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title: As New Glenn levels up, Starship stumbles.
description: New Glenn to receive upgrades. Starship’s booster 18 suffers a mishap. A SpaceX Falcon 9 mission marks the 100th launch from Florida this year. And more.
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# [As New Glenn levels up, Starship stumbles.](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/652)

 Written by [Maria Varmazis](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/author/maria-varmazis) | Nov 21, 2025 8:51:00 PM

Summary

Blue Origin has announced a series of upgrades to New Glenn designed to increase payload performance and launch cadence. SpaceX’s Starship booster 18  suffered a mishap which caused significant damage during static testing. A Falcon 9 mission to launch new Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit marked the 100th launch from Florida’s space coast this year, and more.

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