Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into core-rb2

# Conflicts:
#	CHANGELOG.md
#	build/vite.js
#	scripts/package-boundaries.json
#	server/standalone/vite.config.js
#	src/app/scene.js
#	src/layers/vessels/queries.js
#	src/standalone/application.js
#	src/tooling/viteBuild.test.mjs
#	src/ui/cockpitInstruments.js
#	src/ui/layerPanel.js
#	src/ui/panelPositionControls.js

src/layers/launches/controls.js

@@ -17,6 +17,40 @@ export function createControls({ state: layerState, services, parts, source }) {
       parts.selection.stopMissionZoomAnchor();
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Snapshot loaded launches as plain JSON-safe records for the analyst
+     * query engine. On demand only (once per spoken query); [] while the
+     * layer is off.
+     * @param {number} [maxCount=Infinity] Most records to return.
+     * @returns {Array<Object>} {id, name, provider, status, launchSite, missionName, lat, lon, launchTimeMs, hoursUntil}.
+     */
+    getAnalystRecords(maxCount = Infinity) {
+      if (!layerState._enabled) return [];
+      const now = Date.now();
+      const text = (v) => (typeof v === 'string' && v.trim() ? v.trim() : null);
+      const result = [];
+      for (const launch of layerState._launches || []) {
+        if (result.length >= maxCount) break;
+        const at = Date.parse(launch.launchTime);
+        result.push({
+          id: launch.id,
+          name: text(launch.name),
+          provider: text(launch.provider),
+          status: text(launch.status),
+          launchSite: text(launch.launchSite),
+          missionName: text(launch.missionName),
+          lat: launch.lat,
+          lon: launch.lon,
+          launchTimeMs: Number.isFinite(at) ? at : null,
+          // Negative for launches already flown.
+          hoursUntil: Number.isFinite(at)
+            ? Math.round(((at - now) / 3_600_000) * 10) / 10
+            : null,
+        });
+      }
+      return result;
+    },
+
     getStats() {
       return {
         count: layerState._count,

src/layers/launches/source.js

@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@
 export function createLaunchSource({
   fetchImpl = (...args) => globalThis.fetch(...args),
 } = {}) {
+  /** The launch payload, and whether the proxy served it from a stale cache. */
+  async function getLaunchSnapshot({ signal } = {}) {
+    signal?.throwIfAborted();
+    const response = await fetchImpl('/api/launches', { signal });
+    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
+    const payload = await response.json();
+    signal?.throwIfAborted();
+    if (!Array.isArray(payload) && !Array.isArray(payload?.results))
+      throw new Error('Malformed launch snapshot');
+    return {
+      payload,
+      stale: response.headers?.get?.('x-gev-cache') === 'STALE-ERROR',
+    };
+  }
   return {
-    async getLaunches({ signal } = {}) {
-      signal?.throwIfAborted();
-      const response = await fetchImpl('/api/launches', { signal });
-      if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
-      const payload = await response.json();
-      signal?.throwIfAborted();
-      if (!Array.isArray(payload) && !Array.isArray(payload?.results))
-        throw new Error('Malformed launch snapshot');
-      return payload;
+    getLaunchSnapshot,
+    async getLaunches(options) {
+      return (await getLaunchSnapshot(options)).payload;
     },
     async getActiveTle({ signal } = {}) {
       signal?.throwIfAborted();