Goodbye Super Heavy booster

8 Starlink dummy satellites awaiting deployment

Starship's payload door failed to open. SpaceX is skipping Starlink simulator deployment on this flight.

"We did spring a leak in some of the fuel tank systems inside Starship, which a lot of those are used for attitude control. So, at this point, we essentially lost our attitude control with Starship," SpaceX's Dan Huot said. Starship continues on a reentry trajectory, but it is

3 flights, 3 ka-booms. V2 Starship is problem child. Flight 9 anomalies overshadowed the achievement of successfully flying Starship atop a previously used booster for the first time. payloadspace.com/starships-nint…

Second batch of Kuiper sats launching in two weeks. Would be a 1.5 month turnaround from the first launch. Solid cadence start

‼️Introducing Payload's inaugural Lunar and Mars Economy Summit‼️Oct 14-15 at NASA JSC Lots to cover: - New NASA priorities - Budget allocations - Contract opportunities - Investor perspective - Business and technical hurdles Early bird tix: events.payloadspace.com/lunar-mars-eco…

Rendering of Super Heavy with Raptor 3 engines.

Elon says SpaceX is looking at the Arcadia region on Mars for a base because it's not too mountainous and has large ice deposits.

Once upon a time, fixed broadband was Viasat’s second-largest end market. No longer as consumers jump ship to Starlink. But Viasat has been able to hold strong on aviation and maritime vehicle counts thus far. And defense is a bright spot. Pro article: pro.payloadspace.com/tracking-viasa…

Thought this was particularly insightful: The Starship production line is capable of pumping out a ship every 2 or 3 weeks = ~20 per year. That's not the actual production rate due to the quadrillion design changes, but gives a sense of current factory rate capability.

FY26 NASA budget request left (Trump) vs. FY25 NASA budget request right (Biden)

Roman Space Telescope, Dragonfly mission to Titan, and NEO Surveyor appear to have been saved.

Wild decision to include a collage of smiling, inspired, and space-pilled kids engaging in NASA STEM programs on the same page that zeros out the STEM budget.

NASA's FY26 Mars exploration budget request breakout - $350M for Mars tech - $200M for payload delivery to Mars - $200M "to conduct a near-term entry, descent, and landing demonstration for a human-class Mars lander." - $120M for Mars robotic exploration missions - $80M for

NASA's Planetary Science budget request breakout: