SpaceNexus Daily · Sunday, November 15, 2026
SpaceX posts that Mechazilla caught Starship on Flight 15
SpaceX posted that its Mechazilla tower caught Starship at Starbase on Flight 15; Launch Library 2 records the booster's landing as failed.
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This is SpaceNexus Daily, for Sunday, November 15, 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.
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)
Starship caught at the tower
SpaceX posted that Mechazilla caught Starship at Starbase, the first catch of a Starship upper stage. SpaceX's posts on November 14 described a healthy ship and heatshield in orbit, teams polled go, a good deorbit burn, reentry, a banking maneuver and final approach, then the catch.
Image shown: The Starbase launch site in Texas from the air, early 2026 (file image). Image: NOAA (public domain).
Sources: SpaceX on X; SpaceX on X; SpaceX on X; 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
- The catch (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- Healthy in orbit (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- Polled go (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- Deorbit burn (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- Reentry (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
- Final approach (SpaceX on X) · on SpaceNexus
Image credits
Images marked as file images are not from the event in the story.
- The Starbase launch site in Texas from the air, early 2026 (file image). NOAA, Public domain (US government work). Source. Resized to 2400x1350.
Past briefings
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- 2026-11-13Vulcan targets November 13 launch with first Amazon Leo payload
- 2026-11-12Launch Library 2 records Long March 2D CAS Pathfinder-1 launch as a success
- 2026-11-11ESCAPADE heads for Mars after Earth flybys, SpaceNews reports
- 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
- Kinetica 2 and Electron launches recorded as successes