All things SpaceX - Updates and Discussion

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Incredible performance from Starship, with a soft landing and no ship explosion.

it has been brought back to this side of the world!


Starship 40 Return to Starbase Texas after Completing Test Flight 13 Port of Brownsville 4K

 

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Elon Musk escalates India Starlink row by highlighting billionaire’s donations to Modi’s party

American tech mogul shares news reports about Mukesh Ambani’s donations to the ruling party after accusing oligarchs of blocking his satellite internet service in the South Asian country

www.yahoo.com

Elon Musk escalates India Starlink row by highlighting billionaire’s donations to Modi’s party​

Elon Musk escalated his public dispute with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani by sharing news reports about his donations to prime minister Narendra Modi's party, furthering a row that started with the American tech mogul lashing out at "oligarchs" for blocking his satellite internet service in the South Asian nation.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Another classified Space Force mission launched

 

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Elon Musk escalates India Starlink row by highlighting billionaire’s donations to Modi’s party

American tech mogul shares news reports about Mukesh Ambani’s donations to the ruling party after accusing oligarchs of blocking his satellite internet service in the South Asian country

www.yahoo.com

Elon Musk escalates India Starlink row by highlighting billionaire’s donations to Modi’s party​

Elon Musk escalated his public dispute with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani by sharing news reports about his donations to prime minister Narendra Modi's party, furthering a row that started with the American tech mogul lashing out at "oligarchs" for blocking his satellite internet service in the South Asian nation.

I'm sure Modi was happy with that.

 

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https://www.axios.com/2026/10/20/spacex-tesla-merger-talks

Space X and Tesla exploring merger, CEO Elon Musk says​

 

[F-22Raptor]

Major SpaceX milestones over the next 2 years:

- Booster and ship catch next month
-Cabin 1 for HLS completion before the end of the year
- Prop transfer demo in Jan/Feb
- Artemis 3 next summer with Orion docking
- Uncrewed lunar landing by the end of next year
- Reuse and weekly launches by early next year

 

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Cabin 1

 

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SpaceX has released a new Starship tower catch animation

SpaceX showcases exactly how it plans to catch Starship next month

SpaceX played a new Starship Flight 15 simulation showing the ship caught by tower chopsticks.

www.teslarati.com

SpaceX showcases exactly how it plans to catch Starship next month​

They are playing it way too close with these refueling nozzles

 

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Venezuela Authorizes SpaceX Starlink Satellite Internet Service Under New Deal

Key Stats for SpaceX StockPrice change for SpaceX stock in last 1 month: 10%$SPCX Stock Price as of Oct. 9: $16352-Week High: $226$SPCX Stock Price Target: $221What Happened?Venezuela has authorized Starlink to operate in the country.

finance.yahoo.com

Venezuela Authorizes SpaceX Starlink Satellite Internet Service Under New Deal​

 

[F-22Raptor]

Flight 15 of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Friday, November 13, pending regulatory approval. The 75-minute launch window will open at 4:45 p.m. CT.

A live webcast of the flight will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. Coverage is planned to continue through ship catch, with the potential for hours of live views from Starship as it orbits Earth, powered by Starlink. As is the case with all launches, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to check in here and stay tuned to our X account for updates.

The upcoming flight is planned to be the first to return both Starship and Super Heavy to the launch site for catch. If successful, this will mark the first full recovery of an orbital launch system and a breakthrough moment in making Starship a reliable, rapidly reusable rocket.

Starship’s initial return to launch site mission is expected to orbit the Earth at an altitude of ~275 km and complete approximately 14 orbits around the planet over the course of a more than 22-hour flight. Similar to Starship’s first orbital mission, the flight profile has been designed with the opportunity to insert into a passively safe suborbital trajectory or safely deorbit at multiple pre-determined areas over the ocean after raising to an orbital altitude. Read more about the testing, mission design, and safety measures for first planned Starship catch.

Starship’s previous mission was the culmination of more than a dozen flight tests and years of development, sending Starship to orbit and deploying meaningful payloads to space for the first time. Watch “Go For Orbit”, the latest episode in the ongoing Starship series experience the moments behind flying the most ambitious Starship mission yet.

The booster’s primary objective on Flight 15 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and return to the launch site for catch. This will be the first return and catch attempt for a Super Heavy V3 booster. Three V1 boosters were successfully caught on earlier flight tests with two demonstrating successful reflights.
The Starship upper stage’s primary objectives include the deployment of 26 Starlink V3 satellites and the first return to launch site and catch at Starbase. Starship will only execute a return to launch site if the flight control team has ensured that the vehicle systems critical for reentry maneuvers and final landing burn and tower approach are healthy.

Starship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Terabit of capacity to the constellation, with all 26 satellites equaling ~10 Starlink V2 Mini launches on Falcon 9.

After deploying from Starship, the Starlink V3 satellites will unfold their antennas and deploy their solar arrays and make initial contact with the ground and the rest of the Starlink constellation via radio frequency and laser links. The satellites will then begin raising their orbits with their onboard thrusters. Following their on-orbit checkouts, the satellites should begin serving customers as soon as a few weeks after launch.

Three of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heatshield and transmit imagery down to operators. This method of analyzing Starship’s heatshield has been tested on previous flights and is one of several data sources to help inform Starship’s readiness to return to the launch site on Flight 15.

Starship’s heatshield will incorporate the improvements made on Flight 14 including additional retention mechanisms on tiles in areas deemed to be at highest risk of falling off during ascent and addressing areas with a flow path for plasma to get behind the tiles. The vehicle will also have a large portion of the heatshield equipped with a curved tile design that has shown the ability to reduce heating in the gaps between tiles.

 

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Massive moment for humanity and space flight. First booster and Starship catch on the same mission.

22 hour flight for Starship, so if Friday launch we’re looking at a Saturday afternoon Starship catch.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Well, this is SpaceX related.

Read reports earlier this morning the governor elect is calling for an immediate moratorium in land deals being made with SpaceX until after she is sworn in.

Looks like Gina is getting started on her goal to make Texas look like California.