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In this week's Avid Space Industry Update, Blue Origin makes major strides in bringing LC-36 back online while ULA prepares to launch its first batch of Amazon LEO satellites and Rocket Lab continues its push to bring Neutron into service. Building, Testing, Flying - Weekly Spaceflight News | 7:29 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 2,165 views | November 5, 2026

"Danger" Will Robinson-Smith at Spaceflight Now! SpaceX is on the cusp of sending its massive Starship rocket to orbit for the first time in program history. The Starship Flight 14 mission will carry 26 Starlink Version 3 satellites into low Earth orbit, but only if the flight teams deem the rocket healthy enough to make call on performing an insertion burn. In this video, Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith dives into what changed from Flight 13 to 14, the goals of this upcoming mission, and the hope of those watching from the outside to see how it all plays out....

Watch live as SpaceX debuts the latest version of its revolutionary Starship launcher on the 12th test flight for the program. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from a new launch pad at Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. CDT / 6:30 p.m. EDT / 2230 UTC on Friday, May 22. The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 19) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 39) in the Indian Ocean. The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink simulators, similar in...

Splashdown is scheduled to occur at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT / 00:07 UTC), live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith. Live: Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific after Moon mission | Spaceflight Now 454K subscribers | 31,373 watching now | Started streaming 2 hours ago