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Six months of SpaceX and Starbase coverage in one place, newest first. We did not write any of it: every headline links straight to the outlet that reported it. What we add is the context underneath, tying a story to the flight it covers, the beach closure it caused, or the program it belongs to.
Updated November 11, 2026 · 602 stories from 8 outlets
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The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceX a nearly $10 million contract to examines Plaser integration with missile-warning and tracking systems
Military launch contracts are the steadiest money in the business, awarded in blocks years ahead, and they are a large part of what funds development work like Starship.
SpaceX had a 10-year property tax abatement deal with Cameron County roll off the books, but now it wants a new round of tax breaks.
SpaceX will attempt to reach orbit with its Starship megarocket and make its first-ever double catch on Nov. 13. Here's what time Starship Flight 15 will launch.
Starship is the fully reusable rocket SpaceX builds and flies at Starbase: the Super Heavy booster plus the Starship upper stage, stacked about 400 feet tall.
The FCC accepted SpaceX's bid for Grain's 800 MHz spectrum, opening review for Starlink Mobile.
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation. It is the payload on most Falcon 9 launches, which is why those flights come in such steady batches.
SpaceX wants a Starbase tax break for a $24 billion gas plant and supercomputer campus.
Financial coverage of SpaceX matters here for one reason: launch and Starlink revenue is what pays for the Starship program being tested at Starbase.
SpaceX officially launched the Starlink Mini 2 on November 10, delivering the first portable Starlink terminal designed around independent power. Invitation-only preorders for select U.S. customers...
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation. It is the payload on most Falcon 9 launches, which is why those flights come in such steady batches.
Since the project began, the road to SpaceX has gotten busier, and the master-planned development is taking shape, with a hotel in the works.
Starbase is wedged between a state park and a national wildlife refuge, so SpaceX expanding its footprint there means land swaps and beach access fights, not just construction.
Follow live updates as SpaceX attempts its Starship Flight 15 test flight with first double landings.
Super Heavy is the first stage, the part that does the initial lift and then either splashes down offshore or flies back to be caught by the tower arms.
Follow live updates as SpaceX attempts its Starship Flight 15 test flight with first double landings.
Starship is the fully reusable rocket SpaceX builds and flies at Starbase: the Super Heavy booster plus the Starship upper stage, stacked about 400 feet tall.
SpaceX has moved its Starship Super Heavy booster to the pad to prep for the next test flight of the megarocket, a historic mission scheduled to launch this Friday (Nov. 13).
Super Heavy is the first stage, the part that does the initial lift and then either splashes down offshore or flies back to be caught by the tower arms.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral), Environmental advocates gathered outside the Cameron County Courthouse on Tuesday, calling on county leaders to oppose a proposed SpaceX data center and natural...
Starbase flights are gated by federal and city sign-off: the FAA licenses the launch, and the City of Starbase orders the Highway 4 and beach closures that go with it.
Seven rockets from four countries are set to launch this week. Starship is set to...
Starship is the fully reusable rocket SpaceX builds and flies at Starbase: the Super Heavy booster plus the Starship upper stage, stacked about 400 feet tall.
SpaceX's next Starship test flight will take place on Friday (Nov. 13), and it will be epic: The company will try to catch both of the vehicle's stages when they return to Earth.
Elon Musk says SpaceX's Anthropic compute deal cuts both ways after Chamath floats higher prices.
Elon Musk’s growing business portfolio in South Texas appears to include a data center inside the new city of Starbase and a power plant.
Elon Musk spotlighted how Starlink helped rescuers reach five people stranded in Kazakhstan's snowy mountains.
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation. It is the payload on most Falcon 9 launches, which is why those flights come in such steady batches.
SpaceX plans to attempt what will be a defining moment in rocket reusability on Starship Flight 15. As Elon Musk announced in a recent X post, SpaceX will attempt to catch both the Super Heavy...
Super Heavy is the first stage, the part that does the initial lift and then either splashes down offshore or flies back to be caught by the tower arms.
SpaceX is targeting Nov. 13 for the next flight of its Starship vehicle, a mission that will attempt to catch both stages back at the launch site.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral), SpaceX is targeting Friday, Nov. 13 as an early date to launch Starship 15 flight. According to SpaceX, the flight is still pending regulatory approval. The...
Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 4:48 p.m. PST (7:48 p.m. EST / 0048 UTC). The mission is thought to be carrying satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield platform.
Falcon 9 is the workhorse: a partly reusable two-stage rocket that flies most weeks from Florida and California, and the vehicle Starship is eventually meant to replace.
Perhaps the biggest topic of discussion in the space industry in the last few months involves the future of the Falcon 9. That discourse has evolved from SpaceX ending its popular rideshare launch...
Falcon 9 is the workhorse: a partly reusable two-stage rocket that flies most weeks from Florida and California, and the vehicle Starship is eventually meant to replace.
The company will integrate multiple satellite providers into military data network as SpaceX develops initial backbone
Military launch contracts are the steadiest money in the business, awarded in blocks years ahead, and they are a large part of what funds development work like Starship.
Booster 22 and Ship 42 are in final checkouts for a no-earlier-than 13 November launch...
SpaceX numbers each airframe rather than each flight, so a headline about Ship 40 or Booster 21 is about one specific vehicle, not the mission number.
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