Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg
Last Updated: Saturday, May 3, 2025, 5:59 PM PDT
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NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX continues to build and test Starships, with a current fleet of four boosters undergoing….
By Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launched its largest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to date in a predawn Falcon 9 flight on Sunday. Onboard the Starlink 6-84 mission are 29 of what the company calls Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites, which were first publicly mentioned in the company’s 2024 Progress Report.
United Press International
Reuters
• Reuters News Agency
By Reuters: Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday it had become the latest African country to grant a licence to tech billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink and that the company would begin operations soon.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: Index Ventures and Interlagos led the round, which also included participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and actor Jared Leto, among others.
Via Satellite
• Jeffrey Hill
By Via Satellite: Intelsat is partnering with AXESS Networks to provide satellite communications services throughout the Americas. The collaboration aims to ensure full.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: The Trump administration’s proposed budget for NASA focuses on beating China back to the Moon and sending the first humans to Mars at the expense of every other part of the space agency’s budget.
Associated Press
• VALERIE GONZALES
By Associated Press: The home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official Texas city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
