SpaceX, NRO and spy satellites

SpaceX launches new round of spy satellites for NRO
The National Reconnaissance Office launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit late Thursday, adding to the growing constellation of such U.S.-based intelligence-gathering satellites around the world.
SpaceX launches 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for US government (video, photos)
SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California's central coast tonight (Jan. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 p.m. local California time; 0353 GMT on Jan. 10) on the NROL-153 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
SpaceX launches NROL-153, expanding U.S. spy satellite constellation
The launch marks the seventh deployment in the NRO’s new “proliferated architecture” strategy, which emphasizes smaller, distributed satellite networks
SpaceX: Starship to launch fake satellites on seventh test flight
SpaceX’s most ambitious Starship flight yet will see reused hardware, the deployment of 10 fake satellites and another attempt to catch the booster with “chopsticks”
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, keeping pace with 2024
Coming off a record-setting 2024, SpaceX continued an aggressive launching schedule with the liftoff Wednesday morning of a Falcon 9 rocket that carried 21 Starlink satellites into lower-Earth orbit.
SpaceX crews prepare for 7th launch of Starship mega rocket
SpaceX crews are preparing for the 7th test launch of its Starship mega rocket. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS. The world’s biggest rocket could launch again from SpaceX’
UAE announces launch of 2 satellites on Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket this month
Dubai: The UAE on Thursday announced that two of its satellites will be launched on Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket this month. MBZ-SAT, the most advanced Earth observation satellite in the region, and HCT-SAT 1,

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SpaceX to launch Starship megarocket's Flight 7 test mission on Jan. 13
SpaceX's Starship will fly for the seventh time ever early next week, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX announced today ...
A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly
SpaceX is also flying rudimentary catch fittings on Starship to test their thermal performance on reentry. The ship will fly ...
How to watch SpaceX’s seventh Starship launch
The launch window will open at 4 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT). A live webcast of the Starship’s seventh flight test will begin about 35 minutes before liftoff. You can watch the full coverage ...
SpaceX to attempt booster catch, Starlink deployment test in 7th Starship flight
SpaceX is preparing for the seventh flight test of the Starship vehicle on Monday afternoon from Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas.
Musk, after months of blustering, admits DOGE won’t find $2 trillion worth of cuts in federal budget
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to co-lead the new advisory Department of Government Efficiency, has admitted the agency ...
Elon Musk's company town 'Snailbrook' is growing; here is everything we know
Elon Musk's Snailbrook currently amounts to various warehouses, housing units and a Boring Company-bodega, here is everything ...
Starlink enables satellite-texting in Los Angeles with T-Mobile, offers free terminals and service
SpaceX is providing free Starlink internet terminals and service as LA wildfire response, along with Direct-to-cell texting ...
H-1B: Silicon Valley’s favorite foreign-worker visa under attack, while Trump, Musk offer support
The schism in MAGA raised questions about the fate in the second Trump era of a visa seen in Silicon Valley as key to the ...