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Asiana Airlines aircraft with Starlink in-flight connectivity promo

Starlink Is Bringing Its Wi-Fi to Vietjet Passengers From Gate to Gate

Writing on X, Starlink said passengers and crew on Vietjet flights will soon be able to tap into its high-speed, low-latency internet from gate to gate. The post was shared in response to Vietjet's own teaser that Starlink's internet in the sky is coming soon to the airline. Gate-to-gate connectivity matters because passengers can stay...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launching Starlink satellites from California

SpaceX Nose Cone Just Hit 40 Flights, a New Reuse Record

SpaceX set another reuse record on Saturday night, and this time it belongs to the humble nose cone. Hours after a Falcon 9 lifted off from California carrying 27 Starlink satellites, the company announced that one of the flight’s two fairing halves had just completed its 40th trip to space and back, the first time […]

Starlink Gen3 Satellites Will Deliver 10 Tbps Each, Musk Says

Elon Musk said each next-generation Starlink “Gen3” satellite will deliver about 10 terabits per second of connectivity in both directions, with a path to more than 100 Tbps per satellite. Each satellite will draw 250 kW of power and carry a SpaceX-designed Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 computer, according to Musk’s reply. Musk posted the details […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 launching Starlink satellites from California

SpaceX Launching 27 Starlink Satellites From Vandenberg Tonight

Falcon 9 lifts off from California with 27 Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has another Falcon 9 on the pad tonight. The Starlink 15-27 mission is set to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, with the launch window opening at 6:47 p.m. PDT. The rocket will carry 27 Starlink v2 Mini satellites […]
Starship Flight 14 official mission art

SpaceX Details Starship Flight 14 First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3s

[caption id="attachment_72749" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Starship Flight 14 mission art. Credit: SpaceX[/caption] SpaceX has published the official Starship Flight 14 mission page, targeting a NET Tuesday, September 22, 2026, liftoff from Starbase pending regulatory approval, with a 75-minute window that opens at 7:15 a.m. Central Time. The company frames the flight as Starship’s first planned mission...
Collage of Starbase launch hardware: left shows a large rocket section attached to a service platform; top-right a rocket on a tower against a blue sky; bottom-right a rocket on a launch gantry with clouds.

FAA Lists Starship Flight 14 Window for September 22

[caption id="attachment_72630" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Starship hardware at Starbase. Credit: SpaceX[/caption] The Federal Aviation Administration’s Current Operations Plan Advisory now lists SpaceX Starship Flight 14 from Starbase, Texas, with a primary airspace window on September 22, 2026, from 12:15 to 14:14 UTC (7:15 to 9:14 a.m. Central Time) and the same hours held as a backup...
Falcon 9 on SpaceX's 700th Falcon mission. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Completes Historic 700th Falcon Flight From Cape Canaveral

SpaceX completed Falcon's 700th overall mission on Sunday, September 13, 2026, when a Falcon 9 lifted the final three SES O3b mPOWER satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 2:49 p.m. ET. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/2099208971022152061 The company confirmed deployment of all three Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites into medium Earth...
SpaceX Falcon 9 launching Starlink satellites from California

SpaceX Targets Triple O3b mPOWER Launch From Cape Canaveral Sunday

[caption id="attachment_72237" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Falcon 9 lifts off from California with 27 Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX[/caption] SpaceX is targeting Sunday, September 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of the SES O3b mPOWER mission to medium Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with an 87-minute window opening...
Collage of Starbase launch hardware: left shows a large rocket section attached to a service platform; top-right a rocket on a tower against a blue sky; bottom-right a rocket on a launch gantry with clouds.

SpaceX Lifts Ship 42 With Mechazilla in Key Starship Catch Test

SpaceX is getting closer to attempting something it has never done before with Starship: catching the upper-stage spacecraft with the launch tower. At Starbase in Texas, SpaceX has been testing its second orbital launch tower this week, using the Mechazilla chopstick arms to lift Flight 15’s Ship 42 into a full catch-style position. The rehearsal […]
Korean Air cabin with Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi

Starlink Free Wi-Fi Starts on Korean Air Flights September 15

Korean Air said on September 11, 2026, that free high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi powered by Starlink will begin on September 15, making the carrier the first full-service airline in East Asia to put SpaceX’s low-Earth-orbit network in the cabin for passengers. The service opens on four retrofitted jets — three Airbus A350-900s and one Boeing 777-300ER...
Bar chart comparing DeepSWE 1.0 scores: Fable max 66.1%, GPT 5.5 high 64.3%, Grok 4.5 at 62% (orange), Opus 4.8 max 55.8%, Opus 4.7 max 54% (harness varies by model).

SpaceX Gets $240 JPMorgan Target After Cursor Close

JPMorgan kept an Overweight rating and a $240 price target on SpaceX on August 25, pointing to the closed Cursor acquisition and early Grok gains after Cursor data went into training. Analyst Doug Anmuth wrote that SpaceX’s AI ambitions are coming into sharper focus, and that the bank is increasingly positive on Grok. The $240...
Starlink Flat High Performance antenna on a vessel deck over open water

Starlink Uses Grok Voice for 15,000 Calls a Day

SpaceXAI said Starlink is using Grok Voice to handle more than 15,000 inbound customer support and sales calls a day, with the same system diagnosing hardware issues, shipping replacements, and filling more than 3,000 orders a week across voice and chat. The company posted the Starlink numbers as a follow-up to a claim that Grok...
Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from a SpaceX pad, flames and smoke erupting as it climbs into the blue sky. (informative)

SpaceX Sets August 30 Falcon Heavy Launch for NASA’s Roman

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, August 30 at 7:26 a.m. ET for a Falcon Heavy launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with a backup window Monday, August 31 at 7:22 a.m. ET. The company posted the mission page and countdown timeline on spacex.com/launches/roman. A...
Satellite in orbit around Earth with large solar panels and a bright sun flare behind the spacecraft, viewed from above the planet's limb.

SpaceXAI Adopts NVIDIA Vera CPU, Targets 2027 Orbit Launch

SpaceXAI will deploy NVIDIA Vera CPUs to run the tool-use, code, and data work behind its next agentic AI apps, and Elon Musk said the companies have designed a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in the fourth quarter of 2027, with significant scale in 2028. “SpaceX, in partnership with Nvidia, has...

SpaceX Posts Bengaluru Starlink Jobs as India Stays Frozen

SpaceX is hiring a Bengaluru supply-chain team for Starlink user-terminal manufacturing while India’s commercial Starlink launch stays frozen on pending security clearances. As of August 23, SpaceX’s careers board listed four Bengaluru openings: senior supplier development engineers for injection molding and RF integration, another supplier development engineer role, and a global supply manager. At least...