Space X
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FCC Clears Xona to Deploy Commercial Navigation Constellation Beside GPS
WASHINGTON, July 16 — On the ground in the race to build America’s next-generation navigation network, a small…
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SpaceX Falcon 9: Design, Development Setbacks and the Reusable First Stage
HAWTHORNE, August 1 — The Falcon 9 launch vehicle, a significant innovation from SpaceX, continues to demonstrate the…
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Astronomer Bill Gray Tracked Falcon 9 Booster’s Lunar Collision Path
PASADENA, August 1 — The burgeoning global space economy, fueled by rapid commercial expansion, increasingly depends on precise…
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Rocket Stage Forecast to Hit Moon’s Far Side in March 2022 Was Not the DSCOVR Launcher
CAPE CANAVERAL, Aug. 1 — The first known unintentional impact of human-made space debris with the Moon involved…
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Experts Say Starship’s Heat Shield Is the Obstacle to Rapid Reuse, and NASA Has Not Helped
HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 27, 2026 — On the test stands in McGregor, Texas, engineers fire up another sequence:…
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Former NASA Engineer Calls Starship Heat Shield a Dead End for Rapid Reuse
The Thermal Protection Bottleneck BOCA CHICA, Texas, July 27 — Starship, the fully reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle SpaceX…
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Musk Calls Starship Heat Shield Problem Solved After Flight 13 Test
HAWTHORNE, July 27 — SpaceX’s Starship is designed to fly three times a day, per vehicle. But right…
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Google Discloses $94.1 Billion SpaceX Stake, About 6% of the Company, in Q2 Filing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 26 — Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, quietly disclosed in a regulatory…
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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Launches First Satellites to Take On Starlink
SEATTLE, July 26 — The shift is here: satellite broadband has gone from a niche play to a…
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Who Owns SpaceX: Musk, Alphabet, Fidelity and Founders Fund Hold the Stakes
BOSTON, July 26 — For most people, investing in SpaceX is about as realistic as booking a ticket…
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Starlink’s role in modern warfare raises policy concerns
KYIV, July 25 — In the tangled geography of modern warfare, where a signal from space can tilt…
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From Mercury to Dragon: Launch abort systems save astronaut lives
WASHINGTON, July 21 — The launch escape system, a piece of engineering that separates crew from catastrophe, is…
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US Space Force’s NSSL Program: 1994 Origins to Military Space Access
WASHINGTON, July 21 — The National Security Space Launch program, the Pentagon’s primary mechanism for putting the nation’s…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Earns $11.4B in 2025, Largest Business Segment
LOS ANGELES, July 21 — Starlink, the low Earth orbit broadband constellation operated by SpaceX’s wholly owned subsidiary…
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Space Force Triples Launch Contract Ceiling to $17 Billion, Pushing NSSL Past $30 Billion
WASHINGTON, July 21 — A $30 billion procurement for national security launches has set the stage for one…
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Ion Thrusters From Dawn to the X3: How They Work and Where They Fall Short
WASHINGTON, July 20 — The ion thruster, a form of electric propulsion for spacecraft, has quietly become a…
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Artemis III Will Dock Orion With Two Commercial Lunar Landers in Earth Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, July 20 — The next human footsteps on the Moon are scheduled for a launch…
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SpaceX Rocket Stage Set to Hit Moon Aug. 5 as Scientists Prepare to Watch
WASHINGTON, July 20 — What began as a routine launch seven years ago now ends with a quiet…
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India’s First Private Orbital Rocket Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit on Debut Launch
HYDERABAD, July 17 — India’s first privately built orbital-class rocket is set to launch tomorrow, and global markets…
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ESO study warns satellite fleets in the millions could cripple ground-based astronomy
WASHINGTON, July 16 — By nightfall tonight, a new pinprick of light will begin tracking across the American…
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SpaceX’s Controlled Deorbit Burns Satellites in Atmosphere
LOS ANGELES, July 7 — The sky above the Pacific is, by nightfall, a graveyard for satellites. On…
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Xona Space Systems prepares six-satellite launch as a commercial rival to GPS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 — The bottom line for the nascent satellite-navigation industry is $19.5 million in venture…
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Bezos Says Blue Origin Will Likely Go Public Someday After $10 Billion Raise
SEATTLE, July 16 — On the floor of Blue Origin’s Kent facility, a New Glenn rocket stands in…
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Megaconstellations Push Satellites to Process Data in Orbit, Frontgrade CTO Says
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 16 — The night sky is getting crowded. For the families in rural communities who…
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