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SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida

SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida on Friday and Saturday, March 13–14, adding the batches to its low Earth orbit broadband constellation. The back-to-back, two‑coast operations underscore the company's high launch cadence and steady expansion of Starlink capacity.

2026-03-14T10:14:08.665804-07:00

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Viasat HaloNet — reprogrammable cryptography for next‑generation satellites

2026-03-13T20:40:57.973567-07:00

Ars Technica

Payload shortfalls and commercial competition cloud future of NASA’s SLS

2026-03-13T15:12:24.898341-07:00

NASA Spaceflight

SpaceX scales Starbase with Starfactory and GigaBay to mass‑produce Starship for Moon and Mars

2026-03-13T14:09:52.509740-07:00

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SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida on Friday and Saturday, March 13–14, adding the batches to its low Earth orbit broadband constellation. The back-to-back, two‑coast operations underscore the company's high launch cadence and steady expansion of Starlink capacity.

2026-03-14T10:14:08.665804-07:00

SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida

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Viasat HaloNet — reprogrammable cryptography for next‑generation satellites Viasat’s HaloNet introduces reprogrammable, on‑orbit cryptography designed to protect next‑generation satellites as constellations proliferate and cyber threats evolve. The system aims to deliver adaptable, upgradeable encryption and key management to secure autonomous, networked missions where security is an operational requirement.

2026-03-13T20:40:57.973567-07:00

Viasat HaloNet — reprogrammable cryptography for next‑generation satellites

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iMetalX emerges from stealth with RSO modelling platform for satellite operators iMetalX has exited stealth with a software platform that models resident space objects (RSOs) to give satellite operators improved awareness of on‑orbit traffic and conjunction risk. The startup’s tools target collision avoidance, rendezvous planning and safer sustained operations in congested orbits.

2026-03-13T16:47:22.055094-07:00

iMetalX emerges from stealth with RSO modelling platform for satellite operators

Ars Technica

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Payload shortfalls and commercial competition cloud future of NASA’s SLS NASA has told employees it is struggling to find payloads that justify use of the Space Launch System, as program costs climb and commercial heavy‑lift alternatives mature. That manifest shortfall intensifies pressure on SLS's budget, schedule and its future role in Artemis and science missions.

2026-03-13T15:12:24.898341-07:00

Payload shortfalls and commercial competition cloud future of NASA’s SLS

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Meridian’s 2026 Space Diplomacy Forum to convene policymakers and industry amid a multipolar, contested orbital environment On March 25, 2026 Meridian International Center hosts the 2026 Space Diplomacy Forum, “Shared Horizons,” convening diplomats, industry and policy makers to confront rising multipolarity, commercialization and contestation in orbit. The forum seeks practical steps to strengthen cooperation, norms and risk‑management across jurisdictions.

2026-03-13T14:18:23.082174-07:00

Meridian’s 2026 Space Diplomacy Forum to convene policymakers and industry amid a multipolar, contested orbital environment

NASA Spaceflight

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SpaceX scales Starbase with Starfactory and GigaBay to mass‑produce Starship for Moon and Mars SpaceX has transformed its Starbase complex in Texas with a new Starfactory and GigaBay, expanding industrial capacity to accelerate Starship production. The build‑out is intended to raise manufacturing throughput and support the company’s push to enable human missions to the Moon and ultimately Mars.

2026-03-13T14:09:52.509740-07:00

SpaceX scales Starbase with Starfactory and GigaBay to mass‑produce Starship for Moon and Mars

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Inside SpaceX’s Starfactory: From Steel Rolls to Starship Production As SpaceX accelerates its bid to send humans to the Moon and Mars, its Starfactory reveals how raw steel rolls are converted into Starship tanks, sections and flight hardware — an industrial-scale manufacturing push intended to raise build and flight cadence for orbital and lunar campaigns.

2026-03-13T14:00:29.258495-07:00

Inside SpaceX’s Starfactory: From Steel Rolls to Starship Production

CNBC

Musk to rebuild xAI after co‑founder exits as SpaceX assumes control ahead of IPO Elon Musk says xAI is "being rebuilt from the foundations up" after a wave of senior departures and a merger that moved control to SpaceX. Filings showing Tesla converting its xAI investment into a SpaceX stake underscore tighter integration across Musk's companies as SpaceX eyes a public listing.

2026-03-13T11:38:35.348196-07:00

Musk to rebuild xAI after co‑founder exits as SpaceX assumes control ahead of IPO

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SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida

Viasat HaloNet — reprogrammable cryptography for next‑generation satellites

Payload shortfalls and commercial competition cloud future of NASA’s SLS

SpaceX scales Starbase with Starfactory and GigaBay to mass‑produce Starship for Moon and Mars

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