Hacker News with Generative AI: SpaceX

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

9 points by Teever 2 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

5 points by resters 2 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 3 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 6 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 7 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 10 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 17 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 18 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 22 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 22 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 35 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 39 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 42 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 44 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 44 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 47 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-_- 47 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 49 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 51 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 52 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 53 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-_- 57 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 58 days ago | 225 comments

Elon Musk's SpaceX Allows Investment from China (propublica.org)
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation,” an expert said.

SpaceX, China, Investment, National Security, Business

62 points by danso 58 days ago | 9 comments

Fundamental miscalculation in the design of Starship V2 and its engine section (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

SpaceX, Starship, Engineering, Rocketry

24 points by JumpCrisscross 65 days ago | 0 comments

Anonymous sources: Starship needs a major rebuild after 2 consecutive failures (behindtheblack.com)
According to information at this tweet from anonymous sources, parts of Starship will likely require a major redesign due to the spacecraft’s break-up shortly after stage separation on its last two test flights.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Engineering, Failures

40 points by jethronethro 65 days ago | 24 comments

Crew-9 Returns to Earth (spacex.com)
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.

Space Exploration, SpaceX

461 points by saikatsg 65 days ago | 659 comments

NASA's and SpaceX's Crew-9 Splashdown in Gulf of America (upi.com)
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, second from left, and NASA astronauts Nick Hague, second from right, and Suni Williams, right are seen inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Space Exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Crew Missions

7 points by xqcgrek2 66 days ago | 1 comments

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-9 Return (nasa.gov)
NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17.

Space Exploration, NASA, SpaceX

15 points by gnarlynarwhal42 66 days ago | 4 comments

Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Across White House Complex (nytimes.com)
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now accessible across the White House campus. It is the latest installation of the Wi-Fi network across the government since Mr. Musk joined the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser.

SpaceX, White House, Elon Musk, Politics, Government

14 points by croes 66 days ago | 3 comments