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SpaceX Deorbited 260 Starlink Satellites in Six Months — and the Environmental Questions Are Piling Up

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

The numbers are hard to ignore. Between December 2025 and May 2026, SpaceX deliberately deorbited and destroyed 260 Starlink satellites — 176 from the first-generation constellation and the rest from the second generation — by steering them into Earth’s atmosphere to burn up on reentry. The company disclosed the figure in a semi-annual report filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission earlier this month.

SpaceX Shows Investors an AI Prototype Thinner Than an iPhone

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s a phone-shaped device making the rounds in SpaceX’s investor circles — and it’s thinner than an iPhone. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Elon Musk’s rocket company recently showed an AI prototype to select investors, offering a rare glimpse of where the billionaire sees his hardware ambitions heading next.

Musk pulls top SpaceX engineers from Starship and Starlink to work on Grok AI

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Elon Musk is redirecting dozens of SpaceX’s most experienced engineers — pulled directly from the Starship and Starlink programs — to work on Grok, his company’s flagship artificial intelligence model.

SpaceX Raises $25 Billion in First-Ever Investment-Grade Bond Issuance

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:12:00 +0800

SpaceX has launched its first-ever investment-grade bond offering, announcing a five-tranche senior unsecured notes issuance that aims to raise at least $25 billion, according to a Reuters report. The tranches span maturities of 5, 7, 10, 20, and 30 years, signaling the aerospace giant’s aggressive push into capital markets just under two weeks after its high-profile Nasdaq debut.

SpaceX's Starfall Return Capsule Completes Maiden Flight, Carrying Up to 1,000 kg of Space Lab Payloads

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:36:00 +0800

SpaceX has quietly pulled back the curtain on an entirely new class of spacecraft. The company’s Starfall return capsule — a flat, disc-shaped cargo vehicle designed to ferry payloads to orbit and back — completed its maiden flight on June 23, launching from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:52 AM Eastern Time aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Dismisses Musk's Space Data Center Vision, Says AI Race Will Be Won on the Ground

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:40:00 +0800

SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son has poured cold water on Elon Musk’s ambitious vision of building data centers in space, arguing that the AI arms race will ultimately be decided by computing power firmly planted on Earth.

SpaceX's Mysterious 'Starfall' Return Capsule Set for Maiden Flight, Featuring a Flat Disc Design

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:28:00 +0800

SpaceX is preparing to launch the maiden flight of “Starfall,” an unconventional return capsule developed almost entirely in-house, as early as Tuesday, June 23. The Falcon 9 rocket is targeting a launch window opening at 6:43 AM Eastern Time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s SLC-40, with a backup window the following day. Nearly everything known about the vehicle comes from regulatory filings with the FAA and FCC — SpaceX has yet to formally unveil the spacecraft to the public.

SpaceX Inks $6.3 Billion AI Compute Deal with Open-Source Startup Reflection

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0800

SpaceX has signed a landmark compute infrastructure agreement with open-source artificial intelligence startup Reflection AI, a deal that could be worth as much as $6.3 billion over its full term, according to a report by CNBC.