Ars Technica
SpaceX is dialing back Florida launches to just two a month until Starship shows up, because Falcon 9 has been doing all the heavy lifting for a decade.
BBC World
Ukraine's sacked defence minister says Zelensky has some explaining to do about corruption, while also hinting he might fancy a promotion himself someday.
The Guardian Europe
Taiwan stages its first simulated internet blackout to prepare for a potential Chinese attack, because nothing says 'civil defense' like a TikTok outage.
ScienceDaily
Kyoto University turns Starlink satellites into a giant atmospheric scanner, because why waste a perfectly good constellation on just internet?
BBC Business
SpaceX employee Andre Lavoie is cashing in his $23m stock bonanza, proving that even rocket scientists know when to take the money and run.
SpaceNews
FCC's latest processing round sees SpaceX, Amazon, and a handful of hopefuls vying for orbital space - newcomers might need to find a niche or get crushed by the giants.
BBC Business
SpaceX's first earnings report shows revenue doubling but spending quadrupling, leading to a $2bn loss and a stock drop - because 'underestimated' apparently means 'burning cash like it's going out of style.'
TechCrunch
SpaceX doubles revenue thanks to Starlink and renting out AI compute, proving that even failed AI projects can be monetized if you have enough data centers.
SpaceNews
Hughes, the satellite broadband pioneer, files for bankruptcy as Starlink's low-latency LEO constellation leaves its geostationary business in the dust - proving that in space, no one can hear you lag.
SpaceNews
As companies plan orbital data centers with up to a million satellites, experts plead: please decide which way to orbit before we turn LEO into a cosmic bumper-car rink.
TechCrunch
SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites on Starship's 13th flight, but the Super Heavy booster explodes during landing - again. Upper stage performs flawlessly, stock drops 2%.
TechCrunch
SpaceX's Starship V3 launch aborted after some engines refused to participate, tanking the stock and delaying orbital dreams.
Ars Technica
China and Russia have a detailed plan to take down Starlink using legal tricks, jamming, and space pellets - but a nuclear option would also fry their own satellites, because nothing says 'winning' like mutual space ruin.
SpaceNews
Europe boosts space defense spending 12% to €13.5B, but remains locked out of global markets and trails U.S. and China in industrial scale.
ZDNet
SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 more satellites to deliver internet that's still slower than fiber but at least will annoy astronomers more efficiently.
SpaceNews
SpaceX's $2 trillion IPO and government directives are nice, but space capitalism needs actual laws, not just vibes and executive orders.
The Verge
Amazon’s satellite internet competitor finally has enough birds in the sky to start offering service, but early users should brace for a bumpy ride - think Starlink in 2020, not 2025.
TechCrunch
Elon Musk gets the FTC's blessing to buy a startup that makes data go faster, because apparently regular speed wasn't cutting it for the man who wants to colonize Mars.
Inside Climate News
As companies rush to turn orbit into a data center and the night sky into a commodity, scientists and space lawyers ask: who authorized this cosmic land grab?
SpaceNews
Avanti sells off another piece of its debt-laden satellite fleet, proving that sometimes the best way to deal with a bad investment is to find someone else to take it.
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