{"id":74675,"date":"2026-11-14T00:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T04:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/spacex-achieves-orbital-insertion-as-fda-approves-new-kidney-therapy-and-faa-investigates-l3harris-outage\/74675\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T00:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T04:38:15","slug":"spacex-achieves-orbital-insertion-as-fda-approves-new-kidney-therapy-and-faa-investigates-l3harris-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/spacex-achieves-orbital-insertion-as-fda-approves-new-kidney-therapy-and-faa-investigates-l3harris-outage\/74675\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Achieves Orbital Insertion as FDA Approves New Kidney Therapy and FAA Investigates L3Harris Outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SpaceX<\/strong> successfully launched <strong>Starship Flight 15<\/strong>, achieving a nominal orbital insertion and deploying <strong>26 Starlink V3 satellites<\/strong>, though it aborted the planned &quot;chopsticks&quot; catch of the Super Heavy booster.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>US FDA<\/strong> granted approval to <strong>Roche&#39;s (<a href=\"\/stock\/RHHBY\">RHHBY<\/a>)<\/strong> Gazyva as the first-ever treatment for adults with <strong>primary membranous nephropathy (pMN)<\/strong>, a rare autoimmune kidney disease.<\/li>\n<li>A nationwide <strong>FAA ground stop<\/strong> on Friday impacted over <strong>13,000 flights<\/strong> due to a telecommunications failure reportedly involving infrastructure managed by <strong>L3Harris Technologies (<a href=\"\/stock\/LHX\">LHX<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roche (<a href=\"\/stock\/RHHBY\">RHHBY<\/a>)<\/strong> shares may see increased interest following the landmark approval, which addresses a disease where up to <strong>30% of patients<\/strong> otherwise progress to kidney failure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>L3Harris (<a href=\"\/stock\/LHX\">LHX<\/a>)<\/strong> faces scrutiny as federal officials investigate whether a network update or aging infrastructure caused the critical air traffic control communications blackout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>SpaceX Starship Flight 15 Reaches Orbit, Aborts Booster Catch<\/h2>\n<p><strong>SpaceX<\/strong> launched its <strong>Starship<\/strong> megarocket on its 15th test flight from Starbase, Texas, on November 13, 2026. The mission achieved a major milestone by reaching a <strong>nominal orbit<\/strong> at an altitude of approximately <strong>275 km<\/strong>, marking only the second time the upper stage has successfully entered Earth&#39;s orbit. During its coast, the vehicle deployed <strong>26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites<\/strong>, which are expected to add a full <strong>terabit of data capacity<\/strong> to the constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the orbital success, the ambitious &quot;double catch&quot; recovery plan was only partially attempted. The <strong>Super Heavy Booster 22<\/strong> aborted its return to the launch tower &quot;chopsticks&quot; and instead performed a controlled splashdown in the <strong>Gulf of Mexico<\/strong>. Reports indicate the booster&#39;s flight termination system was activated shortly after, causing the vehicle to break apart. The <strong>Ship 42<\/strong> upper stage remains in orbit for a planned 22-hour mission, with a first-ever tower catch attempt for the ship scheduled for November 14.<\/p>\n<h2>FDA Approves Roche&#39;s Gazyva for Rare Kidney Disease<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>US FDA<\/strong> has officially approved <strong>Roche&#39;s (<a href=\"\/stock\/RHHBY\">RHHBY<\/a>)<\/strong> Gazyva (obinutuzumab) for the treatment of adults with <strong>primary membranous nephropathy (pMN)<\/strong>. This marks the first FDA-approved therapy for the chronic autoimmune condition, which was previously treated with off-label immunosuppressants. The approval follows a <strong>Priority Review<\/strong> and is based on Phase III <strong>MAJESTY<\/strong> trial results, where Gazyva demonstrated a <strong>36.9% complete remission rate<\/strong> at two years, compared to just <strong>5.7%<\/strong> for the comparator, tacrolimus.<\/p>\n<p>This regulatory win expands the portfolio for <strong>Roche (<a href=\"\/stock\/RHHBY\">RHHBY<\/a>)<\/strong> and its subsidiary <strong>Genentech<\/strong>, which recently secured an approval for Gazyva in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in September 2026. <em>Industry analysts suggest the clear clinical superiority shown in trials could position Gazyva as the new standard of care for pMN patients at risk of disease progression.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>L3Harris Infrastructure Linked to Massive FAA Flight Disruptions<\/h2>\n<p>A major telecommunications outage on Friday led the <strong>Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)<\/strong> to issue a nationwide ground stop, grounding or delaying more than <strong>13,000 flights<\/strong> across the United States. According to reports from <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, the failure appears to have originated within a communications network managed by <strong>L3Harris Technologies (<a href=\"\/stock\/LHX\">LHX<\/a>)<\/strong>. The network is responsible for the radio frequencies used by air traffic controllers to communicate with pilots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy<\/strong> indicated that the disruption may have been caused by an update and subsequent reboot of the system, though aging hardware was also cited as a contributing factor. While the ground stop was lifted after approximately four hours, the incident has reignited calls for a massive <strong>$50 billion modernization<\/strong> of US air traffic control systems. <strong>L3Harris (<a href=\"\/stock\/LHX\">LHX<\/a>)<\/strong> has not yet issued a formal statement regarding the specific technical failure, but the event highlights the vulnerability of the nation&#39;s critical aerospace infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways SpaceX successfully launched Starship Flight 15, achieving a nominal orbital insertion and deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites, though 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