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SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight

SpaceX will launch its Starlink 6-92 mission from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, carrying what the company counts as the 3,000th Starlink satellite. The flight will use Falcon 9 booster B1067 — the most-flown Falcon stage — on its record 32nd trip to low Earth orbit.

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Wall Street Journal

SpaceX seeks $800B valuation in secondary share sale, eyes late‑2026 IPO

2025-12-05T13:14:18.048353-08:00

Aviation Week

Korean Air and Hanjin carriers to fit SpaceX Starlink fleetwide starting late 2026

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SpaceNews.com

Ubotica, NASA JPL and Open Cosmos win 2025 SpaceNews Icon Award for Space AI Breakthrough

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Air & Space Forces Mag

US Space Force: Golden Dome Air-and-Missile Defense to Achieve Initial Operational Capability in 2028 The U.S. Space Force's Golden Dome air-and-missile defense shield will achieve initial operational capability in 2028, Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein said. The timeline signals near-term fielding of elements of the space‑based missile‑tracking and interceptor architecture the Pentagon has been developing.

2025-12-07T18:03:12.152544-08:00

US Space Force: Golden Dome Air-and-Missile Defense to Achieve Initial Operational Capability in 2028

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SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight SpaceX will launch its Starlink 6-92 mission from Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 7, carrying what the company counts as the 3,000th Starlink satellite. The flight will use Falcon 9 booster B1067 — the most-flown Falcon stage — on its record 32nd trip to low Earth orbit.

2025-12-07T12:27:30.565162-08:00

SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight

Space.com

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on Falcon 9 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:58 p.m. EST on Dec. 7, carrying the Starlink 11‑15 mission. SpaceX confirmed deployment of all 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low‑Earth orbit, adding capacity to its global internet constellation.

2025-12-07T10:22:28.065697-08:00

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on Falcon 9

Euronews

ESA to build Greenland ground station to secure satellite data amid electronic‑warfare concerns The European Space Agency will establish a ground station in Greenland to provide an alternative, more secure downlink for satellite imagery, air‑traffic monitoring and weather data. The move is aimed at hardening high‑latitude data routes and improving resilience against electronic‑warfare and comms disruptions.

2025-12-05T23:39:27.152870-08:00

ESA to build Greenland ground station to secure satellite data amid electronic‑warfare concerns

ESA

Soyuz launches two Galileo satellites from French Guiana, expanding constellation to 28 Europe’s largest satellite constellation grew to 28 after a Soyuz launched two Galileo satellites from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 December. Galileo satellites 27–28 join the existing 26 to extend the system’s precise navigation services to more than 2.3 billion users.

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Soyuz launches two Galileo satellites from French Guiana, expanding constellation to 28

Space.com

NASA completes assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now moving into integration and 2026 launch preparations NASA has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and will begin summer launch preparations as the observatory moves into integration and test. Now ahead of schedule and targeting a 2026 launch, the next‑generation telescope will survey exoplanets, supernovas, black holes and cosmological structure.

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NASA completes assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now moving into integration and 2026 launch preparations

Wall Street Journal

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SpaceX seeks $800B valuation in secondary share sale, eyes late‑2026 IPO SpaceX has launched a secondary tender offering that could value the company at as much as $800 billion and is reportedly considering a public listing as soon as late 2026. The proposed valuation would exceed OpenAI's $500 billion peak and follows renewed investor outreach.

2025-12-05T13:14:18.048353-08:00

SpaceX seeks $800B valuation in secondary share sale, eyes late‑2026 IPO

Universe Today

China outlines four upcoming space missions, including survey telescope to hunt 'Earth 2.0' CGTN's Hot Take video lays out four Chinese space missions planned in the coming years, highlighting Beijing's push into new civil science and survey capabilities. One mission is a space-based survey telescope explicitly aimed at searching for an 'Earth 2.0' exoplanet.

2025-12-05T13:05:11.214618-08:00

China outlines four upcoming space missions, including survey telescope to hunt 'Earth 2.0'

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