Tag: #spacex

FAA Declares SpaceX Starship Flight 12 a 'Mishap,' Blocking Further Flights Pending Investigation

FAA says May 22 Starship Flight 12 was a 'mishap' focused on the Super Heavy booster; SpaceX must complete an FAA-overseen investigation before flying again.

#spacex, #starship, #faa, #space

SpaceX’s First Starship V3 Test Reaches Key Milestones; Booster Lost, Upper Stage Destroyed After Splashdown

SpaceX’s Starship Flight 12, the first V3 test from South Texas, completed key objectives and payload deployment but lost its Super Heavy booster and upper stage.

#spacex, #starship, #space, #starlink

SpaceX Files for IPO, Revealing Starlink Profits, xAI Losses and a Super‑Voting Plan to Keep Musk in Control

SpaceX filed for an IPO, disclosing $18.7B revenue for 2025, profitable Starlink, heavy xAI losses and a super‑voting share plan to keep Musk in control.

#spacex, #ipo, #starlink, #xai, #elonmusk

NASA Recasts Artemis III as 2027 Earth‑Orbit Systems Test, Delaying First Crew Moon Landing

NASA says Artemis III will be a 2027 Earth‑orbit rendezvous and docking test of Orion with commercial lander hardware as a risk‑reduction step.

#nasa, #artemis, #spaceflight, #spacex

SpaceX Sets No-Earlier-Than May 19 for Starship V3’s First Integrated Flight Test

SpaceX aims for May 19, 2026, for the first integrated test flight of Starship Version 3 from its South Texas Starbase site.

#spacex, #starship, #nasa, #artemis

FCC Clears SpaceX’s Purchase of EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink, Orders $2.4 Billion Escrow

FCC approves transfer of EchoStar spectrum to SpaceX for Starlink’s U.S. direct-to-device service but requires $2.4B escrow to cover buildout claims.

#spacex, #starlink, #fcc, #echostar, #spectrum

Space Force Delivers Final GPS III Satellite, Completing Block III Production

The Space Force launched GPS III-8 (SV-10) on April 21, completing the Block III production run and advancing GPS modernization toward GPS IIIF.

#gps, #spaceforce, #spacex, #satellites, #launch

SpaceX’s Transporter-16 lifts 119 payloads into orbit, underscoring a crowded and consequential new space era

A predawn Falcon 9 rideshare from Vandenberg deployed 119 spacecraft, from student CubeSats to Pentagon-linked experiments and a hypersonic capsule.

#spacex, #falcon9, #smallsats, #rideshare, #spaceflight

SpaceX’s Starlink Surpasses 10,000 Active Satellites, Reshaping Low Earth Orbit

Two March 17 Falcon 9 launches pushed Starlink past 10,000 working satellites—about three-quarters of active spacecraft—spurring debates over safety and science.

#spacex, #starlink, #satellites, #spacepolicy, #astronomy

SpaceX Launches EchoStar 25, First New Dish TV Satellite in 16 Years

A Falcon 9 lofts EchoStar 25 for Dish Network, reviving geostationary TV capacity as EchoStar sells spectrum and pivots from 5G ambitions.

#spacex, #satellite, #dishtv, #echostar, #falcon9