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The Pentagon is wiring an all-digital phased-array antenna into airborne nodes — built to track swarms of hypersonic test shots at once from high above

By Cassian Holt

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Russia may begin first sea trials this year of the Khabarovsk — a submarine built around the Poseidon, a nuclear torpedo meant to swamp coastlines

By Alexander Clark

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SpaceX will drop 20 dummy satellites and two camera probes on Starship’s first V3 flight — built to photograph the heat shield as it bakes during reentry

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Starlink has pulled so far ahead in space-based internet that rival networks are now scrambling to carve out the sky before it’s fully claimed

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX got within seconds of launching its first Starship V3 before a propellant-line glitch halted everything — the next attempt comes tonight

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just whipped past Mars at 2,800 miles to steal a gravity boost — slinging itself toward a giant metal asteroid far beyond the belt

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX scrubbed its giant Starship V3 seconds from liftoff as automated holds froze the countdown — and it will try the maiden flight again tonight

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX will bring its Super Heavy booster down for a water landing in the Gulf today — skipping the tower catch on the maiden V3 flight

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The heat-shield tiles that doomed earlier Starships get their first live camera inspection in flight today — two probes beaming photos back through reentry

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Starship’s first V3 flight will drop 20 dummy Starlink satellites today — and two camera probes will photograph the heat shield as it bakes during reentry

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX launches its first Starship V3 today — a 408-foot rocket firing 9% more thrust than any machine ever built, from a brand-new pad

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX’s Starshield constellation just crossed 13 missions in two years — a classified variant of Starlink built with Northrop to blanket low orbit with sensors

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The heat-shield tiles that doomed earlier Starships get their first live camera inspection on Flight 12 — two probes will beam photos back as the ship reenters

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX will bring the Super Heavy booster down for a water landing in the Gulf on Flight 12 — skipping the tower catch on the first V3 flight

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Starship V3 will deploy 20 dummy Starlink satellites on Flight 12 — and two modified probes will photograph the heat shield as it bakes during reentry

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The European-Chinese SMILE spacecraft is now in orbit watching solar wind slam into Earth’s magnetic shield — four instruments tracking the collision in real time

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX just bumped the first Starship V3 launch to Thursday — a 408-foot rocket with Raptor 3 engines and more thrust than any rocket ever built

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX’s Starshield constellation just crossed 13 missions in two years — a government variant of Starlink built with Northrop for low-orbit intelligence

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Starship V3 will deploy 22 Starlink simulators on Flight 12 — and the last two are designed to photograph the heat shield as it bakes during reentry

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The Vega C rocket just lifted the European-Chinese SMILE mission into orbit — four instruments will watch solar storms punch the magnetosphere for years

By Cassian Holt

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