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Reuters • Steve Gorman

Axiom Mission 4 Private Crew Undocks from ISS in Dragon After 18-Day Mission

Four astronauts undocked aboard SpaceX’s Dragon from the ISS at 7:15 a.m. EDT after an unexpected 18-day mission, marking the completion of Axiom Mission 4’s fourth private flight to the station. The crew logged 433 hours in orbit across 288 orbits and traveled nearly 7.6 million miles.

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

Wall Street Journal

SpaceX Commits $2 Billion to xAI, Bolstering Musk’s AI Ecosystem

2025-07-12T15:35:23.188378-07:00

AeroTime

Qatar Airways Fully Equips Widebody Fleet with Starlink After 777 Retrofit

2025-07-10T02:51:46.279334-07:00

Reuters

Starlink Secures Final Regulatory Nod for Commercial Satellite Internet Service in India

2025-07-09T03:27:08.586195-07:00

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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Reuters

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Axiom Mission 4 Private Crew Undocks from ISS in Dragon After 18-Day Mission Four astronauts undocked aboard SpaceX’s Dragon from the ISS at 7:15 a.m. EDT after an unexpected 18-day mission, marking the completion of Axiom Mission 4’s fourth private flight to the station. The crew logged 433 hours in orbit across 288 orbits and traveled nearly 7.6 million miles.

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

Axiom Mission 4 Private Crew Undocks from ISS in Dragon After 18-Day Mission

Bloomberg

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NASA Faces Operational Risk as Trump-Musk Feud Endangers SpaceX Government Contracts As tensions between President Trump and Elon Musk escalate, threats to cancel SpaceX’s government deals now pose a critical challenge to NASA’s ability to sustain key missions, from crew and cargo resupply to lunar exploration, without Musk’s services.

2025-07-14T06:53:49.810773-07:00

NASA Faces Operational Risk as Trump-Musk Feud Endangers SpaceX Government Contracts

The Points Guy

Allegiant Air in talks with Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on Airbus fleet Allegiant Air is evaluating satellite-based Wi-Fi installations across its existing Airbus fleet, confirming preliminary discussions with SpaceX’s Starlink. The Las Vegas-based ultra-low-cost carrier has not detailed a rollout schedule but views connectivity upgrades as key to enhancing its leisure-focused passenger experience.

2025-07-14T05:17:25.188078-07:00

Allegiant Air in talks with Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on Airbus fleet

Space.com

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SpaceX Launches Israel’s Dror-1 on Falcon 9 GTO-1 Flight, Preps Crew-11 SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:04 a.m. local time, deploying Israel’s Dror-1 communications satellite on the Commercial GTO-1 mission. Built by Israel Aerospace Industries, Dror-1 will enhance the nation’s space-based network as SpaceX juggles mystery payload launches and readies its Crew-11 flight.

2025-07-12T22:28:27.602165-07:00

SpaceX Launches Israel’s Dror-1 on Falcon 9 GTO-1 Flight, Preps Crew-11

Wall Street Journal

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SpaceX Commits $2 Billion to xAI, Bolstering Musk’s AI Ecosystem SpaceX will invest $2 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI startup, providing nearly half of a $5 billion equity round following its merger with X and valuing the combined AI-social media venture at $113 billion; the funding underwrites Grok’s rollout in Starlink support and planned integration into Tesla’s Optimus robots.

2025-07-12T15:35:23.188378-07:00

SpaceX Commits $2 Billion to xAI, Bolstering Musk’s AI Ecosystem

thesouthafrican.com

South Africa’s EFF brands Starlink a ‘terrorist’ organisation, warns of security threat South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters have designated Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture Starlink a ‘terrorist’ organization, claiming it poses a national security risk. The EFF’s motion seeks to halt spectrum allocations and licensing negotiations, intensifying political opposition to Starlink’s planned deployment in the region.

2025-07-12T07:19:10.047392-07:00

South Africa’s EFF brands Starlink a ‘terrorist’ organisation, warns of security threat

Reuters

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Firefly Aerospace Files for IPO, Reveals $176.9M Cash Hoard Post-Lunar Landing Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, fresh from a historic robotic lunar landing, confidentially filed an S-1 registration for an initial public offering, disclosing $176.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and securing funding runway through at least mid-2026 despite ongoing operational losses.

2025-07-11T14:15:09.399377-07:00

Firefly Aerospace Files for IPO, Reveals $176.9M Cash Hoard Post-Lunar Landing

Bloomberg

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FAA Ramps Up Starlink Trials to Bolster ATC Resilience The US FAA has significantly increased the number of live Starlink terminals under evaluation to integrate SpaceX’s LEO broadband into the national air traffic control network, aiming to shore up communications redundancy after recent ATC outages exposed vulnerabilities in aging infrastructure.

2025-07-10T22:21:58.197261-07:00

FAA Ramps Up Starlink Trials to Bolster ATC Resilience

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