{"id":34082,"date":"2025-11-18T15:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=34082"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:40:51","slug":"global-launch-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/global-launch-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Launch Watch: November 2025 \u2013 A Surge in Space Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 2025<\/strong> is shaping up to be one of the most action-packed months in recent memory for the global space industry, featuring a relentless schedule of missions that underscore the rapid acceleration of both commercial and national space programs. From intense satellite deployment campaigns by <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/spacex\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"153\">SpaceX<\/a><\/em><\/strong> utilizing its workhorse <strong>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/strong> vehicle, to critical state-backed missions\u2014including China\u2019s eagerly anticipated <strong>Shenzhou 22<\/strong> crew launch\u2014the coming weeks offer a comprehensive look at the modern space race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month&#8217;s manifest, spanning launch pads across North America, Asia, South America, and Europe, highlights fierce competition in orbital access, driven largely by the ongoing build-out of mega-constellations like <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/starlink\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"196\">Starlink<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and major advances in indigenous launch capabilities like South Korea\u2019s <strong>Nuri<\/strong> rocket. Get ready for a period of non-stop action, as commercial giants and world powers strive to secure their place in the final frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>November 2025: A Busy Month for Global Aerospace<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-1024x577.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-1536x865.webp 1536w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-390x220.webp 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/starlink-spacex-satelite-3127686-scaled.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheduled launch manifest for late November 2025 indicates a period of intense activity across the global space sector. From commercial satellite constellations to critical manned missions and international scientific endeavors, space agencies and private companies are ramping up their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SpaceX Continues High-Frequency Operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As is customary, SpaceX dominates the schedule with multiple Falcon 9 launches planned within a tight timeframe. The manifest includes several &#8220;Starlink Group&#8221; missions (6-94, 6-78, 6-79, 11-15, 11-30, 11-25) aimed at expanding their global internet mega-constellation. Additionally, a significant rideshare mission, the Transporter 15, is scheduled for November 19, highlighting the growing demand for small satellite launch services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International and Government Missions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SpaceX.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SpaceX.jpg 770w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SpaceX-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SpaceX-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SpaceX-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The schedule reflects a diverse geopolitical landscape in spaceflight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>China (CASC):<\/strong> The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has a busy lineup, including the Long March series rockets. Most notably, the <strong>Shenzhou 22<\/strong> mission is slated for November 23. As a manned mission, this marks another critical step in China&#8217;s space station operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Russia (Roscosmos) and Europe:<\/strong> The Russian Federation is preparing for the <strong>Soyuz MS-28<\/strong> mission on November 26, another key human spaceflight event. Additionally, an Angara 1.2 launch is scheduled with a &#8220;Kosmos&#8221; payload. Meanwhile, Arianespace is set to launch a Vega-C rocket carrying KOMPSAT-7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Emerging Players and Locations:<\/strong> The data presents an interesting mix of launch providers and sites, including South Korea&#8217;s KARI launching the Nuri rocket, Brazil&#8217;s Innospace testing the HANBIT-Nano, and Rocket Lab executing missions with its Electron rocket.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commercial Diversity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the giants, the schedule features Rocket Lab\u2019s nimble operations and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/blue-origin\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"278\">Blue Origin\u2019s<\/a><\/em><\/strong> New Shepard (NS-37), indicating a vibrant market for suborbital and specialized orbital missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This packed schedule for <strong><em>November 2025<\/em><\/strong> demonstrates that low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly accessible, with a steady rhythm of launches occurring almost daily from spaceports around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Launch Schedule: November 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-390x220.jpeg 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-150x84.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/How-SpaceX-Leverages-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Optimize-Rocket-Launches-scaled.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time (UTC\/GMT)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Vehicle<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mission \/ Payload<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Provider<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Launch Site (As Listed)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Nov 18<\/strong><\/td><td>15:45 &#8211; 21:00 (+3)<\/td><td>Rocket Lab (HASTE)<\/td><td>VAN ACELE<\/td><td>Rocket Lab<\/td><td>Wallops Flight Facility, USA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 18<\/strong><\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Starlink Group 6-94<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Wallops \/ Virginia (implied in text)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 19<\/strong><\/td><td>00:12 UTC<\/td><td>Long March 2C<\/td><td>Unknown Payload<\/td><td>CASC<\/td><td>Cape Canaveral SFS (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 19<\/strong><\/td><td>04:00 UTC<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Transporter 15<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Jiuquan SLC (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 19<\/strong><\/td><td>18:18 UTC<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Starlink Group 6-78<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Vandenberg SFB, USA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 21<\/strong><\/td><td>03:01 UTC<\/td><td>Long March 3B\/E<\/td><td>Unknown Payload<\/td><td>CASC<\/td><td>Kennedy Space Center (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 21<\/strong><\/td><td>10:55 UTC<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Starlink Group 6-79<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Xichang SLC (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 22<\/strong><\/td><td>06:59 UTC<\/td><td>HANBIT-Nano<\/td><td>To Space<\/td><td>Innospace<\/td><td>Cape Canaveral SFS (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 22<\/strong><\/td><td>18:00 UTC<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Starlink Group 11-15<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Alc\u00e2ntara Space Center, Brazil<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 22<\/strong><\/td><td>21:44 UTC<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Starlink Group 11-30<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Vandenberg SFB, USA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 23<\/strong><\/td><td>08:00 UTC<\/td><td>Long March 2F\/G<\/td><td><strong>Shenzhou 22<\/strong><\/td><td>CASC<\/td><td>Vandenberg SFB (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 25<\/strong><\/td><td>04:11 UTC<\/td><td>Angara 1.2<\/td><td>Kosmos<\/td><td>Khrunichev<\/td><td>Jiuquan SLC (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 25<\/strong><\/td><td>13:00 UTC<\/td><td>Nuri<\/td><td>CAS500-3<\/td><td>KARI<\/td><td>Plesetsk Cosmodrome (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 26<\/strong><\/td><td>15:54 UTC<\/td><td>Soyuz 2.1a<\/td><td><strong>Soyuz MS-28<\/strong><\/td><td>ROSCOSMOS<\/td><td>Naro Space Center (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 27<\/strong><\/td><td>09:27 UTC<\/td><td>Vega-C<\/td><td>KOMPSAT-7<\/td><td>Arianespace<\/td><td>Baikonur Cosmodrome (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Nov 28<\/strong><\/td><td>17:21 UTC<\/td><td>Electron<\/td><td>BlackSky Gen-3 3<\/td><td>Rocket Lab<\/td><td>Guiana Space Centre (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>TBD<\/strong><\/td><td>Nov 2025<\/td><td>Falcon 9 Block 5<\/td><td>Starlink Group 11-25<\/td><td>SpaceX<\/td><td>Rocket Lab Complex 1, NZ (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>TBD<\/strong><\/td><td>Nov 2025<\/td><td>Long March 8A<\/td><td>Unknown Payload<\/td><td>CASC<\/td><td>Vandenberg SFB (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>TBD<\/strong><\/td><td>Nov 2025<\/td><td>New Shepard<\/td><td>NS-37<\/td><td>Blue Origin<\/td><td>Wenchang SLC (listed in text*)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also like this content<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most action-packed months in recent memory for the global space industry, featuring a relentless schedule of missions that underscore the rapid acceleration of both commercial and national space programs. 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