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SpaceX’s Starlink is experimenting with a new rental-only model for its satellite dishes in parts of Iowa, offering new Residential customers the option to get a free dish with professional installation included at no additional cost. Normally, Starlink requires customers to purchase their dish outright to subscribe to its satellite internet service. However, in select […]

SpaceX has secured $714 million in new Pentagon contracts for a series of critical U.S. military launches, strengthening its role as the U.S. government’s preferred launch provider for national security missions through 2027 (via Breaking Defense). According to an announcement from the U.S. Space Systems Command last week, SpaceX has been awarded five of seven launch […]

SpaceX has scheduled the eleventh test flight of its Starship rocket for Monday, October 13, with the launch window opening at 4:15 p.m. PT / 7:15 p.m. ET. A live webcast will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff on the company’s website, X account, and the X TV app. This comes after SpaceX initially targeted […]

SpaceX is gearing up for the eleventh test flight of its Starship rocket, potentially set for early October. A Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) indicates that Flight 11 could launch no earlier than October 6 at 6:15 p.m. CT (4:15 p.m. PT/7:15 p.m. ET). This preliminary filing, first spotted by @SERobinsonJr, signals that preparations are […]

SpaceX successfully launched the NROL-48 mission on Monday morning, sending a new batch of reconnaissance satellites into orbit for the U.S. government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:38 a.m. PT/1:38 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission […]

SpaceX is preparing to expand Starship operations on Florida’s Space Coast by building new launch pads at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, including at Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37). To support Starship’s enormous propellant requirements, the company said it is also constructing on-site air separation and methane liquefaction facilities so launches won’t strain supplies […]

SpaceX capped off a busy Sunday with the launch of Northrop Grumman’s NG-23 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman’s new Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 3:11 p.m. PT/6:11 p.m. ET […]

SpaceX is preparing another round of growth in Central Texas, with plans to kick off an $8 million expansion at its Bastrop site later this month — reports MySA. According to a project filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, SpaceX will begin work on September 24 to add 80,000 square feet of new […]

On Sunday morning, SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites, continuing its rapid expansion of the satellite internet constellation. At 7:49 a.m. ET/4:49 a.m. PT, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. This […]

Starlink has officially surpassed 7 million customers worldwide, the company announced in a Wednesday post on X. “Starlink is connecting more than 7M people with reliable high-speed internet across ~150 countries, territories and many other markets. Thank you to all our customers around the world!” the company wrote. The milestone marks yet another surge in […]

Elon Musk has shared new details about SpaceX’s roadmap for future iterations of Starship as the company gears up for its 10th orbital flight test. In a post on X, Musk noted that Starship V3 will be a “massive upgrade” over the current V2 and should be through production and testing by the end of […]

SpaceX has officially scheduled the 10th orbital flight test of its Starship spacecraft for Sunday, August 24, with the launch window opening at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT. A live webcast will begin roughly 30 minutes before liftoff on SpaceX’s website, X account, and the X TV app. For the past couple of […]

SpaceX has unveiled the first grid fin for its next-generation Super Heavy booster, featuring a significantly updated design that’s 50% larger and stronger than the current iteration. The redesign also reduces the number of fins from four to three, while still maintaining control authority — and even enabling the booster to descend at steeper angles […]

On Monday, August 11, at 8:35 a.m. ET/5:35 a.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KF-02 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, sending 24 more of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch, SpaceX’s second of three planned missions for Kuiper, […]

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has safely returned the Crew-10 mission to Earth after nearly five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The mission carried NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. The crew began their journey home when Dragon autonomously undocked from the ISS at 6:15 […]