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Three weeks after an unexpectedly soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean, a SpaceX Starship spacecraft has been towed to the waters off Christmas Island for additional post-flight analysis.

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Satellite operator SES has made a “strategic investment” in new direct-to-device company Elveo Mobile.

Less than two months after going public, Elon Musk has a different message for SpaceX investors and workers: The company is going to be all about AI, not space.

The second quarter generated the largest total value ever for venture capital shifting from illiquid investments in startups into stock or an outright company sale.

The U.S. Space Force is bringing in five satellite builders to develop a new orbital mesh network.

The initial launch of Russia’s first reusable rocket—Amur SPG—is now planned for 2031, half a decade later than when the concept emerged.

Ahead of its planned acquisition by Amazon, Globalstar is preparing for the launch of the first batch of replacement satellites for its mobile voice and data communications network in low Earth orbit.

For Rocket Lab, defense is now most definitely not a side quest.

Starlink plans to expand beyond 100,000 satellites with V3 designs, boosting bandwidth 100 times to meet AI and robotics data demands.

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The U.S. is moving ahead with plans for a privately owned outpost to replace the International Space Station.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded $615 million across three further contracts to work on Space-Base Airborne Moving Target Indicator capabilities.

SpaceX will drastically pick up the pace of Starship flights, CEO Elon Musk says.

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As SpaceX for the first time approaches what has become routine for most public aerospace and defense companies—quarterly results—it is approaching them in an unusual manner.

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A successful flight and soft landing put the Starship on the cusp of orbital flight.

SpaceX released images taken by Starlink Version 3 (V3) satellites that conducted 20-min. inflight demonstrations as part of the July 24 Starship-Super Heavy flight test.

Stock-based compensation at new defense-tech and space companies could lure young engineers away from the likes of Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX $1.6 billion for 18 Falcon 9 rocket launches to deploy sensing and targeting satellites, the service announced July 29.

SpaceX has begun recovering its first flown Starship V3 after a successful suborbital test and splashdown.

Ispace selected Japan's H3 rocket to launch its Mission 3 Ultra lunar lander in 2028.

SpaceX conducted a successful, full-duration flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system on July 24.

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