SpaceX Completes Full-Duration 33-Engine Super Heavy Static Fire for Flight 15
SpaceX completed a full-duration 33-engine Super Heavy static fire Sunday, clearing a major booster test ahead of Flight 15's planned double-catch attempt.
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SpaceX completed a full-duration 33-engine Super Heavy static fire Sunday, clearing a major booster test ahead of Flight 15's planned double-catch attempt.
Starbase closed Boca Chica for a 12-hour SpaceX test window Sunday as Brownsville warned nearby residents to expect possible loud noise.
SpaceX posted a $5.5 billion year-over-year earnings swing as its Super Intelligence unit turned profitable and Starlink reached 13.6 million subscribers.
Elon Musk says Flight 15 is hopefully four to six weeks away, with SpaceX planning to catch both Super Heavy and Starship before attempting a reflight on Flight 16.
The rocket and AI company is reportedly discussing one of the biggest chip-financing packages yet, with $30 billion in investment-grade debt and another $10 billion in bank loans.
SpaceX shares closed at $171.09 after Morgan Stanley repeated a $300 target, even as a same-day Falcon 9 auto-abort delayed an SDA mission.
SpaceX's new Flight 14 views show hot-staging from onboard and 26 Starlink V3 satellites leaving Starship during its first orbital payload deployment.
SpaceX shortened Starship's first orbital mission after an ascent engine problem, then completed a controlled deorbit and backup splashdown north of Hawaii.
Starship reached orbit for the first time despite an early engine shutdown, then deployed all 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites aboard Flight 14.
SpaceX completed Starship Flight 14's launch rehearsal before a Monday morning orbital attempt carrying 26 Starlink V3 satellites, pending regulatory approval.
Elon Musk says each Starlink Gen3 satellite will target roughly 10 terabits of connectivity in both directions, draw 250 kW and carry a SpaceX-designed Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 computer.
SpaceX has set September 22 for Starship's first planned orbital mission, a nearly ten-hour flight carrying 26 production Starlink V3 satellites.
Starship Flight 14 is set to carry production Starlink V3 satellites, giving the development program its first revenue-generating mission.
Ship 41 completed its first engine firing overnight, opening a test campaign for a Starship mission that could attempt the program’s boldest recovery yet.
Ship 40 survived Flight 13, weeks of rough water and a 500-mile recovery push. SpaceX has now reached calmer water off Christmas Island—but the trip home is far from over.
Elon Musk says future Starlink satellites may deliver more than 50 times V2 throughput as the network expands into direct-to-cell service and AI-era bandwidth demand.
Rough Indian Ocean seas are threatening SpaceX's effort to tow Flight 13's intact Starship to port, though engineers already secured critical imagery.
SpaceX's first Starlink V3 test satellites unfolded, maneuvered, linked into the network and sent back Starship imagery during a roughly 20-minute suborbital test.
SpaceX turned a bruising launch week into a milestone mission as Starship completed a demanding sequence from payload deployment through splashdown.
SpaceX is replacing two Super Heavy Raptor engines and targeting Monday for another Starship Flight 13 launch attempt.
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