Hacker News with Generative AI: SpaceX

SpaceX may have solved one problem, only to find more on latest Starship flight (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world's most powerful rocket Tuesday, finally overcoming technical problems that plagued the program's two previous launches.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Rocketry

22 points by LorenDB 30 days ago | 25 comments

The Sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites (newscientist.com)
Eruptions from the sun are shortening the lives of satellites in Earth orbit, particularly large constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink – which could be both beneficial and a cause for concern.

Space Exploration, Satellites, Solar Activity, SpaceX, Starlink

6 points by HR01 30 days ago | 1 comments

SpaceX's ninth Starship flight test ends in another explosion (theverge.com)
SpaceX’s ninth Starship flight test ends in another explosion.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Rocketry, Accidents

10 points by ramn7 31 days ago | 0 comments

Starship Flight 9 booster explodes on impact [video] (youtube.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Accidents, Videos

81 points by onzeinternets 31 days ago | 168 comments

Starship's Ninth Flight Test (x.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Space Exploration, Aerospace, SpaceX, Starship

17 points by seagull_sounds 31 days ago | 3 comments

The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites (newscientist.com)
Eruptions from the sun are shortening the lives of satellites in Earth orbit, particularly large constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink – which could be both beneficial and a cause for concern.

SpaceX, Starlink, Space Weather, Satellites, Technology

14 points by hubraumhugo 31 days ago | 2 comments

SpaceX to launch Starship in critical test of Elon Musk's 2026 Mars plan (independent.co.uk)
SpaceX is preparing to launch its Starship mega rocket on Tuesday, in what will be the first major test of Elon Musk’s Mars-bound rocket since two explosions scuppered earlier flights in 2025.

SpaceX, Mars, Rocketry, Elon Musk

8 points by decimalenough 32 days ago | 0 comments

The SpaceX genie is out of the bottle (chrisprophet.substack.com)
SpaceX is approaching a growth surge that will transform how the company is perceived and operates.

SpaceX, Growth, Business, Technology

10 points by Teever 37 days ago | 6 comments

Starlink being evaluated to enhance GPS PNT capabilities (insidegnss.com)
SpaceX has submitted reply comments to the FCC describing how its Starlink LEO satellite system currently provides and could further support positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services.

SpaceX, Satellite Communication, GPS, Positioning, Navigation

6 points by resters 37 days ago | 1 comments

FCC Asked to Give Spectrum to Allow SpaceX Starlink to Make a Better GPS (nextbigfuture.com)
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX said SpaceX Starlink satellites can be a next-generation Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution.

SpaceX, FCC, GPS, Satellite Technology, Telecommunications

9 points by dzhiurgis 38 days ago | 0 comments

What Is Dating Like in Starbase (SpaceX HQ) by SpaceX Engineer? (ianbrown.substack.com)
When dealing with a tough problem, the best thing one can do is describe it in as much detail as possible.

SpaceX, Dating, Engineering, Substack, Personal Experiences

6 points by jdcampolargo 41 days ago | 0 comments

After 2 SpaceX Explosions, UK Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans (propublica.org)
British officials told the U.S. they are concerned about the safety of SpaceX’s plans to fly its next Starship rocket over British territories in the Caribbean, where debris fell earlier this year after two of the company’s rockets exploded, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica.

SpaceX, Safety, Regulation, UK, Caribbean

10 points by dylan604 42 days ago | 0 comments

FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use (arstechnica.com)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke EchoStar licenses for radio frequency bands coveted by rival firms including SpaceX, which alleges that EchoStar is underutilizing the spectrum.

SpaceX, Spectrum, Telecommunications, FCC, Regulations

46 points by unsnap_biceps 45 days ago | 4 comments

FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase (arstechnica.com)
Although we are still waiting for SpaceX to signal when it will fly the Starship rocket again, the company got some good news from the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Regulation, Starship

11 points by tomrod 52 days ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk's Starbase in Texas will officially become a city (bbc.com)
The area where Elon Musk's SpaceX company operates on the southern tip of Texas is to officially become a city called Starbase.

Elon Musk, SpaceX, Texas, Cities, Space

5 points by ksec 53 days ago | 0 comments

xAI dev leaks API key for private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs (krebsonsecurity.com)
An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter/X, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

AI, Cybersecurity, Data Leaks, SpaceX

244 points by todsacerdoti 57 days ago | 71 comments

Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Forming a City Government in Starbase, Texas (bloomberg.com)
Some 1,500 miles from Donald Trump’s White House, Elon Musk is about to put his stamp on a new government.

SpaceX, Elon Musk, Government, Texas, Cities

9 points by helsinkiandrew 57 days ago | 1 comments

SpaceX pitches subscription model for Trump's Golden Dome (teslarati.com)
SpaceX pitched a subscription model for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome for America.

SpaceX, Donald Trump, Politics, Business, Space

11 points by 5555624 70 days ago | 5 comments

Who Owns SpaceX? (muskwatch.com)
In 2023, a group of six Republican senators, including J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio, sponsored legislation that would require Chinese and other foreign investors to disclose their stakes in U.S. aerospace companies.

SpaceX, Politics, Business, Legislation, China

15 points by chmaynard 74 days ago | 0 comments

The reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts (arstechnica.com)
In the last week, the US Space Force awarded SpaceX a $5.9 billion deal to make Elon Musk's space company the Pentagon's leading launch provider, and then it assigned the vast majority of this year's most lucrative launch contracts to SpaceX.

SpaceX, Military, Government Contracts, Space Industry

13 points by teleforce 78 days ago | 8 comments

The reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts (arstechnica.com)
In the last week, the US Space Force awarded SpaceX a $5.9 billion deal to make Elon Musk's space company the Pentagon's leading launch provider, and then it assigned the vast majority of this year's most lucrative launch contracts to SpaceX.

SpaceX, Military, Government Contracts, Space Force

20 points by LorenDB 79 days ago | 2 comments

Amazon Kuiper launches first satellites to take on SpaceX's Starlink (cnbc.com)

Space Exploration, Satellite Technology, Competition, Amazon, SpaceX

4 points by breadwinner 79 days ago | 0 comments

The Bandwidth of the Starlink Constellation (satmagazine.com)
This article presents estimations of the StarLink constellation bandwidth, obtained on the basis of open data that includes public statements by SpaceX specialists, documents submitted to the FCC and data from StarLink`s users.

SpaceX, Satellite Communications, Bandwidth, Starlink

15 points by rbanffy 82 days ago | 6 comments

Starlink competition is ramping up in Ukraine (theverge.com)
Satellite network company Eutelsat could be Ukraine’s alternative to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX.

Ukraine, Satellite Internet, Competition, SpaceX, Elon Musk

16 points by 01-_- 83 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX's Fram2 returns from first-of-its-kind mission around Earth's poles (cnn.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Earth Science

39 points by TMWNN 84 days ago | 31 comments

Starlink sets up subsidiary in Faroe Islands (dimma.fo)
Starlink, sum er partur av SpaceX hjá Musk, bjóðar internettænastu við nýggjari fylgisveinatøkni.

SpaceX, Satellite Internet, Faroe Islands, Technology

10 points by halgir 86 days ago | 8 comments

Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles (arstechnica.com)
Four adventurers suited up and embarked on a first-of-a-kind trip to space Monday night, becoming the first humans to fly in polar orbit aboard a SpaceX crew capsule chartered by a Chinese-born cryptocurrency billionaire.

Space Travel, Private Spaceflight, SpaceX, Cryptocurrency

14 points by perihelions 87 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on first spaceflight over Earth's poles (space.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Private Spaceflight

16 points by decimalenough 88 days ago | 3 comments

SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore hubs, according to reporting from ProPublica.

SpaceX, China, Investments, Offshore Finance

10 points by 01-_- 93 days ago | 1 comments

Botswana launches first satellite BOTSAT-1 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 (spaceinafrica.com)
Botswana’s first satellite, BOTSAT-1, was successfully launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9—Transporter 13 rideshare mission on Saturday, March 15, 2025, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA.

Space Exploration, Satellites, Botswana, SpaceX

395 points by vinnyglennon 93 days ago | 225 comments