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SpaceX Battles Rough Seas in Effort to Recover Starship

Alex Diaz — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:47:37 +0000

SpaceX recovery crews are battling increasingly rough seas in the Indian Ocean as they attempt to retrieve the Starship upper stage from its recent test flight. Following a soft splashdown on July 24 after launching from Starbase, Texas, the 52-metre spacecraft known as Ship 40 became the first Starship upper stage to survive atmospheric reentry […]

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SpaceX Restores Free Starlink Mini Perk in Canada and the U.S.

Sarah Lee-Jones — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:11:05 +0000

SpaceX has brought back a popular perk for its highest-tier satellite internet plan. New subscribers to the Starlink Residential Max tier can once again receive an optional Starlink Mini kit rental at no additional monthly hardware cost, along with half-off pricing for portable Roam service plans. According to a report by PCMag, the benefit recently […]

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SpaceX, Tesla Break Ground on Massive $16.8B Terafab in Texas

Sarah Lee-Jones — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:05:00 +0000

SpaceX and Tesla are officially building Terafab, a massive semiconductor manufacturing facility, in Grimes County, Texas. The announcement, made on August 6, 2026, details plans for a vertically integrated factory spanning more than 100 million square feet. The site will manufacture, package, and test advanced logic and memory chips in a single location. According to […]

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SpaceX Selected to Launch Satellites for Canada’s $2.3B Arctic Defense Deal

Sarah Lee-Jones — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:57:53 +0000

SpaceX will launch dozens of new satellites into orbit after Telesat secured a landmark $2.3 billion CAD military communications contract with the Canadian government. The 15-year agreement with Canada’s Defence Investment Agency will provide high-speed, secure Military Ka-band satellite coverage across the country’s northernmost polar regions starting in early 2028. Option periods included in the […]

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SpaceX Is Attempting an Unprecedented Ocean Tow of Its Starship Rocket

Sarah Lee-Jones — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:09:33 +0000

New satellite images have revealed an unusual rescue mission unfolding in the middle of the Indian Ocean. SpaceX is working to salvage its massive Starship craft after an unexpected survival story following its recent test flight. New images were shared by CNN of all places. The 170-foot upper stage, known as Ship 40, lifted off […]

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SpaceX, Nvidia Partner to Bring Rubin GPUs to Starmind AI Satellites

Alex Diaz — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:41:24 +0000

SpaceX has announced a strategic partnership with Nvidia to equip its planned Starmind AI1 satellite constellation with data centre class hardware, bringing advanced AI processing capabilities directly into orbit. Revealed during SpaceX’s first-ever earnings today, the collaboration will see each Starmind satellite powered by Nvidia’s Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs. While SpaceX previously outlined its […]

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SpaceX First Ever Earnings Report Shows Insane $7.8B Revenue Boom

Sarah Lee-Jones — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:29:39 +0000

SpaceX has reported its first ever quarterly earnings, and it achieved significant revenue growth during the second quarter of 2026, supported by rapid expansion across its Starlink internet and artificial intelligence divisions. Total revenue for the quarter ending June 30 climbed 92 percent year-over-year to $7.8 billion, up from $4.1 billion during the same period […]

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Some Tesla HW3 Owners Report Overheating Issues After FSD v14 Lite Update

Sarah Lee-Jones — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:15:23 +0000

Tesla drivers with older Hardware 3 vehicles are reporting severe overheating issues following the recent rollout of the Full Self-Driving v14 Lite software update. The software build, which rolled out wider to Hardware 3 vehicles in July, appears to push the older Autopilot computer beyond its thermal limits. Multiple owners have shared service mode screenshots […]

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Tesla 2026.21.5 Release Notes: FSD (Supervised) 14.3.7 is Here

Alex Diaz — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:04:50 +0000

Tesla has started pushing its Full Self-Driving Supervised version 14.3.7 to vehicles as part of the 2026.21.5 software update, which began rolling out on August 1, 2026. So far, Tesla owners who have installed FSD 14.3.7 are saying it’s an improvement over the previous update. Here are the 2026.21.5 release notes as part of FSD […]

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Starlink Took Half Its Customers. Now Hughes Is Filing for Bankruptcy.

Sarah Lee-Jones — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:12:35 +0000

Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas, and the voluntary filing sweeps in core domestic operations including Hughes Network Systems. It’s a rough milestone for one of the oldest names in satellite internet. The court documents talk about maturing debt and balance sheet restructuring, but nobody is pretending that’s […]

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