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Wall Street Journal • Micah Maidenberg

SpaceX Plans Next Starship Test Launch After Three Consecutive Premature Failures

Wall Street Journal reports: Elon Musk’s aerospace company plans the next test launch of its roughly 400-foot-tall rocket after its last three flights ended prematurely.

Ars Technica • Stephen Clark

SpaceX faces crucial Starship launch after three consecutive test failures

fox4news.com • Amber Kite

SpaceX Prepares for Starship's 10th test flight: Texas launch expected at 6:30 p.m. CDT

Also: The Guardian and mynews13.com

2025-08-24T08:22:33.376901-07:00

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keeptrack.space

Space Situational Awareness: Tracking and Predicting Objects to Protect an Increasingly Crowded Orbit

By keeptrack.space: How our ability to track and predict objects in orbit has become the foundation of space safety in an increasingly crowded cosmic neighborhood.

2025-08-24T09:13:45.230615-07:00

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CNBC • Magdalena Petrova

U.S. Space Industry’s Growing Dependence on SpaceX Raises Strategic and Competitive Risks

By CNBC: SpaceX holds $22 billion in government contracts, according to the company, with NASA and the Department of Defense among its largest customers. .

2025-08-24T06:14:37.727577-07:00

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rocketlabcorp.com • News Release

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 70th Electron Mission | Rocket Lab

By rocketlabcorp.com: Long Beach, Calif. August 23, 2025: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch….

SpaceNews.com

Rocket Lab launches five satellites for undisclosed commercial customer

Space Daily

Rocket Lab marks milestone with 70th Electron launch

2025-08-23T17:15:56.660884-07:00

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Space.com • Tariq Malik

SpaceX targets Starship Flight 10 for Aug. 24 NET 7:30 p.m. EDT — launch window and readiness update

By Space.com: SpaceX aims to launch its Starship Flight 10 test mission no earlier than Sunday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), if conditions allow.

NASA Spaceflight

SpaceX Readies Starship Flight 10 as Penultimate Block 2 Test After Limited Successes

SpaceNews.com

Cargo Dragon to demonstrate ISS reboost

Also: Reuters, Spaceflight Now, Space Daily, youtube.com, NASA, TechCrunch, USA Today, satnews and 13 more

2025-08-23T05:29:03.811144-07:00

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Space.com • Elizabeth Howell

NASA will announce its new astronaut class in September

By Space.com: The agency also plans to preview the Artemis 2 astronaut mission around the moon.

2025-08-23T09:07:54.314481-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

FAA Releases Draft EIS on SpaceX Starship Launches from Kennedy — Examines Potential Aircraft Delays

By Via Satellite: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for SpaceX Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including how the launches could cause aircraft delays. .

2025-08-22T11:47:29.412390-07:00

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newspaceeconomy.ca • New Space Economy

The Future of America’s Spaceport: Assessing Launch Pad Capacity at Cape Canaveral

By newspaceeconomy.ca: Florida’s Space Coast is experiencing a renaissance of fire and sound, a surge of activity unseen since the height of the Space Race. The cadence of rockets leaving Earth from this historic s….

2025-08-23T09:00:15.224294-07:00

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