the trading session of Thursday, November 5, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks fell 6 percent, with 5 companies up and 30 down. The largest gain was BlackSky, up 14 percent, and the largest decline was Redwire, down 19.8 percent. CesiumAstro raised $730 million in a Series D round, according to SpaceNews. LeoLabs raised $150 million in a Credit Facility round, according to LeoLabs | Persistent Orbital Intelligence. MuRay raised $3.9 million, EUR 3.5 million as stated, according to Sifted. Sources: [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/markets-daily); [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/blacksky); [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/redwire); [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/cesiumastro-secures-730-million-in-janus-henderson-led-series-d-at-a-valuation-above-4-5-billion-unveils-synchronicity-satellite-constellation-following-fully-successful-element-1-mission/); [LeoLabs | Persistent Orbital Intelligence](https://leolabs.space/press/leolabs-secures-150m-u-s-government-financing/); [Sifted](https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-deeptech-startup-muray-raises-e7-1m-to-see-inside-rocket-engines/); [Future Phecda (未来宇航)](https://www.futurephecda.com/news/125753) ### ISS power upgrade NASASpaceFlight reported that International Space Station astronauts installed the final iROSA solar panel to augment aging ISS power systems. According to NASASpaceFlight, the station program completed a critical power upgrade. 5 outlets covered the story in the last 24 hours. Sources: [NASASpaceFlight](https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/11/final-irosa-install-iss/) ### Yaogan 51-07 to 09 launch Launch Library 2 records the Long March 2C launch of Yaogan 51-07 to 09 as a success. It lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the People's Republic of China on November 5. Sources: [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmvv0yeta1lrxiurgn7s96qhw) ### Launches ahead Galactic Energy's Ceres-2 is scheduled to launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center no earlier than 23:35 UTC on November 6. SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 USSF-432 launch follows from Vandenberg SFB, no earlier than 00:46 UTC on November 7. Sources: [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmvsixgkb06tzsnejwz6hj531); [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmvpkcuh205swtwzr5b4w1d8u) ### OHB Sentinel-3 contract European Spaceflight reported that OHB secured a €554 million contract from the European Space Agency to develop the first Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography satellite for the European Union's Copernicus programme. Sources: [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/ohb-awarded-e554-million-contract-for-next-gen-sentinel-3-satellite/) ### Jobs board The SpaceNexus jobs board lists 11,390 job postings, about 10,100 distinct roles, and 868 of the postings went up in the last 7 days. Sources: [SpaceNexus jobs board](https://spacenexus.us/jobs) Full details and sources are at spacenexus.us. ## Sources - [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/markets-daily) - [BlackSky (BKSY) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/blacksky) - [Redwire (RDW) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/redwire) - [CesiumAstro funding (SpaceNews)](https://spacenews.com/cesiumastro-secures-730-million-in-janus-henderson-led-series-d-at-a-valuation-above-4-5-billion-unveils-synchronicity-satellite-constellation-following-fully-successful-element-1-mission/) - [LeoLabs funding (LeoLabs | Persistent Orbital Intelligence)](https://leolabs.space/press/leolabs-secures-150m-u-s-government-financing/) - [MuRay funding (Sifted)](https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-deeptech-startup-muray-raises-e7-1m-to-see-inside-rocket-engines/) - [Sixiang Technology (四象科技) funding (Future Phecda (未来宇航))](https://www.futurephecda.com/news/125753) - [ISS astronauts install final iROSA solar panel to augment aging ISS power systems (NASASpaceFlight)](https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/11/final-irosa-install-iss/) - [Long March 2C | Yaogan 51-07 to 09 (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmvv0yeta1lrxiurgn7s96qhw) - [Ceres-2 (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmvsixgkb06tzsnejwz6hj531) - [Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cmvpkcuh205swtwzr5b4w1d8u) - [OHB Awarded €554 Million Contract for Next-Gen Sentinel-3 Satellite (European Spaceflight)](https://europeanspaceflight.com/ohb-awarded-e554-million-contract-for-next-gen-sentinel-3-satellite/) - [SpaceNexus jobs board (SpaceNexus jobs board)](https://spacenexus.us/jobs) ## Licence and credits - Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) for the transcript and the SpaceNexus records. 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