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SpaceX has just announced that they have entered into a $920 million per month agreement with Google to provide compute capacity, according to a new filing. "On June 5, 2026, we entered into a Cloud Service Agreement with Google with respect to access to compute capacity. The customer has agreed to pay us $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029, with capacity ramping up through September at a reduced fee. The compute capacity provided includes approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and other related components. After December 31, 2026, the agreement may be terminated by either party...

Starlink V3 satellites Bandwidth per Satellite: • V2: 96 Gbps • V3: 1,024 Gbps Bandwidth per Launch: V2: 2,600 Gbps V3: 61,000 Gbps Deployment per Launch: • V2: 27 satellites (on Falcon 9) • V3: 60 (on Starship) Starlink V3 satellites will begin to be deployed in late 2026 on Starship.Starlink V3 satellites Bandwidth per Satellite: • V2: 96 Gbps • V3: 1,024 Gbps Bandwidth per Launch: V2: 2,600 Gbps V3: 61,000 Gbps Deployment per Launch: • V2: 27 satellites (on Falcon 9) • V3: 60 (on Starship) Starlink V3 satellites will begin to be deployed in late 2026 on...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16B deal to help accelerate work on what could be a game-changing space-based air moving-target indicator (AMTI) sensor network. The service says it now hopes to have an “early capability” in orbit by 2028, years ahead of the timelines officials have put forward in the past. Plans for an AMTI satellite constellation were directly tied to an attempt in the past year to axe purchases of E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, something the Pentagon has now fully abandoned after Congress intervened. Though the Air Force is moving ahead again...

@XFreeze SpaceX just became even more central to America’s next-generation defense architecture In one week, the U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX $6.45 BILLION to build the future of space-based military sensing and communications That includes: • $4.16B for SB-AMTI: a space-based tracking system designed to detect and track aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, and other airborne threats from orbit, with initial capability projected by 2028 • $2.29B for the Space Data Network Backbone: a high-speed, low-latency military data network designed to connect sensors, weapons platforms, and warfighters globally Put simply: SpaceX is being asked to help build the sensing layer and...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida

In the last two weeks Starship flight 12 was the biggest thing launched, and it might even look like the biggest story in spaceflight news, but that doesn't mean we can ignore all the other stuff going on! We have a new crew on China's space station, some cool new satellites. Stoke space is testing their booster and Blue Origin are cleared to fly New Glenn, again. Starship V3 Debut, China's New Crew, Goonhilly Sold, SpaceX Financial Details - Deep Space Updates | 35:25 Scott Manley | 1.86M subscribers | 49,677 views | May 26, 2026

Watch live as SpaceX debuts the latest version of its revolutionary Starship launcher on the 12th test flight for the program. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from a new launch pad at Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. CDT / 6:30 p.m. EDT / 2230 UTC on Friday, May 22. The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 19) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 39) in the Indian Ocean. The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink simulators, similar in...

Watch live as SpaceX debuts the latest version of its revolutionary Starship launcher on the 12th test flight for the program. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from a new launch pad at Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:30 p.m. CDT / 6:30 p.m. EDT / 2230 UTC on Thursday, May 21. The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 19) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 39) in the Indian Ocean. The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink simulators, similar in...

Elon Musk has revealed plans to float SpaceX in the US, paving the way for the largest stock market float in history set to make him a trillionaire. The rocket, satellite and AI firm filed its highly anticipated prospectus with US regulators on Wednesday, which revealed SpaceX had chosen Nasdaq to make its debut under the ticker SPCX. The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission did not reveal the exact amount SpaceX was looking to raise. Reports suggest Musk is looking at raising about $75billion at a $1.75trillion valuation. That would put Musk on track to become the first...

.@SpaceX $SPCX just filed their S-1. I built a full dashboard covering everything! The numbers are insane: • $1.75T target valuation • $18.7B revenue in 2025 (+33% YoY) • 170 orbital launches - more than every other country combined • Starlink: $7.2B EBITDA at 63% margins • Anthropic pays them $1.25B/month for compute • 93% of their $28.5T TAM is AI, not rockets Link to dashboard in next tweet

According to an analysis by independent astronomer Bill Gray, developer of the Project Pluto software used to track near-Earth objects, the spent SpaceX rocket stage will crash into the Moon on 5 August 2026 at about 06:44 UTC (02:44 EDT).Gray reports the impact should occur around Einstein crater, a heavily impacted area at the threshold between the lunar near side and far side."The motion of space junk is mostly quite predictable; it simply moves under the influence of the gravity of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and planets. We know those with immense precision," Gray explains.At the same time, solar radiation...

Starship Probably Isn't Launching May 15th... Here's Why | 6:39Ellie in Space | 224K subscribers | 40,749 views | May 10, 2026

In a significant development for the tech and semiconductor industries, Apple and Intel have struck a preliminary agreement under which Intel will manufacture some of the chips that power Apple devices. The news, reported by Robbie Whelan and Rolfe Winkler for The Wall Street Journal on May 8, 2026, marks a notable comeback effort for Intel and highlights ongoing efforts to strengthen domestic U.S. chip production. The Role of the Trump Administration: The U.S. government played a pivotal role in facilitating the deal. Last summer, the Trump administration converted nearly $9 billion in federal grants into a roughly 10% stake...

SpaceX's Starship megarocket may indeed get off the ground next week.The company is apparently targeting May 15 for the test flight, which will be the 12th for Starship overall but the first for the new, more powerful "Version 3" of the giant vehicle.SpaceX cleared a big hurdle on the path to liftoff on Thursday (May 7), conducting a static-fire test with Starship's Super Heavy first stage at its Starbase site in Texas. The company lit up all 33 of Super Heavy's Raptor engines while the booster remained anchored to the pad — and everything apparently went well."Full duration and full...

he deal, announced Wednesday, May 6, 2026, addresses Anthropic’s growing pains head-on. Claude’s popularity created a problem most startups dream of having: too much demand. Users on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans faced strict throttling during peak hours, turning productive workflows into frustrating waiting games. Now those five-hour rate limits disappear for most paying subscribers. Computing Power Meets Rocket Science SpaceX’s Memphis data center becomes Claude’s new computational backbone. Ami Vora, Anthropic’s head of product, highlighted the partnership at their developer conference in San Francisco, stating they’re utilizing “the full capacity of Colossus One” to improve service for Claude...

Interview with Joe Tegtmeyer. Another Setback for Starship Flight 12? What Happened Now? | 18:11 Ellie in Space | 223K subscribers | 32,205 views | May 3, 2026

Yes, Elon Musk is significantly richer than the combined wealth of all British billionaires. As of early May 2026: Elon Musk's net worth is approximately $800–840 billion (Forbes real-time estimates around $789B–$839B recently, with peaks above $840B). All UK billionaires combined: There are roughly 54–55 British billionaires with a total net worth of about £185 billion (~$230–245 billion USD). Musk's fortune alone is roughly 3–3.5 times the total wealth of every UK billionaire. Even the top UK individuals (e.g., Michael Platt ~$19–21B, Jim Ratcliffe ~$17–18B, James Dyson ~$15B) are each a small fraction of Musk's wealth. Key Context Net worth...

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The most powerful rocket engine test ever conducted on Earth happened ten days ago. 33 SpaceX Raptor 3 engines. Six seconds. We talked about it on the show. What we didn't talk about is what happened before that. Because we didn't know. Nobody outside SpaceX knew. Until this week, when SpaceX released a 24-minute documentary and showed us the two static fire attempts that didn't work. This documentary changes how I'm thinking about Flight 12. Let me show you why. SpaceX Finally Gives Out The BIG Starship News!!! This Changes Everything About Starship Flight 12 | 21:03 What about it!?...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Wednesday (April 29), lifting off at 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 GMT). The 6.6-ton (6 metric tons) satellite is headed to geostationary orbit (GEO) which lies 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above Earth, according to Space.com. Blastoff! SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches nearly 7-ton satellite, nails landings in Florida | 8:46 VideoFromSpace | 2.12M subscribers | 1,583 views | April 29, 2026