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At a Waco, Texas event, Tesla demonstrated an upgraded Roadster prototype that drove up a vertical ramp using downforce, flipped using cold-gas thrusters supplied by SpaceX, and briefly flew over other Tesla models. Elon Musk said the car could hit 60mph in under a second and reiterated a 2028 production target, but gave no pricing or release details.
Tesla plans to reveal its next-generation Roadster on Thursday at a SpaceX test facility in McGregor, Texas, nearly ten years after it began collecting deposits for the car. The company recently reopened $50,000 reservations in the U.S., Canada and China, and executives are expected to share pricing, specifications and production targets at the event.
United has released a tracker letting passengers enter their flight number and travel date to see whether their aircraft has Starlink satellite Wi-Fi, including real-time updates if planes are swapped. The airline says 635 of its mainline and United Express planes now carry Starlink, covering nearly half of daily departures, with installations continuing at 20 planes per week toward completion by end of 2027.
Ukrainian officials say Starlink/Starshield terminals moving above 100 mph stopped working this week, disrupting efforts to track and intercept Russian drones during intensified attacks on Kyiv. Elon Musk said any restrictions stem from the U.S. government, which he says owns and controls Starshield, pointing to the Pentagon and President Trump as the decision-makers rather than SpaceX.
Elon Musk responded to reports that SpaceX restricted Ukraine's access to Starshield, the military version of Starlink, by stating that Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government, with usage limits set by the Pentagon and the president. He distinguished this from the commercial Starlink service, which he said SpaceX controls but restricts to civilian or defensive use only. The statement follows earlier accusations from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that SpaceX was restricting access to the service.
Ukrainian officials say SpaceX has imposed new restrictions on Starlink satellite internet access that have interfered with military drone missions. The officials say they were given no advance notice before the changes took effect, and that several operations were disrupted as a result.
Ukrainian officials say SpaceX quietly imposed a speed limit on its military-grade Starshield satellite terminals, causing connectivity drops when mounted platforms exceed roughly 100 mph. Presidential adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov said no warning was given, and Ukraine's 7th Rapid Reaction Corps reported canceled missions after losing signal for 10-20 seconds at speeds as low as 110-120 km/h. Volunteer Serhiy Sternenko says the threshold is tightening further, with drops now occurring near 60-70 km/h.
Tesla is expected to debut a production-ready version of the next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, nearly ten years after Elon Musk first announced plans for the car. Musk has claimed the Roadster will accelerate from 0-60mph in under two seconds, hit a top speed above 250mph, and offer an optional SpaceX-designed thruster package. Several early reservation holders, including Sam Altman and Marques Brownlee, had already canceled their orders, assuming the car would never ship.
Alameda-based startup Longshot Space Technology, led by CEO Mike Grace and CTO Nato Saichek, is developing a multi-stage gun system that accelerates projectiles toward orbit instead of using rockets. The company has raised roughly $20 million from venture investors and is currently testing a 70-foot, six-inch-diameter gun that has fired projectiles at speeds up to Mach 4. Longshot plans to present its technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
Satlyt, a startup founded by former Google and SpaceX engineer Rama Afullo, has raised an $8 million seed round and is launching its satellite-based AI software on a SpaceX rocket this Thursday. The same launch carries the first prototype for Google's Project Suncatcher, its own orbital data center initiative. Satlyt doesn't build its own satellites; instead it makes software that lets AI models run across other companies' spacecraft, using fewer ground-based flight controllers.
Director Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour documentary 'Musk' debuts in theaters this Friday after Elon Musk declined to be interviewed. Gibney instead built an AI simulation of Musk from his public statements, while interviewing dozens of associates including Musk's father Errol, first wife Justine Musk, ex-girlfriend Ashley St. Claire, and journalists Kara Swisher and Katie Drummond.
SpaceX has agreed to appear before the New York City Council's tech committee on Friday as part of an investigation into AI safety risks, after initially skipping an Oct. 5 hearing attended by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta. Council Speaker Julie Menin had issued a subpoena to Elon Musk and SpaceX's AI unit, and warned the company she would seek judicial enforcement before SpaceX agreed to comply two days later.