Space News for Friday, November 21, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Rocket Lab launches BlackSky Gen-3 beating the annual launch record with 2 launches in 2 days from 2 hemispheres – SatNews(01:20) ESA’s Smile approved for launch in the spring of 2026 – SatNews(01:45) Falcon 9 launches Starlink smallsats Group 6-78 on Thursday from the Cape – SatNews(02:13) Dcubed’s next venture ARAQYS – the power solution for space – SatNews(02:46) INNOSPACE’s new date of first commercial SPACEWARD mission HANBIT-Nano launch – SatNews(03:22) NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster(03:48) NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Prepares for More Flight Testing(04:19) Blue Origin announce upgrades to New Glenn ahead of Flight 3(04:50) Preparing pads for SpaceX’s future Starship cadence