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Russia threatens to target US spy satellites made by SpaceX (kyivindependent.com)

Russia said on March 20 that U.S. spy satellites launched in collaboration with private companies such as SpaceX would be a “legitimate target for retaliatory measures, including military ones.”

SpaceX's Starship will create 'gravity' with centrifugal force (bgr.com)

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared hopes to have a "tiny gravity vector" on Starship when it makes its way to Mars in the future.

Suspilne: Ukraine 'working with SpaceX' to disable Russia's use of Starlink on front lines, Minister says (kyivindependent.com)

During an interview with Suspilne on Feb. 19, Ukraine's Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed that Ukraine is "working with SpaceX" to find a solution to disable Russia's use of Starlink satellite terminals in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Budanov: Russia using thousands of SpaceX Starlink terminals in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

Russian forces in Ukraine are using thousands of Starlink satellite communications terminals made by Elon Musk's SpaceX, the Ukrainian military intelligence chief told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Feb. 15.

SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida this evening (www.space.com)

Liftoff is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. ET tonight (Sept. 29).

Booster 9 on the pad (twitter.com)

Its believed Booster 9 and Starship 28 will be the next combination to fly

Looks like we can increase Raptor thrust by ~20% to reach 9000 tons (20 million lbs) of force at sea level (twitter.com)

Tweet by Elon, this has big implications for HLS as it affects the number of refuelling flights needed.

SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites 'leak' so much radiation that it's hurting radio astronomy, scientists say (www.space.com)

Starlink satellites can disturb observation even of those telescopes protected by radio-quiet zones.

Europe’s Euclid telescope launched to study the dark Universe (arstechnica.com)

SpaceX is filling in for ESA as European rockets face delays.

Watch dark matter-hunting Euclid probe launch on SpaceX rocket on July 1 (www.space.com)

Euclid, a dark matter and dark energy hunter, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 1 at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). A live webcast from NASA Television will be carried here at Space.com for free starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) in the player above.

Looks like with the new brightness mitigation designs, Starlink V2 Mini has reached this target. (arxiv.org)

New observation result published on arXiv: Starlink Generation 2 Mini Satellites: Photometric Characterization...

Partial results on the analysis of the ejecta from the SpaceX Starship launch. The visible and infrared spectra of the fine particles that rained down on Port Isobel do not match the concrete or the Fondag that was picked up on the beach. (twitter.com)

We have more samples to analyze to get higher confidence, then we will send samples to @Prof_Hafner...

Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities (www.nasa.gov)

NASA will partner with seven U.S. companies to meet future business and government needs, ultimately benefitting human spaceflight and the U.S. commercial low Earth orbit economy.