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FAA clears Starship Flight 9 license tweaks but stalls launch pending probe

The Federal Aviation Administration approved modifications to SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 license—including boosting Boca Chica operations to 25 flights per year—but stopped short of authorizing Flight 9 until its investigation into the previous Flight 8 explosion concludes.

2025-05-15T16:51:25.243022-07:00

Skift

United Debuts Premium-Heavy ‘Elevated’ Interiors on 787-9 with Polaris Studio Upsell

2025-05-13T04:04:47.456294-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX Executes Starlink Doubleheader with Falcon 9s from California and Florida

2025-05-12T22:38:11.503890-07:00

Wall Street Journal

FCC Warns EchoStar It May Lose Satellite, 5G Spectrum Licenses as It Eyes Rivals

2025-05-12T10:59:20.221334-07:00

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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UK Demands Revised Starship Flight Corridors After Debris Washes Up in Caribbean British authorities have urged the FAA to reroute the increasing cadence of SpaceX’s Starship launches after debris from two failed test flights littered beaches and roads in Turks and Caicos and other British Caribbean territories, raising safety and environmental alarms.

2025-05-16T08:13:37.765850-07:00

UK Demands Revised Starship Flight Corridors After Debris Washes Up in Caribbean

SpaceNews.com

SpaceX Deepens U.S. Defense Role Beyond Rocket Launch Services SpaceX is rapidly broadening its footprint in U.S. defense, winning National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force launch contracts and securing pilot work to integrate its Starlink network for military communications. Its new Starshield platform and missile-tracking services mark a push from launch provider to comprehensive defense technology partner.

2025-05-16T04:03:16.656554-07:00

SpaceX Deepens U.S. Defense Role Beyond Rocket Launch Services

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FAA clears Starship Flight 9 license tweaks but stalls launch pending probe The Federal Aviation Administration approved modifications to SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 license—including boosting Boca Chica operations to 25 flights per year—but stopped short of authorizing Flight 9 until its investigation into the previous Flight 8 explosion concludes.

2025-05-15T16:51:25.243022-07:00

FAA clears Starship Flight 9 license tweaks but stalls launch pending probe

Business Standard

IAF Pilot Shukla to Fly Axiom Mission 4 on June 8, India Returns to ISS After 40 Years Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force will lift off aboard SpaceX’s Dragon on June 8 for Axiom Mission 4, marking India’s return to human spaceflight after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 Soyuz mission. The crew also includes the first ISS travellers from Poland and Hungary.

2025-05-14T23:33:36.429456-07:00

IAF Pilot Shukla to Fly Axiom Mission 4 on June 8, India Returns to ISS After 40 Years

United Press International

Senate Democrats Seek Ethics Probe into White House Aid for Starlink Deals A group of Senate Democrats has urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to open an ethics investigation into whether the Trump administration intervened in trade negotiations to benefit SpaceX’s Starlink, including securing favorable tariff terms and licensing from foreign governments, following reports of direct White House involvement.

2025-05-14T17:23:03.953265-07:00

Senate Democrats Seek Ethics Probe into White House Aid for Starlink Deals

Bloomberg

Republicans Plan $88B Radio Spectrum Auction to Fund Tax Cuts Top Republicans want to auction $88 billion of federal radio spectrum to Verizon and SpaceX’s Starlink to help pay for their proposed tax cuts. Senate defense hawks warn the plan could interfere with critical military communications, putting national security at risk.

2025-05-14T14:11:12.183512-07:00

Republicans Plan $88B Radio Spectrum Auction to Fund Tax Cuts

Florida Today

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SpaceX Launches 28 More Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:38 p.m. EDT Wednesday, carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. The mission marks another step in scaling its broadband constellation, with the booster returning to the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone ship in the Atlantic.

2025-05-14T10:26:08.492392-07:00

SpaceX Launches 28 More Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Targets Wednesday Lunchtime Falcon 9 Launch of 28 Starlink V2 Mini Satellites SpaceX will launch 28 of its latest Starlink V2 Mini optimized satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 12:38 p.m. ET Wednesday, marking another step in bolstering its low Earth orbit broadband network and aiming for the booster’s 109th droneship landing (447th overall).

2025-05-14T06:26:10.671021-07:00

SpaceX Targets Wednesday Lunchtime Falcon 9 Launch of 28 Starlink V2 Mini Satellites

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