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A future Super Heavy booster could fly with fewer grid fins as SpaceX continues refining its Starship hardware. Elon Musk said on September 25, 2026 that the company "might be able to reduce to 2 grid fins and use S-turns for the third axis of control." The comment came in a reply to SpaceX commentator...

With six days remaining before liftoff, the spacecraft set to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station has now arrived at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. SpaceX announced Thursday that its Crew-13 Dragon spacecraft has reached pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The company shared NASA photos showing the...

Starlink will double peak download speeds for maritime customers using its $2,000 Performance Gen 3 terminal by the end of December, bringing shipboard throughput close to 1 Gbps. The speed increase was revealed in a message Starlink sent to enterprise customers Thursday morning. The company said maritime users on Performance Gen 3 hardware will receive...

Three flags, one Dragon, and an International Space Station waiting for its next crew. NASA is already planning the next chapter of its long-running partnership with SpaceX. The announcement came Thursday, when NASA named the four astronauts who will fly the SpaceX Crew-14 mission to the International Space Station, with liftoff targeted no earlier than...

Update (October 8, 2026): Banglalink's Starlink service is now commercially live. Starlink announced on Wednesday that Starlink Mobile is available in Bangladesh through Banglalink, letting customers message over apps, share their location and stay connected on compatible phones in cellular dead zones. In its launch press release, Banglalink said customers need only a 4G phone...

Prime Minister Mark Carney told the New York Times in an interview published Wednesday that Canada will reduce its reliance on Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, saying, "Starlink, we will diversify away from, no question." The prime minister described the move as part of a broader effort to reduce Canada's...

Vietjet has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Starlink to bring free, high-speed Wi-Fi to its passengers, formalizing a collaboration that was first teased earlier this week. The agreement was exchanged in New York on Wednesday, September 23, in the presence of Vietnam's President To Lam and senior business leaders from both countries, Vietnam's state...

Airtel Uganda has launched Airtel Starlink, a satellite connectivity service designed to keep phones connected outside the reach of traditional cell towers. Announced in a post on X on September 24, the service is available to customers who opt in through the MyAirtel App, with 30 days free until October 23. The carrier describes Airtel...

SpaceX said Wednesday it is targeting Monday, September 28 for the launch of Starship Flight 14, the first company-confirmed date for a mission expected to make the program's first orbital attempt. The target date follows a fast-moving campaign at Starbase. SpaceX rolled Booster 21 out to the launch pad, and Ship 41 has since been...

Starlink said Tuesday it is dropping the upfront cost of its home-use Mini rental kit to 0 yen in some areas of Japan, making it easier than ever for households to get online with satellite internet. In a Japanese-language post, the company said installation is quick in most regions across the country and delivers optimal...

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, October 1 for the Falcon 9 launch of NASA’s Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, the company said Tuesday. NASA said Tuesday it is targeting 11:10 a.m. EDT on October 1 as the earliest launch opportunity, with liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space...

Elon Musk said Tuesday that Grok 4.7 is already doing real engineering work inside Tesla, highlighting a post from a senior staff engineer on the company's AI team describing how the model's new Build harness helped ship features overnight. Yun-Ta Tsai, a senior staff engineer on Tesla's AI team, said Grok Build teams spent the...

SpaceX has expanded its free Starlink Mini hardware rental to customers on every Residential plan in select countries, opening a perk that was previously reserved for top-tier Residential Max subscribers. Invited customers receive an email with a "Claim Mini" button and a short survey, and the offer is limited to one kit per customer. According...

SpaceX moved Super Heavy Booster 21 to the launch pad at Starbase on Monday, September 21, as the company prepares for Starship Flight 14, now targeting September 28. The company documented the rollout in photos showing the towering booster making its way to the pad. The move marks the booster's first trip to the pad...

SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.7 on Monday, September 21, calling it the company's most powerful model yet for coding and knowledge work, available now in Cursor, Grok Build, and the Grok API. The new model uses a larger base model than Grok 4.6 and was trained with a longer reinforcement learning run on a harder mix...