T-3 and the countdown is on.... 🚀
We’re just a few days away from liftoff of ViaSat-3 F2, the next ultra-high-capacity Ka-band satellite in our global, multi-orbit constellation.
🛰 Learn more about #ViaSat3: vsat.co/vs3
02.11.2025 16:14 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
NASA's 2 EscaPADE probes, "Blue" & "Gold", have been encapsulated inside of New Glenn's payload fairing! Soon it'll head to LC-36 for mating to the rocket. Together with their ESPA-ring, the 2 probes only take up about 1.5% of the available volume in New Glenn's massive fairing.
31.10.2025 21:13 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tucked in and ready for flight ✅
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
31.10.2025 20:50 — 👍 67 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 1
Viasat and United Launch Alliance have officially confirmed the scheduled launch date for ViaSat-3 F2 on Nov. 5, 2025, from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral. Launch window opens at 10:24 p.m. EST! 🚀
Watch it live here: vsat.co/vs3
Press release: https://vsat.co/4qDt2pH
31.10.2025 20:40 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Last night Blue Origin successfully completed a static fire of their second New Glenn rocket! The rocket will return to the hangar where the payload fairing with NASA's EscaPADE probes will be mated. The rocket will then roll out again for a launch in Mid-November.
31.10.2025 11:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No. Dream Chaser will launch on Vulcan
28.10.2025 14:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Launch Update 🚀 Due to the continuation of severe weather impacting ULA's launch processing, the ViaSat-3 F2 launch is now planned for no earlier than Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – pending range approval.
More info here: https://vsat.co/47QVzQf
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28.10.2025 14:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The fairing with ViaSat-3 F2 safely enclosed inside it has been moved to SLC-41 for stacking atop the Atlas V 551 rocket. Launch is still targeted for NET November 4th at 03:36 UTC. This will be the final non-Kuiper, non-Starliner Atlas V launch.
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28.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Japan's QZS-5 navigation satellite has arrived in Tanegashima! The satellite will now be prepared for launch aboard H3-F8, which is scheduled for NET December 7th at 02:30 UTC. QZS-5 will operate in "Quasi-Zenith" orbit, which is a special highly inclined geosynchronous orbit.
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28.10.2025 06:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite being encapsulated inside the Ariane 6's fairing. Viewed from below the satellite is seen connected to the launch adapter while the fairing shells are closing in.
Ariane 6 fairing closed for VA265, carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite to space.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite is now safe and cozy inside Ariane 6's fairing! 🧸
The blue tiles inside the fairing work as acoustic protection dampening the noise created during launch.
Liftoff is scheduled for 4 November at 22:02 CET (21:02 GMT, 18:02 Kourou time).
📸 ESA - M. Pédoussaut
27.10.2025 10:52 — 👍 86 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 6
ISRO has confirmed that the LVM3-M5 mission carrying the GSAT-7R / CMS-03 satellite is officially scheduled for November 2nd! The rocket was transfered to the launchpad earlier today. The satellite weighs 4,400kg, making it the heaviest GEO satellite to be launched from India.
26.10.2025 13:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
During its career, B1076 launched:
- 266 Starlink satellites
- 40 OneWeb satellites
- 6 geostationary communications satellites
- 2 O3b mPOWER satellites
- 2 WorldView Legion satellites
- 1 Cargo Dragon (with 7 cubesats)
equating to ~242.000kg of total payload mass.
24.10.2025 07:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Falcon 1st Stage B1076-22 is vertical at SLC-40 ahead of its final flight later tonight at 01:30 UTC. It's set to launch the SpainSat-NG II satellite, and due to its high mass of 6,100kg, the booster needs to be expended to have enough performance to launch it into the proper GTO.
23.10.2025 18:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Another Centaur V is on the move! This is a normal "High-Energy" Centaur, which nicely shows the difference in size between the 2 types. This stage will likely support the GPS III SV09 mission, which should be ULA's next launch after ViaSat-3 F2.
📸 nsf.live/spacecoast
23.10.2025 17:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ISRO is officially preparing back-to-back LVM3 launches! First, LVM3-M5 is set to launch the GSAT-7R/CMS-02 communications satellite for the Indian Navy NET November 2nd. Next, LVM3-M6 is set to launch AST SpaceMobile's 1st BlueBird Block 2 satellite in the 1st week of December!
23.10.2025 10:45 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future.
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
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22.10.2025 21:12 — 👍 47 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
The GPS III SV09 satellite has been shipped to Florida for launch! The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Vulcan VC2S rocket before the end of the year. This will likely be ULA's next launch after ViaSat-3 F2, meaning that it has jumped ahead of USSF-87.
23.10.2025 04:35 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Rocket Lab has announced that they've completed Eta Space's LOXSAT satellite! Following the Systems Integration Review in September, Rocket Lab mated the LOXSAT payload with the Photon platform. It'll now undergo environmental testing ahead of launch on Electron NET March 2026.
22.10.2025 20:39 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The launch of ViaSat-3 F2 is officially planned for NET November 4th at 03:36 UTC, pending range approval. The satellite has been mated to the payload adapter and has been encapsulated inside of the fairing, which will be mated to the Atlas V 551 rocket later this week.
22.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
ViaSat-3 F2 Update 🚀 Launch is planned no earlier than Nov. 3, 2025, pending range approval. We’re grateful to Viasat, United Launch Alliance & Boeing teams working tirelessly through unusual weather challenges to stay on track for a successful launch. https://vsat.co/476gNud
#VS3F2
22.10.2025 16:56 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
20.10.2025 21:34 — 👍 44 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1
The LEO Centaur V has been moved back to the pad area. It now has insulation around the bottom of the stage, so looks like ULA performed some work on the stage. Hopefully this is a good sign of the Project Kuiper KV-01 mission preparing for launch.
📸 nsf.live/spacecoast
20.10.2025 16:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Following LVOS, ULA has also completed mating all 5 SRB's to the Atlas V for the ViaSat-3 F2 mission. Launch is officially still NET Late-October, but given the timing of this milestone, it might have delayed to November due to the recent tropical storms.
📸 ULA / @JUSTINRAY321
19.10.2025 15:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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