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☆ SpaceX cleared to attempt third Starship launch Thursday after getting FAA license
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for a third launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, on March 13, 2024. Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch its third Starship test flight as soon as Thursday morning after federal regulators signed off on the attempt. The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued SpaceX the launch license the company needed to fly its latest Starship prototype. SpaceX is targeting a launch window between 8 a.m. SpaceX and the FAA conducted an investigation into the November launch's problems, resulting in the company making changes to the monster rocket before the third attempt.

Persons: SpaceX's, Elon Organizations: Boca Chica, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration, Wednesday, SpaceX, FAA, NASA Locations: Brownsville , Texas

☆ SpaceX Starship: FAA approves company’s plans for third test flight
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —SpaceX is once again set to fly its gargantuan Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — after federal regulators approved the company’s plans for a third test flight. This test flight comes after two attempts to get the massive Starship vehicle to orbital speeds in 2023 ended in explosions, with the spacecraft and booster erupting into flames before reaching their intended landing sites. What success looks like for SpaceXMusk has indicated that he believes Starship has a high chance of successfully completing this third test flight. “Certainly the third flight is a much better rocket than flights one or two.”Musk said before the last Starship test flight in November that the vehicle had about a 50% chance of success. After the first and second Starship test flights ended in explosions, the company immediately sought to frame these mishaps as successes.

Persons: Elon Musk, Artemis, SpaceX Musk, ”, ” Musk Organizations: CNN, SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, NASA, Super Locations: United States, China, of Mexico

☆ Senators want faster FAA approval for commercial spaceflights
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Kristin Fisher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The top two lawmakers on the US Senate’s space and science subcommittee are pushing federal regulators to accelerate the approval of commercial space launches, arguing that the current pace could cost the United States its edge in the new space race. ‘Keeping pace with industry demand’The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation is responsible for protecting public safety while simultaneously greenlighting a growing number of commercial space launches, which have quadrupled in just four years. The FAA has already licensed 104 launches this year, compared to 26 launches in 2019. We cannot be our own worst enemy when it comes to beating China to the moon and Mars,” Schmitt told CNN. The senators are now asking Coleman to respond to several questions, including what additional resources he may need to accelerate the launch licensing process, by November 28.

Persons: Kyrsten Sinema, Eric Schmitt, Kelvin Coleman, ”, “, Coleman, Senators Kyrsten Sinema, Al Drago, Eva Marie Uzcategui, we’re, William Gerstenmaier, Sinema, Schmitt of Missouri, ” Schmitt Organizations: CNN, United, Federal Aviation, FAA, Transportation, Senators, Bloomberg, Getty, Elon, SpaceX, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Regulators, Republican, China Locations: United States, Arizona, China, Beijing

☆ Amazon launches first test satellites for Kuiper internet network
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket emblazoned with the Amazon logo lifted off from Cape Canaveral shortly after 2 p.m. Eastern time (1800 GMT), carrying the two Kuiper test satellites, a long-awaited mission Amazon initially had intended to launch using different rockets. In the days leading up to the launch, Amazon divulged few specifics about the two satellites, which were built at its satellite plant in Redmond, Washington. Amazon has vowed to invest $10 billion into its Kuiper project, which was announced in 2019, the year SpaceX began deploying its first operational Starlink spacecraft. The market for broadband internet service from low-Earth orbiting satellites is viewed as being worth up to tens of billions of dollars in the next decade. Like SpaceX, Amazon aims to target individual consumers and enterprise customers with Kuiper, pulling from its devices playbook to build consumer terminals at a company cost of $400 each - though it has not yet announced prices.

Persons: SpaceX's Starlink, Elon, Canada's, Jeff Bezos, Joey Roulette, Chris Reese, Will Dunham 私たち Organizations: United, Alliance, Cape Canaveral Space Force, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Boeing, Lockheed, Amazon Locations: Cape Canaveral , Florida, U.S, 読む WASHINGTON, Florida, Cape Canaveral, Redmond , Washington

☆ Elon Musk borrowed $1 billion from SpaceX around the same time he bought Twitter, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk took out a $1 billion loan from SpaceX the same month he bought Twitter, per the WSJ. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. In total, Musk sold about $23 billion of his shares in the electric-vehicle company last year to help finance his acquisition of Twitter. That debt is being repaid by Twitter, rather than Musk, with interest payments equal to about $1.5 billion a year. And this wasn't the first time that Musk took out a loan from SpaceX, either.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Elon, Morgan Stanley, Tesla Organizations: SpaceX, Twitter, Service, Wall Street, Wall, Bank of America, Fidelity Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Elon Musk once again borrowed money from one of his own companies, taking a $1 billion loan from SpaceX as he was raising funds to buy Twitter, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk took out a $1 billion loan from SpaceX the same month he bought Twitter, per the WSJ. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementAbout $13 billion of Musk's $44 billion deal to take over Twitter was also funded by Wall Street banks like Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. Those loans were backed by some of Musk's Tesla stock. And this wasn't the first time that Musk took out a loan from SpaceX, either.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Morgan Stanley, Tesla Organizations: SpaceX, Twitter, Service, Wall Street, Wall, Bank of America, Fidelity Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Roku, Tesla, AMC, AeroVironment and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Roku also boosted its third-quarter revenue guidance to between $835 million and $875 million, versus prior guidance of $815 million. AMC Entertainment — Shares tumbled 36.8% after AMC said it plans to sell up to 40 million new shares to raise cash. The issuance of additional shares was expected after it converted preferred APE shares into AMC common stock in August. Revenue also beat expectations, coming in at $152 million, versus the $129 million expected. Harley-Davidson — The motorcycle maker gained 3.16% after it authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 10 million shares.

Persons: Roku, Tesla, Elon Musk, Apple, AeroVironment, Thoma Bravo, Davidson, Zscaler, LSEG, Wall, Dexcom, —, Macheel, Alex Harring, Michael Bloom Organizations: Street, SpaceX, Twitter, AMC, Journal, Bank of America, LSEG, Revenue, Healthcare, Dominion Energy, Dominion, Southwest Airlines —, Southwest Airlines Locations: Virginia, China, Enbridge, Southwest

☆ Elon Musk is gearing up to launch his Starship mega-rocket in August. Here are 2 changes SpaceX made to stop it exploding.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

SpaceX is adding changes to Starship's launchpad and rocket ahead of its next launch. SpaceX is now gearing up for a second launch, which CEO Musk has predicted could happen by end of August. Here are two crucial changes the firm has made to its Starship launch system, and why it hopes it'll keep the rocket from failing. Because of this change to the launch, SpaceX had to add a "vented interstage and heat shield" to protect the booster. The CEO is now vying for a second launch window by the end of August, he said in June.

Persons: Elon, Musk, it'll, SpaceX SpaceX's, didn't, Ashlee Vance, Vance Organizations: SpaceX, Service, Privacy, SpaceX's, SpaceX SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Texas Commission, Environmental, FAA Locations: Wall, Silicon, of Mexico, Boca Chica , Texas

☆ New Zealander without college degree couldn't talk his way into NASA or Boeing—so he built a $1.8 billion rocket company
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Beck launched the company, Rocket Lab, later that same year. Running a rocket company is kind of like that scene in "Indiana Jones," where he's getting chased by that giant ball. What do you wish you'd known when you decided to start your own rocket company? At that time, that was an absurd amount of money for a rocket startup. A rocket startup from someone living in New Zealand was even more absurd.

☆ Elon Musk's SpaceX unveils Starlink-like satellite service for governments called 'Starshield'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

SpaceX has launched a satellite network, called Starshield, to be used by governments. Starshield will offer a higher level of security than its Starlink satellite service, SpaceX says. Despite this, SpaceX indicated that Starshield will be different from the Starlink satellite constellation, which now has more than 3,200 satellites in low-Earth orbit. "While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use," SpaceX says on its website. SpaceX says it can work at "unprecedented speed" to deploy its Starshield network given that it provides "end-to-end" solutions from building rockets to user terminals.

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