# 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. - Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/briefing/2026-11-14 - This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/briefing/2026-11-14.md - Data as of: published 2026-11-14 06:04 UTC; records from 2026-11-13 06:00 UTC to 2026-11-14 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 28 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 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. 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/hawkeye-360); [SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close)](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/virgin-galactic); [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2084385/000208438526000001/0002084385-26-000001-index.htm) ### 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](https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/?search=Starship%20Flight%2015&mode=detailed); [SpaceX on X](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121375384793231499); [SpaceX on X](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121376372576915909); [AP](https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-rocket-elon-musk-f9452dd86770dda36828a35bb27d65ee) ### Ship in orbit, 26 satellites SpaceX reported that Starship performed its orbital insertion burn and entered orbit for the second time, and that all 26 Starlink V3 satellites are in orbit. SpaceX says each satellite will add 1 Terabit of capacity to the constellation. Sources: [SpaceX on X](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121381593768186362); [SpaceX on X](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121394268652839309); [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15) ### The ship catch plan SpaceX plans to catch the ship at Starbase at about 21:20 UTC today, only if the flight control team confirms critical systems are healthy, with a late-reentry option to the Gulf of America. SpaceX expects approximately 14 orbits over a more than 22-hour flight. Space.com notes Starship is slated to fly an Artemis III demonstration in Earth orbit in summer 2027. Sources: [SpaceX mission page and update](https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15); [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/updates#starship-catch); [Space.com; Reuters; NASA Administrator on X; SpaceX](https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2121387579442381282) ### Vulcan launch ahead United Launch Alliance's Vulcan VC6L is scheduled to launch Amazon Leo (LV-01) from Cape Canaveral no earlier than 17:32:30 UTC on November 14. Launch Library 2 lists the status as go for launch. Sources: [Launch Library 2](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wstzf005bdx9f5m1398a7) ### Jobs board The SpaceNexus jobs board lists 11,428 job postings, about 10,200 distinct roles, and 702 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) - [HawkEye 360 (HAWK) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/hawkeye-360) - [Virgin Galactic (SPCE) (SpaceNexus Pure-Play Index (Yahoo Finance daily close))](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/virgin-galactic) - [Charter Space funding (SEC EDGAR Form D)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2084385/000208438526000001/0002084385-26-000001-index.htm) - [Liftoff, Launch Library 2 (Launch Library 2)](https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/?search=Starship%20Flight%2015&mode=detailed) - [Hot staging (SpaceX on X)](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121375384793231499) - [Booster diverts (SpaceX on X)](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121376372576915909) - [The booster, reported by AP (AP)](https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-rocket-elon-musk-f9452dd86770dda36828a35bb27d65ee) - [Orbital insertion (SpaceX on X)](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121381593768186362) - [Deployment complete (SpaceX on X)](https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2121394268652839309) - [Starlink V3 capacity, as SpaceX claims it (SpaceX)](https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15) - [The ship catch attempt, still ahead (SpaceX mission page and update)](https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15) - [The planned flight (SpaceX)](https://www.spacex.com/updates#starship-catch) - [The Artemis lander path (Space.com; Reuters; NASA Administrator on X; SpaceX)](https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2121387579442381282) - [Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) (Launch Library 2)](https://spacenexus.us/launch/cml5wstzf005bdx9f5m1398a7) - [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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