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SpaceX Launches Third Project Kuiper Mission, Deploys 24 Amazon Broadband Smallsats

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral SLC-40, deploying 24 Amazon Project Kuiper smallsats in its KF-01 mission. This third Kuiper launch advances Amazon’s planned 3,236-satellite LEO broadband constellation and marked the debut flight of the mission’s booster first stage.

2025-07-16T13:35:43.593753-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Axiom Mission 4 Dragon Splashes Down, Wrapping First Private Indian, Polish and Hungarian ISS Visits

2025-07-15T04:13:14.110031-07:00

Reuters

Ax-4 Crew Completes 18-Day Private Mission, Undocks Dragon to Return to Earth

2025-07-14T13:47:00.014284-07:00

satnews

SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch third batch of 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites July 16

2025-07-14T20:05:01.214993-07:00

Hype Analysis

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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Washington Post

Analysis | Starlink’s Performance Paradox: Speeds and Reliability Erode as User Base Grows An independent analysis of SpaceX’s Starlink network reveals a paradox: as user adoption climbs, service speeds and reliability markedly decline. The study shows that under higher load conditions, average download rates fall below 25 Mbps and latency spikes, raising questions about Starlink’s capacity to support critical aviation, defense and remote operations.

2025-07-18T09:47:33.791996-07:00

Analysis | Starlink’s Performance Paradox: Speeds and Reliability Erode as User Base Grows

Aviation Week

Carriers Bet on Starlink to Transform In-Flight Connectivity Airlines anticipate that SpaceX’s Starlink will deliver fast, reliable inflight Wi-Fi, enhancing passenger experience and enabling new retail and operational use cases as the IFC market heats up.

2025-07-17T13:32:19.578541-07:00

Carriers Bet on Starlink to Transform In-Flight Connectivity

NASA Spaceflight

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SpaceX accelerates Starship integration at Cape Canaveral amid Starbase delays While flight tests at Starbase face setbacks, SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral are advancing Starship integration, performing booster and ship section assembly, structural and systems checkouts, and wet dress rehearsals to ready the next launch attempt and sustain development momentum.

2025-07-16T14:23:35.107599-07:00

SpaceX accelerates Starship integration at Cape Canaveral amid Starbase delays

Via Satellite

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SpaceX Launches Third Project Kuiper Mission, Deploys 24 Amazon Broadband Smallsats SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral SLC-40, deploying 24 Amazon Project Kuiper smallsats in its KF-01 mission. This third Kuiper launch advances Amazon’s planned 3,236-satellite LEO broadband constellation and marked the debut flight of the mission’s booster first stage.

2025-07-16T13:35:43.593753-07:00

SpaceX Launches Third Project Kuiper Mission, Deploys 24 Amazon Broadband Smallsats

Reuters

FAA rules out replacing L3Harris and Verizon telecom contracts with SpaceX’s Starlink The FAA told lawmakers it will not replace its existing telecommunications contracts with L3Harris and Verizon with SpaceX’s Starlink unit, dismissing any plans to shift aviation connectivity to the emerging LEO network. Agency officials said they are unaware of any SpaceX effort to assume those contracts.

2025-07-16T09:59:29.488466-07:00

FAA rules out replacing L3Harris and Verizon telecom contracts with SpaceX’s Starlink

SpaceWatch Global

SpaceX Named 10th Beta Tester for NOAA’s TraCSS On-Demand Screening NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce has selected SpaceX as the tenth beta user of its Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). SpaceX will validate on-demand conjunction analysis and maneuver screening tools, contributing data to refine collision-avoidance workflows and regulatory processes ahead of full deployment.

2025-07-16T03:57:30.320909-07:00

SpaceX Named 10th Beta Tester for NOAA’s TraCSS On-Demand Screening

Space.com

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, booster lands at sea At 7:05 p.m. PDT on July 15, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base into low Earth orbit, marking the 15-2 mission in its broadband constellation. The rocket’s first stage successfully touched down on the Just Read the Instructions droneship about 20 minutes later.

2025-07-15T19:25:25.823912-07:00

SpaceX launches 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, booster lands at sea

Bloomberg

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SpaceX Plans Insider Share Sale Valuing Company at $400 Billion Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning an insider share sale that would peg the company’s valuation at roughly $400 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The transaction would give employees liquidity and signal investor appetite for the reusable launch and Starlink operator ahead of a full IPO.

2025-07-15T13:15:38.889797-07:00

SpaceX Plans Insider Share Sale Valuing Company at $400 Billion

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