SpaceNexus Daily · Saturday, November 14, 2026
Starship Flight 15 in orbit, SpaceX reports; ship catch attempt still ahead
SpaceX reported that Starship entered orbit for the second time and that all 26 Starlink V3 satellites are in orbit; the ship catch attempt is planned for about 21:20 UTC.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Saturday, November 14, 2026.
Space stocks and money
In the trading session of Friday, November 13, the SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index of space stocks fell 2.7 percent, with 5 companies up and 30 down. The largest gain was HawkEye 360, up 23.8 percent, and the largest decline was Virgin Galactic, down 31.1 percent. Charter Space raised $1.5 million, according to SEC EDGAR Form D.
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); SEC EDGAR Form D
Flight 15 lifts off
Launch Library 2 records Starship Flight 15 lifting off from Starbase, Texas at 22:47:36 UTC on November 13. After hot staging, SpaceX posted that Super Heavy diverted to an offshore splashdown in the Gulf. AP reported the booster fell into the Gulf of Mexico in flames.
Image shown: Starship lifting off on its fifth flight test, October 2024 (file photo). Photo: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, cropped.
Sources: Launch Library 2; SpaceX on X
Sources
- SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- HawkEye 360 (HAWK) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Virgin Galactic (SPCE) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)) · on SpaceNexus
- Charter Space funding (SEC EDGAR Form D) · on SpaceNexus
- Liftoff, Launch Library 2 (Launch Library 2) · on SpaceNexus
- Hot staging (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- Booster diverts (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- The booster, reported by AP (AP) · on SpaceNexus
- Orbital insertion
Image credits
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