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NavIC gets NVS-03, Ship 42 is ready, and Falcon 9 hits 700

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ISRO's GSLV-F18 rocket lifting off at night from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota, lighting up the lightning towers around it
Image: ISRO

The ship SpaceX wants to catch with the tower finished its last engine tests, India's GSLV-F18 put the NVS-03 navigation satellite in orbit, two astronauts made the 100th US spacewalk, and Falcon 9 flew for the 700th time. All four orbital launches this week worked.

In this issue

  • Starship: Ship 42 is ready, Flight 15 now has a 12 Nov marker
  • India's GSLV-F18 puts NVS-03 in orbit
  • The 100th US spacewalk adds more power to the ISS
  • Falcon 9 reaches 700 launches as SpaceX winds it down
  • Also this week: Artemis III's rocket, Vietnam joins the Artemis Accords, Vulcan's return date
  • Four launches, four successes
  • The 2026 count
  • What to watch next week