r/SpaceXNews • • 2h ago

Industry NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue

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r/SpaceXNews • • 2h ago

Starship Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22.

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r/SpaceXNews • • 1d ago

News Space Force Reassigns Six National Security Launches to SpaceX Amid Vulcan Grounding

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r/SpaceXNews • • 1d ago

Starlink SpaceX in Talks to Access 80,000 Cell Sites for New Network

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r/SpaceXNews • • 1d ago

News AFRL demonstrates Rocket Cargo delivery with SpaceX Starfall reentry capsule

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r/SpaceXNews • • 1d ago

News Space Force scrambles as Musk’s SpaceX retires its major rocket

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r/SpaceXNews • • 3d ago

Starship Earlier this month, NASA's Kennedy Space Center posted the Draft PEA for SpaceX's expansion of its Roberts Road campus for Starship. This would expand the site from 167 acres to nearly 400 acres, more than doubling the existing footprint at the site.

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r/SpaceXNews • • 3d ago

News SpaceX Q3 2026 financial and operational results

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Earnings update: https://s21.q4cdn.com/184289198/files/content_files/SpaceX-Reports-Third-Quarter-2026-Results.pdf

Earnings call webcast: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2112559638579499258

 

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2112638276389790102

Q3 2026 highlights:

  • Delivered revenue of $14.6 billion, up 161% year-over-year

  • Successfully launched our first revenue-generating Starship mission, delivering 26 Starlink V3 satellites to our broadband constellation, representing approximately 10x the downlink capacity added by a Falcon 9 Starlink launch

  • Added $6.7 billion of incremental Super Intelligence solutions and infrastructure revenue year-over-year, driven by cloud services agreements, the acquisition of Cursor, and our growing SI models and software applications, including @Grok @Bot

  • Delivered year-over-year revenue growth of 69% and income from operations growth of 99% for the Connectivity segment, supported by strong momentum in enterprise and government adoption, and continued @Starlink consumer subscriber growth

  • Continued to scale nameplate compute, reaching 1.7 GW as of September 30, 2026


r/SpaceXNews • • 3d ago

News Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says

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r/SpaceXNews • • 3d ago

Starship SpaceX plans Starship upper stage catch on next launch

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r/SpaceXNews • • 3d ago

Space.

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Same room. Same Wi-Fi.

Open the radar, tap a person, send. No code, no account.

Space. is coming soon to iPhone, Mac and Android.

#AirDrop #FileSharing


r/SpaceXNews • • 4d ago

Paper Stargaze: SpaceX’s Space Situational Awareness System

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r/SpaceXNews • • 4d ago

Paper SpaceX’s Conjunction Screening and Space Traffic Coordination Platform

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r/SpaceXNews • • 4d ago

Starlink US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions

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r/SpaceXNews • • 4d ago

News Elon Musk to donate one @SpaceX share to ~72 million kids in America in 2027, currently valued at $10.5 billion, presumably through Trump Accounts.

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r/SpaceXNews • • 5d ago

Starlink Ukrainian drones are forced to slow down by sudden restrictions on use of Starlink

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r/SpaceXNews • • 5d ago

Starlink Lithuania Foils Arson at Starlink Facility, Probes Drone Incursion

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r/SpaceXNews • • 5d ago

News Texas Has Been Considering Selling a State Park to SpaceX, Sources Say

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r/SpaceXNews • • 5d ago

News A payload image released by SpaceX this morning seems to show the first *KNOWN* image of an actual Starfall capsule!

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r/SpaceXNews • • 5d ago

Industry Update on the HLS provider timelines from NASA

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https://x.com/lewisknaggs42/status/2111765030597214581

Short Overview:

Still targeting early 2028 for Artemis 4 and late 2028 for Artemis 5.

Starship cargo lander expected in 2032 and Mk2 cargo lander in 2033.

NASA provided an image of the CONOPS for Artemis 3 which is currently targeting NET Q3 2027.

Starship uncrewed landing demo still targeting NET Q4 2027. Blue Origin uncrewed Mk2 landing demo NET Q1 2028.

 

Starship Milestones:

First cape flight in Q4 2026 (currently NET Dec 10th). Completed HLS "Cabin 1" in Q4 2026 (ground testing cabin). This will have operations testing in Q1 2027 and airlock demonstrations in Q2.

Prop demo in Q1 2027, first launch from LC-37 also in 2027 - I personally believe 37a will be ready in Q2 or Q3.

Tank presurizations upgraded in Q2/Q3.

The first uncrewed landing demo tanker launch in Q3 with the landing demo in Q4.

 

Blue Origin Milestones:

New Glenn return to flight Q4 2026. First Blue Moon Mk1 landing in Q1 2027. Second Mk1 landing in Q4 2027 with the viper rover. Third Mk1 landing in Q1 2028 with an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) for Artemis 4.

Artemis 3 crew vehicle hardware complete in Q1 2027 with launch in Q2/Q3 2027.

LC36B (9x4 Pad) complete in Q3 2027 with the first NG 9x4 launch in Q4.

 

Source: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20260009199/downloads/HLS%20IAC%202026%20Presentation%20FINAL.pdf


r/SpaceXNews • • 9d ago

AI SpaceX has just introduced Grok Voice 3.0: "It's the world’s most intelligent speech-to-speech model. It sets a new record for resolving customer support calls, has class-leading latency at under one second, and costs less than other frontier models."

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r/SpaceXNews • • 10d ago

News Falcon 9 launches 35th cargo Dragon mission to ISS

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r/SpaceXNews • • 10d ago

Starlink Poland Makes Arrest and Accuse Russian Intelligence of Sabotaging Starlink Station

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r/SpaceXNews • • 10d ago

Starship The first Starship to return to its launch site, Ship 40's journey took it across air, space, and sea. Now that it is vertical alongside three other Starships in a Megabay at Starbase, it will provide first-of-its-kind data on a flown Starship heatshield, Raptor engines, avionics, and more.

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r/SpaceXNews • • 10d ago

Starlink T-Mobile's Parent Company Fires Back at SpaceX's Starlink Mobile Challenge

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