SpaceNexus Daily · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
ESCAPADE heads for Mars after Earth flybys, SpaceNews reports
SpaceNews reports two NASA ESCAPADE smallsats are headed toward Mars after Earth flybys; Launch Library 2 lists four launches ahead, the first no earlier than November 11.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Tuesday, November 10, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks rose 0.2 percent, with 19 companies up and 16 down. The largest gain was Innospace, up 10.5 percent, and the largest decline was Gilat Satellite Networks, down 20.4 percent. Rocket Lab raised $150 million in a Credit Facility round, according to SatNews.
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); SatNews
ESCAPADE heads for Mars
SpaceNews reported that two NASA smallsats are headed toward Mars after completing flybys of Earth, nearly a year after their launch. The mission is called ESCAPADE.
Sources: SpaceNews
Rocket Lab backlog
Via Satellite reported that Rocket Lab is seeing strong demand for its launch business, with a record backlog of 117 missions across Electron, Neutron and HASTE hypersonic suborbital launches.
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- SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Innospace (462350) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Rocket Lab funding (SatNews) · on SpaceNexus
- ESCAPADE on its way to Mars after Earth flybys (SpaceNews)
- Rocket Lab Secures Half a Billion in Neutron Launch Orders in Q3 (Via Satellite)
- Long March 2D (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Kuaizhou 11 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Mir | Demo Flight (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), Open Public Scoping Period, and Hold Public Scoping Meetings on the Proposed SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Launch and Landing Operations at the Boca Chica Launch Site at Starbase, Texas and Expansion of Starship Landing and Expenditure Locations
Past briefings
- 2026-11-10NASA awards Moon Base contracts, Via Satellite reports
- 2026-11-09NASA rolls out Moon Base awards at MAX POWER, Payload Space reports
- 2026-11-08NASA books PROMISE a ride in Moon Base plan update, NASASpaceFlight reports
- 2026-11-07Launch Library 2 records Falcon 9 USSF-432 launch as a success
- 2026-11-06Final iROSA solar panel installed on ISS, NASASpaceFlight reports
- 2026-11-05SpaceX taps Qualcomm for Starlink Mobile base stations, Via Satellite says
- 2026-11-04New Space Economy reports ESA called ERMIS-3 laser link Greece's first
- 2026-11-03Kinetica 2 and Electron launches recorded as successes
- 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
- FCC opens D2D spectrum sharing proceeding, Via Satellite reports