Key Takeaways SpaceX launched Starship V3 on May 22, 2026, from the new Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, after two scrubbed attempts. The Super Heavy booster lost engines during ascent and boostback, leading to a hard landing in the Gulf of Mexico (planned as acceptable for this test). Ship 39 reached its sub-orbital trajectory despite…
Key Takeaways SpaceX sets Thursday for the first Starship v3 launch New rocket reaches 124 meters tall with major structural upgrades Raptor 3 engines deliver higher thrust and fewer parts for reliability Enhanced heat shield and avionics support orbital refueling tests Reusable payload capacity exceeds 100 metric tons to low Earth orbit Flight 12 includes…
Key Takeaways Starship V3 maiden flight set for May 19 from Starbase, Texas, with sweeping upgrades for reusability and orbital ops. Super Heavy V3 grid fins reduced to three, 50% larger, repositioned for better performance and heat protection. Integrated hot staging removes disposable shield, using tank pressure and steel shielding instead. New massive fuel transfer…
Key Takeaways SpaceXAI signed a deal granting Anthropic full access to Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, providing 300MW power and 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs within the month. Anthropic’s Claude AI X account announced the partnership, highlighting increased compute capacity leading to doubled rate limits for Claude Code on Pro/Max/Team plans, removed peak-hour reductions, and raised…
Key Takeaways SpaceX board approved Elon Musk’s compensation tied to Mars colonization and space-based data centers. Pay includes 200M super-voting shares at valuation milestones, full unlock at $7.5T valuation, 1M Mars residents, and 100TW space computing power. Details revealed via Reuters review of SpaceX’s confidential SEC filing ahead of public offering. Musk’s Mars vision dates…
Key Takeaways SpaceX joins nine-company consortium, including Anduril, Palantir, and Aalyria, to develop core operating software for Golden Dome missile defense, focusing on satellite communications integration. Golden Dome, from Trump’s 2024 campaign, formalized by January 27, 2025 executive order; features thousands of interceptor satellites and AI-controlled space data centers. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein calls…
Key TakeawaysSpaceX secured an option to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60B, with $10B committed for joint development now.Partnership aims to build the “world’s best coding and knowledge work AI” using SpaceX’s Colossus supercomputer (1M Nvidia H100 equivalent).Cursor reduces reliance on rivals OpenAI and Anthropic by gaining SpaceX compute for its own models, fixing…
Key Takeaways ARK Invest’s SpaceX guide justifies a $1.75T IPO valuation, with SpaceX as their top 17% Venture Fund holding. Starlink exceeds 10M subscribers in early 2026, projecting >$20B revenue; taps $160B annual satellite market with record telecom growth. SpaceX slashed launch costs from $15,600/kg (2008) to <$1,000 today; Starship aims for sub-$100/kg, with 165…
Key Takeaways NASA awarded SpaceX a $175.7M contract for Falcon Heavy to launch ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover in late 2028, SpaceX’s first Mars payload. Contract signed April 16, 2026, despite White House FY2027 budget proposing to eliminate NASA’s ROSA mission funding. NASA provides braking engines, plutonium radioisotope heaters (requiring U.S. rocket due to export…
Key Takeaways SpaceX completed a full-duration static fire of all 33 Raptor 3 engines on Booster 19 at Pad 2, Starbase, Texas—the most powerful rocket test in history. The test generated ~9,240 tons of thrust (280 tons per engine), enough to lift the Empire State Building. Prior test on March 16 was a 10-engine fire;…