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Launch Roundup: SpaceX returns to launching Starlink following Starship launch
With the dust settling following the launches of Blue Origin’s New Glenn and SpaceX’s Starship last week and two consequential mishap investigations underway, business returns to usual this week. SpaceX missions dominated the week, with four SpaceX Starlink launches. SpaceX continues its drive to launch approximately 7,500 v2 Mini Starlink satellites into orbit. At the…
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Mark Rober launched a space selfie satellite powered by a Google Pixel
Photo of Rober’s SatGus satellite during testing and assembly. Image: Mark Rober The satellite has a system where the Pixel phone and camera pop out of the side in order to fit within the spacecraft’s dimensions. After completing testing and being integrated on a Falcon 9 rocket, the satellite named SatGus was launched into space…
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SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing on mission featuring 27 Starlink satellites
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1082, touches down on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ a little more than eight minutes after liftoff. This was the 400th landing of an orbital class booster. Image: SpaceX Update 11:44 a.m. EST (1644 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on the droneship.…
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Apple Intelligence missummarizes SpaceX launched Starship and lunar landers before they even happen [U: Apple pauses feature]
Oh AI, you love it or you hate it. It, alongside being the local weatherman, is the only thing that can be completely wrong and everyone gives it a break. Last year Apple rolled out its version of AI called “Apple Intelligence.” One of its features is to summarize notifications so you don’t have to.…
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SpaceX successfully catches Super Heavy booster, loses Starship upper stage during Flight 7
A still image taken from video of what is reportedly the remnants of SpaceX’s Starship upper stage as seen from the vantage point of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Image: Alex Davenport SpaceX’s seventh flight of its Starship rocket was a combination of great success and catastrophic loss, with a catch of its Super Heavy…
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Rocket Report: Starship experiences a RUD; Blue Origin nails its debut launch
Welcome to Edition 7.27 of the Rocket Report! Thursday was an eventful day in super heavy lift launch, with Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket having a highly successful debut launch before dawn in Florida, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Then, on Thursday afternoon, an upgraded Starship took flight from South Texas. The first stage…
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Seattle-area firm launches program to back new space ventures with million-dollar bets
Fuse has come up with a mission patch for its program to back early-stage space ventures. (Fuse Graphic) Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse wants to light a spark for entrepreneurs focusing on the final frontier, and it’s willing to invest a million dollars to turn a good idea into a great startup. The Fuse Space…
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Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year
SpaceX plans to launch the seventh full-scale test flight of its massive Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket Thursday afternoon. It’s the first of what might be a dozen or more demonstration flights this year as SpaceX tries new things with the most powerful rocket ever built. There are many things on SpaceX’s Starship to-do…