Here’s what’s new from the past day across the platforms and companies we follow. Each item links to a full write-up with context and the original source.
SpaceX
- Starship Booster 22 Completes Its Static Fire Ahead of Flight 15: SpaceX lit Booster 22 on Pad 2 Sunday morning in a roughly 15-second test, a day after the booster rolled out, keeping Flight 15 preparations moving.
- Musk Says SpaceX Restricted Ukraine’s Starlink as Kyiv Reports Service Restored: Musk now says SpaceX did restrict Ukraine’s Starlink over offensive drone use, as Ukraine’s defence minister reports a stable connection again.
- Space Force Gives SpaceX Enhanced Access to Its High Accuracy Satellite Tracking Catalog: SpaceX gets first-of-its-kind commercial access to the military’s most precise orbital tracking data in exchange for its Stargaze sensor data, raising competition concerns.
- Aer Lingus Finishes Free Starlink Wi-Fi Installs Across Its Long-Haul Fleet: All 12 A330s and 14 A321LR/XLRs now have free Starlink Wi-Fi, finishing the long-haul rollout months ahead of plan; short-haul jets are next.
Tesla
- Tesla Adds 43 Cybercabs in a Day, Pushing Its Texas Robotaxi Roster to 970: Saturday’s 43 new Cybercab registrations lift the Texas roster from 927 to 970, with Cybercabs now about 48% of Tesla’s registered fleet there.
- Tesla Cybercab Riders Get a Live Rear Camera View and a Screen-Dimming Quiet Mode: Austin riders can now pull up live camera feeds mid-trip and darken the screen, about two weeks after a Tesla engineer said the camera view was in development.
- 6,493 Tesla Retail Shareholders Sign a Letter Urging the Board to Pursue a SpaceX Merger: A retail letter claiming 6,493 signers holding 17.5 million shares heads to Tesla’s board Monday, asking for a merger vote once terms are set.
No new non-security news turned up today for Oracle Solaris 11, FreeBSD, AlmaLinux, Red Hat or SUSE.