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Tuesday, Jul 2

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SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida — and competitors aren’t happy about it

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SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors. Late last month, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance submitted…

SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3 after delay (video)

www.space.com

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3).

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SpaceX launches 100th Direct to Cell Starlink satellite on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral

spaceflightnow.com

The overnight mission saw the return of Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1073, which experienced an abort as its engine began firing during the June 14 launch attempt of the Starlink 10-2 mission. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space…

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Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' in this animation

www.space.com

A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the "chopstick" arms of its huge launch tower.

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Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline

www.space.com

SpaceX has established a debris hotline and a special email address to aid folks who may have found fallen pieces of the company's hardware.

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SpaceX Developing Tools To Remove Heat Shield Tiles On Starship Rather Than Manually Breaking Them Away, Says CEO Elon Musk

www.benzinga.com

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that the company is working on making it easier to remove the heat shield tiles on its ambitious Starship launch vehicle.

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SpaceX continues record-breaking year with Starship’s full success and Falcon milestones

SpaceX continues to break records with its Falcon rockets during 2024 completing to date a…

Monday, Jul 1

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Got SpaceX Dragon Debris? Call the “Hotline”

Wait-a-Minute! It turns out – one group’s space junk is another person’s viewing hot spot. The Glamping Collective in North Carolina was on the receiving end last May of leftovers from the SpaceX Dragon Crew-7 mission to the International…

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SpaceX Overtakes ULA In Military Space Missions As Vulcan Centaur Rocket Experiences Delays

www.benzinga.com

United Launch Alliance (ULA), once the primary choice for Pentagon satellite launches, is facing tough competition from SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk.

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Europe smarts as SpaceX bags key satellite launch contract

www.politico.eu

Launching a weather satellite with SpaceX and not Ariane 6 is a "surprising" decision, said Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency.

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Video Shows Rocket of China's SpaceX Rival Exploding in Mountains

www.newsweek.com

The Tianlong-3 rocket accidentally took off during a ground test.

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After 'Win-Win' Rollout On Carnival's Cruise Fleet, SpaceX's Starlink Is Supposedly Enabling Connectivity On Antarctic Research Ships

www.benzinga.com

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet is connecting researchers in Antarctica with their families, providing high-speed WiFi and real-time data.

SpaceX to launch Yahsat satellites

spacenews.com

Emirati satellite operator Yahsat has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of geostationary communications satellites that are part of a $1.1 billion program.

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Pentagon's Longtime Rocket Launcher Races to Catch SpaceX

www.wsj.com

Delays at United Launch Alliance, the rocket provider owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, have drawn scrutiny from the military.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Picks 'Terminus' For Mars' First Starship-Enabled City, After Just 4 Test Flights

www.benzinga.com

Elon Musk considers Terminus as a potential name for the first city on Mars. SpaceX's Starship could aid in building a self-sustaining city.

SpaceX Will Crash the International Space Station Into the Ocean by 2030

www.techtimes.com

SpaceX has officially inked a $843 million NASA deal allowing the firm to destroy and crash the International Space Station six years from now.