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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9’s 22nd flight

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 at 4:21 a.m. EDT Tuesday carrying 28 Starlink Group 10-28 satellites into low Earth orbit. First stage booster B1077 chalked up its 22nd flight and touched down on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic.

2025-07-07T18:00:27.338583-07:00

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SpaceX Launches Axiom Mission 4, Sending First Indian, Polish and Hungarian Astronauts to ISS in 40 Years

2025-06-24T23:59:35.425004-07:00

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Starship Upper Stage Destroyed in Texas Static-Fire Explosion

2025-06-18T23:23:08.167767-07:00

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ULA Launches Second Batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellites on Atlas V

2025-06-23T04:38:05.195961-07:00

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Starlink's 2024 Advances: Transforming In-Flight Wi-Fi Connectivity in Aviation

October 17, 2024 - Summary of Starlink's 2024 role in aviation: airlines adopt its high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi, enhancing passenger experience. Read More.

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TechCrunch

SpaceX in Talks to Raise Fresh Capital at $400 Billion Valuation SpaceX is in advanced negotiations to raise fresh capital that would set its valuation at roughly $400 billion, eclipsing its prior $350 billion private valuation. The deal includes a new funding round alongside a tender offer, enabling employees to offload shares to select investors.

2025-07-08T12:54:54.093002-07:00

SpaceX in Talks to Raise Fresh Capital at $400 Billion Valuation

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9’s 22nd flight SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 at 4:21 a.m. EDT Tuesday carrying 28 Starlink Group 10-28 satellites into low Earth orbit. First stage booster B1077 chalked up its 22nd flight and touched down on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic.

2025-07-07T18:00:27.338583-07:00

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9’s 22nd flight

Via Satellite

Globalstar Taps SpaceX for Falcon 9 Launch of Nine Constellation Refresh Satellites Globalstar has signed a launch services deal with SpaceX to send nine next-generation telecommunications satellites on a Falcon 9 flight, marking a key step in its constellation refresh to modernize its low-Earth orbit network and enhance connectivity for its global user base.

2025-07-07T13:27:51.841542-07:00

Globalstar Taps SpaceX for Falcon 9 Launch of Nine Constellation Refresh Satellites

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SpaceX Seeks Permit for New Gigabay at Starbase to Scale Starship Production SpaceX has filed permit applications with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to build a new gigabay at its Starbase complex near Boca Chica, Texas. The planned structure will bolster Starship assembly and logistics capacity, reflecting the company’s ongoing ramp-up of manufacturing infrastructure in South Texas.

2025-07-05T21:31:33.037783-07:00

SpaceX Seeks Permit for New Gigabay at Starbase to Scale Starship Production

CNBC

SpaceX Opens Utah Mars Analog to Train Crews for 2029 Mission Elon Musk’s SpaceX has opened a Mars simulation facility in the Utah desert to train astronaut crews for a 2029 human mission, validating habitat systems, mission protocols and crew operations in a high-fidelity analog environment ahead of Starship interplanetary flights.

2025-07-05T06:19:10.127055-07:00

SpaceX Opens Utah Mars Analog to Train Crews for 2029 Mission

Reuters

US Air Force Suspends SpaceX Hypersonic Cargo Rocket Test on Pacific Atoll The U.S. Air Force has halted plans with SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket-based cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to Stars and Stripes and Reuters. The suspension pauses the Pentagon’s Rocket Cargo Vanguard initiative aimed at rapid point-to-point logistics.

2025-07-04T12:27:26.346796-07:00

US Air Force Suspends SpaceX Hypersonic Cargo Rocket Test on Pacific Atoll

European Spaceflight

Orbex to Challenge SpaceX Pricing with Medium-Lift Proxima Rocket Orbex CEO Phil Chambers said on June 23 that its upcoming Proxima medium-lift rocket will allow the UK launch provider to compete directly with SpaceX on price. Proxima’s streamlined design and scalable operations aim to narrow the cost gap in dedicated small- to medium-satellite missions.

2025-07-04T07:56:35.331107-07:00

Orbex to Challenge SpaceX Pricing with Medium-Lift Proxima Rocket

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Lunar Landers Under Scrutiny: Fire, Mass and Propellant Transfer Risks A recent risk assessment of lunar lander designs highlights critical threats from thruster plume impingement, tight mass margins and the technical hurdles of in-space propellant transfer, raising concerns for upcoming commercial and NASA lunar missions.

2025-07-03T04:56:36.244735-07:00

Lunar Landers Under Scrutiny: Fire, Mass and Propellant Transfer Risks

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