SpaceNews.comJeff Foust

SpaceX unveils technical plan for orbital data‑center constellation

Elon Musk disclosed technical — but not financial — details of SpaceX's plan to deploy an orbital data‑center constellation, outlining satellite compute and infrastructure concepts. The announcement arrives as Big Tech, including Nvidia, and other investors place multi‑billion‑dollar bets on LEO as a new compute layer.

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2026-03-22T11:22:21.608225-07:00
BloombergKara Carlson, Loren Grush

Elon Musk to build ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Austin run by Tesla, xAI and SpaceX

By Bloomberg: Elon Musk said his Terafab project — a grand plan to eventually manufacture his own chips for robotics, artificial intelligence and space data centers — will be built in Austin and jointly run by Tesla and SpaceX.

2026-03-21T22:24:58.997486-07:00
NASA SpaceflightJustin Davenport

Progress MS-33 to resume Russian ISS launches from repaired Baikonur pad (Site 31/6)

By NASA Spaceflight: Just under four months after Soyuz MS-28 launched from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in….

2026-03-21T16:19:57.895716-07:00
DVIDS / U.S. DoD

USSF swaps GPS III-8 launch from ULA to SpaceX to protect GPS delivery timeline amid Vulcan investigation

By DVIDS / U.S. DoD: The U.S. Space Force is executing a change in launch service provider from ULA to SpaceX for the Global Positioning System (GPS) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission known as GPS III-8.

2026-03-20T07:40:14.569933-07:00