

The SpaceX IPO prospectus, filed on Wednesday, contains a vision for terawatt-scale space-based solar power. It also reveals, through what it does not say, that Elon Musk’s AI company xAI is running its data centres on unregulated natural gas turbines, with plans to buy $2.8 billion more. Tesla, the company Musk built on the promise […]

SpaceX launched the 12th test flight of its Starship rocket on Friday evening from Starbase, Texas, marking the debut of the upgraded Version 3 vehicle. The flight successfully deployed 20 mock Starlink satellites and beamed live video from space, but the Super Heavy booster was destroyed after separation, failing to achieve a controlled descent. The […]
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SpaceX has raised the price of every consumer Starlink plan in the United States, adding $5 to $10 per month across its residential and mobile tiers while doubling the cost of its budget Standby Mode from $5 to $10. The increases, which took effect immediately for new subscribers and will apply to existing customers from […]


Dave Limp told an all-hands meeting that external funding is now on the table, weeks before SpaceX is expected to price the largest IPO in history at $1.75tn. The launch-cadence target is 100 a year. The cumulative bill so far is roughly $28bn. Blue Origin is preparing to take outside money for the first time […]

