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Amazon launches more Kuiper internet satellites with help from rival: 'Big thanks to SpaceX'

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-07-23 10:09:03

United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. As Amazon chases SpaceX in the internet satellite market, the e-commerce and computing giant turned to Elon Musk's rival company to get its next batch of devices into space. On Wednesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carr

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Amazon’s Kuiper satellites to get boost from rival SpaceX

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-07-24 06:26:10

Amazon’s race to challenge SpaceX in orbit is getting a helping hand from its chief competitor: SpaceX itself, which will launch the next batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites skyward on Wednesday. A flock of 24 Kuiper internet satellites will ride aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket before dawn. The mission, dubbed KF-01, has a 27-minute launch window that opens at 2:18 AM ET and will lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Once complete, it will bring the total number of

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Amazon turns to rival SpaceX to launch next batch of Kuiper internet satellites

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-07-24 14:23:40

United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. As Amazon chases SpaceX in the internet satellite market, the e-commerce and computing giant is now counting on Elon Musk's rival company to get its next batch of devices into space. On Wednesday, weather permitting,

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX might invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-07-28 10:12:17

In Brief One Elon Musk business might be making a big investment in another. According to a Wall Street Journal report that cites investors close to SpaceX, the company has agreed to invest $2 billion in Musk’s AI startup xAI. The investment would reportedly be part of the $5 billion equity raise (along with another $5 billion in debt) that Morgan Stanley announced at the end of June. This would be SpaceX’s first investment in xAI, and one of its biggest investments in another company. The WS

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SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-05 02:52:07

In Brief SpaceX is looking to raise fresh capital by selling new shares to insiders in a deal that would boost its valuation to around $400 billion, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The company’s strategy is to raise money via a fundraising round and separately hold a tender offer to allow employees to sell some of their shares to a select group of investors, anonymous sources told Bloomberg. SpaceX typically holds tender offers twice per year. SpaceX’s valuation has steadily climbed si

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Nearly 500 Starlink Satellites Have Incinerated in Earth's Atmosphere So Far This Year

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-13 18:08:00

According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, 472 Starlink satellites burned up in the atmosphere between December 2024 and May 2025, as SpaceX deorbited around 6% of its active fleet. Starlink satellites are built to last around five years. After that, they're steered into the Earth's atmosphere to burn up. SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, launched the first Starlink satellites in 2019, which means we're now seeing its first full-sca

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Former SpaceX manager alleges harassment, retaliation, and security violations in lawsuit

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-08-14 05:02:57

A former SpaceX security manager, who was privy to top secret information on U.S. government programs, is suing the company and one of its senior employees for alleged discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. Jenna Shumway, who was promoted to senior contractor program security officer after being hired in 2022, also alleges the senior employee — Daniel Collins, a former Defense Department official hired to run security compliance for the company’s government work — violated top secr

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SpaceX’s Starbase city officials silent on crane collapse

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-21 02:58:17

A crane collapsed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility this week, and the company’s newly-formed city won’t say if anyone was hurt. On June 23, a crane being used to clean up debris from the most recent SpaceX rocket explosion collapsed at the company’s launch complex. Footage of the accident was captured by Lab Padre, one of the content creators who film and photograph the site on a regular basis. But it was filmed from far away, making it impossible to tell whether anyone was harmed or in

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SpaceX crane collapse in Texas being investigated by OSHA

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-08-22 09:27:43

The SpaceX Starbase industrial complex and rocket launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, on Thursday, April 17, 2025. A SpaceX crane collapse at the company's Starbase, Texas facility on Tuesday has prompted an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency told CNBC in an email. The crane collapse was captured in a livestream by Lab Padre on YouTube, a SpaceX-focused channel. Clips from Lab Padre were widely shared on social media, including on X, wh

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Video Shows Large Crane Collapsing at Safety-Plagued SpaceX Rocket Facility

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-23 17:05:48

Elon Musk’s Texas Starbase is still reeling from its latest Starship explosion. Now, it has a crane collapse to deal with too. As eagle-eyed Starbase watchers flagged in a livestream from earlier this week, one of the cranes at the site of the explosion — which was, according to CBS News 4, powerful enough to be picked up by weather radar — collapsed in a heap in the middle of the day. "This has always been one of my biggest fears in every industry I've worked in," tweeted Zack Golden, the Spa

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Mexico’s President Has Had Just About Enough of Elon’s Exploding Rockets

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-08-24 02:38:03

After a string of failed test flights and exploding rockets, Mexico has had enough of its neighboring SpaceX facility. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is threatening to sue over possible contamination from SpaceX’s rocket launches that sometimes rain bits of debris across the nearby border. During a news conference on Wednesday, Sheinbaum said she was looking into filing the necessary lawsuits against SpaceX’s possible violations, The Guardian reported. “There is indeed contamination,” She

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Latest Starship Explosion Drastically Decreases SpaceX's Chances of Reaching Mars Without Having to Wait Years

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-01 01:22:31

"One of the toughest problems to solve." With tech billionaire Elon Musk out of the White House after his disastrous turn as a bureaucrat, he can now focus on more pressing subjects — such as his SpaceX Starship rockets that keep on exploding into fiery columns of fire, with the latest dramatic failure this past Wednesday in Texas, when the massive spacecraft hadn't even left the ground yet. This recent setback ratchets up the pressure on Musk even further, who faces a hard deadline and steep

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SpaceX's String of Starship Failures Continues With Massive Rocket Explosion

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-01 08:41:00

SpaceX's ongoing mission to prepare Starship spacecraft for trips to the moon and, eventually, Mars suffered a setback when a spacecraft exploded this week in South Texas. The explosion happened during what SpaceX called routine testing in preparation for Starship's 10th flight since 2023, which was expected to happen later this month. SpaceX uses a different rocket design to launch its Starlink internet satellites. On X, the space company wrote, "On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m

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‘Major Anomaly’ Behind Latest SpaceX Starship Explosion

wired.com Stephen Clark 2025-09-01 14:38:37

Musk wrote that the nitrogen COPV appears to have failed below its proof pressure, within conditions that should not have damaged the tank. "If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design," Musk added. Picking Up the Pieces Earlier Wednesday, just hours before the late-night explosion at Starbase, an advisory released by the Federal Aviation Administration showed SpaceX had set June 29 as a tentative launch date for the next Starship tes

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SpaceX Starship explodes during engine test, Musk shares preliminary investigation results

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-09-03 06:03:00

Facepalm: SpaceX was preparing its Starship rocket for a 10th flight test – initially scheduled for June 29 – when it exploded during a static fire at the Starbase launch site in Texas shortly after 11 pm MT on Wednesday. The launch timeline is now unclear following the incident. A video shared by NASA Spaceflight shows a powerful explosion lighting up the Texas night sky during what was supposed to be a routine engine test. Cameron County officials confirmed the incident and said no one was in

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SpaceX Starship Explodes in Spectacular Fireball at Texas Test Facility

gizmodo.com George Dvorsky 2025-09-04 02:22:25

The upper stage prototype, designated Ship 36, exploded shortly before midnight local time on June 18 during routine preparations for an upcoming test flight. SpaceX is in the midst of preparing for Starship’s next fully integrated test, known as Flight 10. The last several tests haven’t gone well, but this prototype never even left the ground. The explosion—as shown in spectacular footage from NASASpaceFlight.com—occurred at SpaceX’s Massey facility, a test site located several miles from the

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SpaceX's Starship explodes on the ground during a routine test

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-04 10:00:25

A SpaceX Starship vehicle has exploded yet again, and this time, it happened before it even took off. NASASpaceflight has captured the event in a livestream, wherein you can see the spacecraft (Ship 36) suddenly explode into a fireball after the company tested its forward flap and just before it was supposed to conduct a static fire test. The company said on X that on June 19 at approximately 12AM Eastern time, the Starship it was preparing for its 10th flight test "experienced a major anomaly"

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SpaceX's Starship explodes again while still on the ground

news.ycombinator.com Richard Speed 2025-09-04 14:02:32

SpaceX has made excellent progress with its Starship rocket. The stainless steel vehicle can now explode before even leaving the Earth. The latest setback happened just before a planned static fire this morning. The rocket was fueled ahead of a test firing of its Raptor engines, but abruptly exploded. The explosion occurred on a test stand, and it is unclear how much damage the facility sustained. According to SpaceX, "a safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation

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SpaceX’s next Starship just blew up on its test stand in South Texas

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-04 22:57:18

SpaceX's next Starship rocket exploded during a ground test in South Texas late Wednesday, dealing another blow to a program already struggling to overcome three consecutive failures in recent months. The late-night explosion at SpaceX's rocket development complex in Starbase, Texas, destroyed the bullet-shaped upper stage that was slated to launch on the next Starship test flight. The powerful blast set off fires around SpaceX's Massey's Test Site, located a few miles from the company's Starsh

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SpaceX’s Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flight

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-09-04 23:35:52

One of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicles exploded on a test stand in Texas late on Wednesday night, as the company prepared for the tenth test flight of the heavy-lift rocket system. SpaceX said “all personnel are safe and accounted for” in a post on X, and claimed there are “no hazards to residents in surrounding communities.” The company did not provide an explanation for the explosion. It’s not immediately clear what impact this will have on SpaceX’s development of the Starship rocket syste

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Rocket Companies Like SpaceX May Soon Pay Per Pound to Use the Sky

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-08 18:55:51

The skies may no longer be free for the space industry. Rocket companies like SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) may soon be required to pay a fee to support FAA oversight and airspace coordination, part of a broader effort to keep up with the growing launch industry. A budget reconciliation bill released by Senator Ted Cruz last week proposes that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) begin charging licensing fees to rocket companies starting next year. The collected fees would go int

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The Space Station Leak Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-11 14:15:21

Space Draft Space tourism company Axiom Space has had to postpone its fourth chartered SpaceX flight to the International Space Station after NASA announced it needs more time to investigate an air leak affecting the orbital lab. For five years, NASA and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos have been hunting down leaks in the station, which has been continuously occupied for 25 years. The issue has since been traced back to the Russian segment of the ISS, specifically the Zvezda service module, a

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There's a Giant Problem With SpaceX's Starlink Satellites

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-14 17:27:06

Astronomers' attempts to peer into the earliest reaches of the universe could be threatened by thousands of SpaceX Starlink satellites leaking radio emissions that ruin observations made with highly sensitive telescopes. As New Scientist reports, a team of researchers led by Curtin University radio astronomy professor Steven Tingay tracked the signals of almost 2,000 Starlink satellites, with the help of a prototype telescope from the Square Kilometre Array, which is currently under constructio

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NASA Is Worth Saving

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-14 21:59:34

Casey Handmer June 2025 Download a printable PDF. NASA was founded in 1958 in response to Sputnik and the emerging necessity of a robust, government supported space exploration and technology development program to safeguard US interests in space. NASA embodies the US ideals of optimism and technical excellence. I was privileged to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for four years, among titans of the industry. It is clear, however, that today’s NASA is but a shadow of its former self.

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Mere weeks after Starship’s breakup, the vehicle may soon fly again

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-05-31 22:52:47

A little over a month after SpaceX's large Starship launch ended in an explosion over several Caribbean islands, the company is preparing its next rocket for a test flight. According to a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration, the eighth test flight of the Starship vehicle could take place as early as February 26 from the Starbase launch site in South Texas. The launch window extends from 5:30 pm local time (23:30 UTC) to 7:09 pm (01:09 UTC). Company sources confirmed that this

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SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-06-01 02:12:56

Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED. On Sunday, Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour. “The safety of air travel is a nonpartisan matter,” Musk replied. “S

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These Are the SpaceX Engineers Already Working Inside the FAA

wired.com Vittoria Elliott 2025-06-01 02:50:14

Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED. On Sunday, Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour. “The safety of air travel is a nonpartisan matter,” Musk replied. “S

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Man Wakes Up, Finds That Large Chunk of SpaceX Rocket Has Crashed Into His Garden

futurism.com Unknown 2025-06-01 05:27:16

A Polish man named Adam Borucki made an unusual discovery in his backyard after waking up one day: the purported remains of a second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. As the UK tabloid The Daily Mail reports, Borucki reported the "large object about [five by three feet] in size" to the local police. "We are investigating how the object ended up in this location, but the important thing is that no one was harmed," police spokesman Andrzej Borowiak told the tabloid. It seems likely that the ob

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