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On August 20, 2026, United Launch Alliance (ULA) initiated a $1.5 billion private bond placement to finance launch infrastructure expansion and scale production capacity for its heavy-lift launch vehicles. The […]
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The FCC's conditional waiver of Amazon Leo's 1,616-satellite milestone ties spectrum rights to launch capacity, a precedent every NGSO operator will feel.
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Targeting the prolonged global deficit in commercial launch capacity and heavy-lift pricing pressures, three leading launch providers completed major technical milestones for their upcoming medium- and heavy-lift launch architectures. On […]
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Chris Forrester — On Wednesday June 17 an Ariane 6 rocket soared to orbit from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe’s largest and most powerful rocket […]
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Two SpaceX contracts, a House mark dissolving SDA, and a New Glenn pad fire — read together, they ended the multi-prime model for U.S. military space.
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In the commercial space industry, there is a thriving ecosystem of companies that buy future payload capacity on rockets specifically to resell it on the open market. These companies are […]
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The S-1 reveals SpaceX is three businesses (Connectivity, Space, and AI), only one of which is profitable today. With an implied $1.75 trillion valuation, here is what every satellite operator needs to read before SPCX prices on June 11.
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On May 14, 2026, SpaceX provided a final technical briefing on Starship Version 3 (V3) ahead of its planned debut launch on May 19, 2026. Designated as Flight 12, this […]
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SpaceX has signaled a decisive strategic shift away from its Falcon 9 workhorse toward the full-scale deployment of Starship, a vehicle designed to fundamentally reset the economics of the launch […]
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A public SpaceX means earnings-driven launch pricing, mandatory disclosure, and a two-player infrastructure duopoly with Amazon reshaping unit economics for every mid-tier satellite operator.
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