{"id":9701,"date":"2025-11-11T23:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-scrubs-escapade-launch-due-to-highly-elevated-solar-activity\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:07:40","slug":"nasa-scrubs-escapade-launch-due-to-highly-elevated-solar-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-scrubs-escapade-launch-due-to-highly-elevated-solar-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to \u2018highly elevated solar activity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71445\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71445\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251111_Blue_Origin_NG-2_fairings.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251111_Blue_Origin_NG-2_fairings.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251111_Blue_Origin_NG-2_fairings-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251111_Blue_Origin_NG-2_fairings-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket designed for the NG-2 mission is pictured at sunset at Launch Complex 36, the evening of Nov. 8, 2025. The rocket will carry NASA\u2019s ESCAPADE mission along with a payload demonstration for Viasat. Image: Adam Bernstein \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update Nov. 12, 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 UTC): NASA scrubbed the launch due to strong solar impacts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After terrestrial weather forced Blue Origin to scrub its Sunday attempt to launch its 98-meter-tall (321 ft) New Glenn rocket, unacceptable space weather prevented a launch attempt on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media, the company said NASA made the call to stand down \u201cdue to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve. We are currently assessing opportunities to establish our next launch,\u201d Blue Origin wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>A confluence of poor weather, an errant cruise ship in the keep out zone and a ground systems issue at Launch Complex 36 were roadblocks to a Sunday launch attempt. In rescheduling the mission, Blue Origin said in another social media post that it was avoiding poor weather on Monday and Tuesday, but didn\u2019t mention the status of the ground systems issue.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1988588415818863098&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2025%2F11%2F11%2Flive-coverage-blue-origin-targets-nov-12-new-glenn-launch-following-weekend-weather-scrub%2F&amp;sessionId=b9527461b30a688c605dc09476b59e5fd3741102&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1988588415818863098\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782461660988324117=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">G3 conditions are currently being observed. G4 conditions with a chance for higher levels remain possible throughout the day as another CME is expected to arrive midday (EST). pic.twitter.com\/XcBmeNns4J<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (@NWSSWPC) November 12, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a greater than 95 percent chance of liftoff during the window, citing no concerns for meteorological impacts that would prevent launch. Teams did highlight the booster recovery zone as watch item, stating that it was a \u201cmoderate\u201d risk on a low-moderate-high scale. Space weather could also be an issue.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon, NOAA\u2019s Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a G4 Severe Watch connected to a coronal mass ejection first detected on Sunday, Nov. 9. It noted that this is just the fourth G4 Watch issued this solar cycle, making it \u201cvery rare,\u201d and added that impacts are expected \u201cabout midday on Nov. 12.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA CME is anticipated to arrive at and partially impact Earth around midday, 12 Nov; with the potential for elevated geomagnetic response and dependent upon the orientation of the embedded magnetic field, potential exists for Severe Storm levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71418\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71418\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251109_NG-2_ocean_view_AB-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251109_NG-2_ocean_view_AB-1-1.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251109_NG-2_ocean_view_AB-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251109_NG-2_ocean_view_AB-1-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket designed for the NG-2 mission is pictured at sunset at Launch Complex 36, the evening of Nov. 8, 2025. The rocket will carry NASA\u2019s ESCAPADE mission along with a payload demonstration for Viasat. Image: Adam Bernstein \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the mission is able to launch, starting at stage separation, roughly three minutes after liftoff, teams will attempt to steer the first stage booster, named \u2018Never Tell Me the Odds\u2019, towards a landing in the Atlantic on a barge, \u2018Jacklyn\u2019, which is staged about 375 miles (603.5 km) downrange of the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin attempted a similar landing with its first New Glenn booster, \u2018So You\u2019re Telling Me There\u2019s a Chance\u2019, but the rocket failed to properly relight the three gimbaling BE-4 engines for the reentry burn.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes well, Blue Origin will become the second private company to perform a propulsive landing an orbital class rocket. It plans to reuse its boosters for up to 25 flights initially, assuming successful landings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68462\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68462 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV-678x509.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV-326x245.jpeg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250112_NG_Jacklyn_ROV-80x60.jpeg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Recovery Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) pictured on Blue Origin\u2019s landing vessel, named \u2018Jacklyn,\u2019 after founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 mother. ROV will deploy following a booster landing and provide power, communication and pneumatic links between the booster and Jacklyn, according to Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. Image: Blue Origin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>What\u2019s onboard?<\/h4>\n<p>Nestled within the New Glenn\u2019s 7 m (23 ft) payload fairings are the twin spacecraft that makeup NASA\u2019s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission as well as a ride share communications technology demonstration from Viasat.<\/p>\n<p>A little more than 33 minutes after liftoff, the two ESCAPADE satellites, Blue and Gold will deploy from a satellite adaptor called an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (ESPA) ring. Blue separates first and then Gold about 30 seconds later.<\/p>\n<p>They are being released into a highly elliptical orbit, \u201cjust shy of Earth escape velocity,\u201d Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in a social media post on Nov. 9. The twins will loiter in a novel so-called \u201ckidney bean\u201d shaped orbit around Lagrange Point 2 about a million miles from Earth for about a year.<\/p>\n<p>They will then use the Earth for a gravity assist around fall 2026 to begin a roughly 11-month journey to the Red Planet. They will arrive at Mars roughly two days apart when they will each perform a Mars insertion burn to enter into an elliptical orbit that will slowly be lowered into their target science orbit.<\/p>\n<p>They will be studying Mars\u2019 magnetosphere to learn more about how it\u2019s been influenced by space weather over time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1987583322265141492&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2025%2F11%2F11%2Flive-coverage-blue-origin-targets-nov-12-new-glenn-launch-following-weekend-weather-scrub%2F&amp;sessionId=b9527461b30a688c605dc09476b59e5fd3741102&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1987583322265141492\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782461660988324117=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mating the twins to their Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) ring. The ESPA ring is what lets multiple smaller spacecraft share a launch on the same rocket. pic.twitter.com\/tBlxMkfGG6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) November 9, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The other payload onboard New Glenn from Viasat will remain fixed to the upper stage and be activated about five minutes after the deployment of the second ESCAPADE spacecraft. This is a demonstration of Viasat\u2019s InRange launch telemetry relay solution, which is part of the company\u2019s work under the NASA Communications Services Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInRange is a specific launch telemetry data relay service designed to support launch providers with responsive, real-time data transmission during launch using Viasat\u2019s L-band network,\u201d a Viasat spokesperson told Spaceflight Now in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a separate solution from Viasat\u2019s high-capacity Ka-band data relay capability (i.e. Real-Time Space Relay), which is also being developed and will separately be demonstrated as part of our NASA CSP program work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket designed for the NG-2 mission is pictured at sunset at Launch Complex 36, the evening of Nov. 8, 2025. The rocket will carry NASA\u2019s ESCAPADE mission along with a payload demonstration for Viasat. Image: Adam Bernstein \/ Spaceflight Now Update Nov. 12, 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 UTC): NASA scrubbed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[509,922,927,190,774,510,925,544],"class_list":["post-9701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-blue-origin","tag-escapade","tag-insight","tag-nasa","tag-never-tell-me-the-odds","tag-new-glenn","tag-ng-2","tag-rocket-lab"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}