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Booster 21 held the full duration

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Booster 21 held the full duration

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Starlink Mobile spans 650 satellites and 22 countries

At Mobile World Congress, SpaceX’s Michael Nicolls said the first-generation direct-to-cell system — rebranded Starlink Mobile — has about 650 satellites, 16 million unique users, and 10 million monthly actives through carriers including T-Mobile, Rogers, and KDDI.

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NASA slipped Crew-13 after a Dragon oxidizer leak

On 29 August NASA said it is adjusting the Crew-13 launch date to address an oxidizer leak on Dragon’s propulsion system, found in standard prelaunch processing. No new date yet. The crew remains Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, and Teteryatnikov.

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Forte loads Ship 40 at Christmas Island

The Maltese-flagged semi-submersible took the 52-metre stage out of Flying Fish Cove for a 20,000-kilometre run to Starbase.

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Pad 40 hands Florida Starlink to Starship

The last planned Falcon 9 Starlink from Florida left SLC-40 at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday. The pad is not retiring. The constellation is changing vehicles.

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NASA books Falcon Heavy for Europe’s Mars rover

The Rosalind Franklin Support and Augmentation project is in implementation. The launch is late 2028 from 39A — likely SpaceX’s first throw at Mars.

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