SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit, Deploys 26 Satellites Despite Engine Shutdown
An engine shutting down too early nearly stopped SpaceX from sending Starship into orbit. Instead, flight controllers determined that the…
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SpaceX Gets $1.6 Billion for 18 Launches, Payload Details Withheld
$1.6 billion buys the U.S. Space Force 18 SpaceX launches planned for 2027 but not a publicly disclosed satellite count….
SpaceX Plans First Orbital Starship Flight Without a Tower Catch
Starship’s next flight is built around a conspicuous trade: SpaceX plans to send the vehicle into orbit for the first…
SpaceX Plans Gigawatt-Scale Gas-and-Battery Power System for Texas Terafab
SpaceX plans to power its Texas Terafab semiconductor complex with a gigawatt-scale onsite natural-gas plant and battery storage rather than…
SpaceX Targets Starship’s First Orbit and 26-Satellite Deployment on Flight 14
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Sept. 22, 2026, for Starship Flight 14 from Starbase in South Texas, with the…
SpaceX’s Space-Based Air-Tracking Contract Grows to $9.3 Billion
SpaceX’s contract for the Space Force’s space-based Airborne Moving Target Indicator program now stands at $9.3 billion, up from the…
SpaceX May Cut Florida to Two Monthly Launches While Awaiting Starship
Florida’s combined Cape Canaveral–Kennedy launch rate could fall from eight or nine missions per month to perhaps two, a sharp…
SpaceX Hits 100 Falcon Missions With 27 Starlinks, Trails 2025 Record
One hundred Falcon-family launches in less than eight months: SpaceX reached that mark for 2026 on Aug. 22, when a…
Space Force Adds 91 Launches and $17 Billion as Rocket Options Shrink
The U.S. Space Force is expanding its primary launch program just as its choice of operational rockets has narrowed. An…
SpaceX Ends Florida Falcon 9 Starlink Flights, Hands Future to Starship
SpaceX has ended planned Falcon 9 launches dedicated to Starlink from Florida, but its designated replacement is not yet operating…
SpaceX Proposes $100 Billion Louisiana Starship Hub With 10 Launch Pads
Ten launch pads anchor SpaceX’s proposed $100 billion Starbase Louisiana complex, an industrial-scale bet that the company can move Starship…
SpaceX Plans Falcon 9 Retirement Once Starship Flies Reliably Several Times Weekly
SpaceX intends to retire Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, but only after Starship can reliably fly several times per week….
SpaceX Reportedly Wins $8 Billion for Golden Dome Satellites and Launches
More than $8 billion is the number that defines SpaceX’s reported position in Golden Dome. The company reportedly secured contracts…
SpaceX Pushes Starlink Past 11,000 Satellites, but Not All Are Operational
More than 11,000 Starlink satellites are now physically orbiting Earth. SpaceX crossed that threshold after a Falcon 9 deployed 24…
SpaceX Now Operates Nearly Two-Thirds of Active Satellites, Raising Traffic Demands
10,365 out of 15,711. Those figures, reported for June 2026 by French orbital-monitoring company Look Up, put SpaceX’s Starlink network…
SpaceX Recovers Intact Starship After 24 Days for First Flight Inspection
SpaceX has guided Starship upper stage Ship 40 into calmer waters off Christmas Island after approximately 24 days at sea,…
SpaceX Launches Eight Satellites Supporting Apple SOS, Lands Florida Booster
SpaceX launched eight Globalstar communications satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday night, August 15, then returned the…
SpaceX Plans Two Engine Replacements After Starship’s Automatic Pad Abort
SpaceX’s next Starship readiness test begins before the 407-foot rocket leaves its Texas launch pad. The company plans to replace…
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