Starship Booster 22 Static Fire | SpaceX
On October 25th, SpaceX conducted a full-duration static fire of Super Heavy Booster 22 at Pad 2 in Starbase, Texas, igniting all 33 Raptor engines for approximately 15 seconds. The successful test marked another major milestone in preparations for Starship Flight 15. Booster 22 was later transported back to the production site for additional work ahead of its flight.
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Starship Ship 42 Engine Testing | SpaceX
On October 27th, SpaceX conducted two static fire tests of Starship Ship 42 at the Massey's test site near Starbase, Texas. The spacecraft first completed a single-engine firing designed to simulate an in-space deorbit burn, followed by a full-duration static fire of all six Raptor engines lasting approximately 60 seconds. The successful tests marked a major step toward Ship 42's first flight and SpaceX's continued development of the next-generation Starship vehicle.
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Starlink 15-16 | SpaceX
On October 27th, at 12:25 a.m. PDT, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying 27 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. Booster B1082, on its 26th flight, successfully landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch. The booster previously supported missions including USSF-62, NROL-145, OneWeb Launch 20, and Transporter-18.
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Artemis III Rocket Assembly | NASA
On October 28th, NASA announced that the core stage of its Space Launch System rocket for Artemis III had been integrated alongside its two solid rocket boosters inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 212-foot-tall core stage is now part of a temporary configuration that will undergo additional testing before a planned rollout to Launch Pad 39B for a fueling demonstration. Artemis III is currently targeted for 2027 and will test Orion's rendezvous and docking capabilities with commercial lunar lander spacecraft.
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International Space Station Spacewalk | NASA / CSA
On October 29th, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk completed a 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The astronauts successfully installed and deployed the station's seventh upgraded Roll-Out Solar Array, helping increase the orbiting laboratory's electrical power capacity. The excursion marked the 285th spacewalk supporting space station assembly and maintenance, as well as Kutryk's first spacewalk.
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NVS-03 | ISRO
On October 30th, at 11:51 p.m. India Standard Time, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched a GSLV Mk II rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, carrying the NVS-03 navigation satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The spacecraft is the third in India's second-generation NavIC navigation satellite series, designed to improve positioning and timing services across India and surrounding regions. On October 31st, ISRO confirmed that NVS-03 had successfully completed its first orbit-raising maneuver.
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Starlink 15-18 | SpaceX
On October 30th, at 9:04 p.m. PDT, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying 27 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. Booster B1093, on its 18th flight, successfully landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean approximately eight minutes after liftoff. The mission marked the 700th Falcon 9 launch and continued the expansion of SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation.
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