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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell pledges $320M in stock to Trump Accounts

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SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell will donate a share of SpaceX stock to roughly 2 million children through the Trump Accounts programme, CNBC reports. At around $162 a share, the pledge is worth over $320m. The gift comes from Shotwell’s and her husband’s personal holdings, with extra emphasis on lower-income families near their central Texas home. It makes […]

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NASA launched an emergency mission to stop the Swift Observatory from crashing to Earth

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The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it’s in danger of burning up in Earth’s atmosphere as soon as this year. To try and stave off its demise, NASA has enlisted Katalyst Space Technologies. The company’s Link spacecraft launched Friday with the goal of intercepting […]

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Amazon says it finally has enough satellites to switch on its Starlink rival

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Amazon has finally reached the starting line in the satellite-internet race. It says it now has enough spacecraft in orbit to switch on its Leo broadband network later this year. The target is clear: Elon Musk’s Starlink. An overnight launch on 2 July tipped the balance. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carried 29 […]

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A rocket motor blew up at Anduril’s Mississippi test site. The defence darling says it’s routine

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Anduril has become the poster child for a faster, software-speed kind of defence contractor. Last Friday, one of its rocket motors blew up on a test stand in Mississippi. The blast is a small setback that carries an outsized message about how hard building missiles really is. A solid rocket motor exploded during a test […]

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Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor

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Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating in low-Earth orbit to light up its Starlink internet competitor. With last night’s launch, Amazon Leo has 396 satellites deployed, which is “enough to support continuous service across initial latitudes,” according to Chris Weber, VP heading up business and product for Amazon Leo. That puts the company […]

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Elon Musk denies a report about SpaceX’s AI phone prototype

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Elon Musk says a report about a SpaceX AI phone prototype is “utterly false.” The report, published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, says SpaceX showed off a “handset-like prototype” to some investors before launching its record-breaking initial public offering in June. The device was “slimmer than an iPhone,” and they were told it […]

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Google’s GV bets $30M on a stock exchange for space

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The space industry can build rockets. Moving money around them is the hard part. A new startup called Nebex wants to fix that, and Google’s venture arm is backing it with $30mn. GV, formerly Google Ventures, led the seed round, Bloomberg reported. Nebex also opened a banking relationship with JP Morgan. The company is the […]

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NASA hired a startup to catch its falling telescope

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Swift has watched the sky since 2004, catching some of the universe’s biggest explosions. Now it is sinking, and time is short. NASA is paying Katalyst Space Technologies about $30mn to save it, the Associated Press reported. Liftoff could come as early as Tuesday. The plan sounds simple and is anything but. Reach a satellite […]

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