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FAA's final review backs wider Starship Pacific reentry zones
The FAA's final environmental review expands Starship's Pacific reentry contingency zones and adds a Northern Pacific one. It's paperwork, not a launch.
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Harper Quinn
SpaceX desk
Harper Quinn covers the SpaceX desk, with 20 stories on Starship, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and the Starlink network. Quinn reported Starship reaching orbit and releasing 26 Starlink satellites, booster B1063's 35th flight, and Falcon Heavy's first mission for the NRO. Quinn also writes the plain-English explainers on Starship and Starlink.
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SpaceX's Flight 14 FCC filing includes an orbital second stage
SpaceX has asked the FCC for radio authority for Starship Flight 14's orbital second stage, from 15 September. It's not a flight licence.
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SpaceX booster B1063 flies 35th time, two short of record
SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster B1063 flew its 35th mission on 2 September, launching 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg and landing at sea.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster B1063 is set for its 35th flight
SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster B1063 was set for its 35th flight on Wednesday, 2 September, carrying 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg.
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Starship Booster 21 held a full-duration static fire
SpaceX ran a full-duration, 33-engine static fire of the Super Heavy booster for Starship Flight 14 at Starbase on Friday 28 August.
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Forte leaves Christmas Island with Starship 40 for Starbase
The heavy-lift ship Forte left Christmas Island on 28 August with Starship 40 on deck, bound for Starbase about 20,000 km away.
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Starlink hit 12 million subscribers at the end of Q2
Starlink ended June with 12.0 million subscribers, SpaceX's Q2 2026 results show. It added 1.7 million in the quarter, and SpaceX took in $7.8 billion.