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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

Space Systems

NASA just finished final assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — set to launch in September with a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble’s

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope just finished final assembly ahead of a September launch — built to spot millions of invisible neutron stars across the Milky Way

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The European-Chinese SMILE spacecraft just lifted off on a Vega C rocket to watch solar wind slam into Earth’s magnetic shield in real time

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX just pushed the first Starship V3 launch to Wednesday — a 408-foot rocket with Raptor 3 engines and 9% more thrust than any rocket ever built

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s Psyche probe just took its first Mars images from inside the slingshot maneuver — and won’t see another planet until 2029

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

The ESA and China’s SMILE mission will watch solar wind slam into Earth’s magnetic shield in real time this month

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX’s Pad 2 at Starbase is the first launch pad built to both launch and catch a Super Heavy booster

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

Starship V3’s new Raptor 3 engines now produce 250 tonnes-force at sea level — 9% more thrust than the V2 generation

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s new space chip is 500 times more powerful than anything currently flying — tested for autonomous spacecraft decision-making

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon lifted off with 6,500 pounds of cargo last night — autonomous docking at the ISS begins Sunday morning

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX targets May 19 for the first Starship V3 launch — a 408-foot rocket with Raptor 3 engines and splashdowns in the Gulf and Indian Ocean

By Cassian Holt

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