"A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country's southern steppe on November 28 on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn't even make it 4,000 feet, Ars reports. Russia's military has been silent on the accident, but the missile's crash was seen and heard for miles around the Dombarovsky air base in Orenburg Oblast near the Russian-Kazakh border."
"Most of the big stories over the last couple of weeks came from abroad. Russian rockets and launch pads didn't fare so well. China's launch industry celebrated several key missions. SpaceX was busy, too, with seven launches over the last two weeks, six of them carrying more Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. We expect between 15 and 20 more orbital launch attempts worldwide before the end of the year."
Department of the Air Force approved a new home in Florida for SpaceX's Starship. SpaceX launched seven missions over the past two weeks, six deploying Starlink Internet satellites, and more than a dozen additional orbital attempts are expected before year-end. Russian launch activity suffered setbacks, including an RS-28 Sarmat ICBM that failed shortly after liftoff on November 28, crashing near Dombarovsky air base while the military remained silent. China's launch sector achieved several key missions during the same period. Worldwide launch cadence remains high with 15–20 additional attempts anticipated before the end of the year.
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