Super Heavy Booster 22 rolled from the Starbase production site to Pad 2 overnight, setting up the static fire campaign that’s one of the last big ground tests before Starship Flight 15.
Today’s roundup: SpaceX, Tesla news from the past day, with links to full write-ups.
Bloomberg reports SpaceX is in talks, including with Crown Castle, to secure at least 80,000 US cell sites for a terrestrial network that could make Starlink Mobile a fourth national carrier.
SpaceX’s $40 billion debt raise, led by Apollo and Goldman Sachs, is being finalized at about 8.3% on its riskiest slice and around 7.75% on a chip-backed tranche, Semafor reports.
Today’s roundup: Tesla, SpaceX, Red Hat news from the past day, with links to full write-ups.
The FCC approved SpaceX’s acquisition of three unpaired AWS-3 uplink licenses from Tristar License Group, covering 62 counties in eight states, for Starlink Mobile.
Politico reports SpaceX declined to bid on three National Security Space Launch missions and no other provider bid either, as SpaceX shifts from Falcon 9 to Starship.
Today’s roundup: SpaceX, Tesla, Red Hat, SUSE news from the past day, with links to full write-ups.
SpaceX says Starship Flight 15, expected next month, will try to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the ship with the launch tower for the first time.
On SpaceX’s Q3 call, Elon Musk said independent-director committees at SpaceX and Tesla are discussing a possible merger. No terms have been agreed.
