Daylight Launches Are Banned In The USA - For Now... | This Week in Spaceflight

In the midst of a protracted U.S. government shutdown, the FAA has imposed a nighttime-only restriction on commercial space launches starting November 10, aiming to ease the strain on unpaid air traffic controllers—while President Trump re-nominates billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator after months of political ping-pong.

Over in China, the Shenzhou-20 crew faces an extended stay aboard Tiangong due to potential space debris damage on their return vehicle, echoing past orbital mishaps like Soyuz MS-22, though a backup launch could soon resolve it.

Starlink hits 8 million users and seals deals for in-flight Wi-Fi across European airlines plus spectrum acquisitions for global 5G, as Vast's Haven Demo delivers stunning 4K orbital footage from its recent rideshare debut. From Axiom's docking hardware tests and China's inflatable manufacturing module to Astrolab's lunar rover trials, Astra's engine firings, and a global launch roundup including Ariane 6's Sentinel-1D and ULA's Atlas V.

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🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal).
🖋️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@alexphysics13), & Martijn Luinstra.
🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, D Wise, Space Coast Live, SpaceX, John Kraus/Polaris Program, CCTV, British Airways, Vast, NASA, US Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, US Department of Transportation, The Federal Aviation Administration, CMSA, CASC, Axiom Space, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Iberia, Astrolab, Astra, Galactic Energy, ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA; image processing by M. Schirmer (MPIA/Heidelberg), Diagram: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA Diagram by J.-C. Cuillandre, L. Quilley, F. Marleau Images alone: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi, ISRO, ESA/CNES/Arianespace/ArianeGroup, Rocket Lab, Space Lens, Astra, Google Earth, Pexels.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@dpoddolphinpro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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