MAY 12
3 ITEMS
SpaceX Is Scouting U.S. and Overseas Spaceport Sites
On May 12, 2026, Elon Musk said on X that SpaceX is scouting additional U.S. and overseas spaceport sites. A SpaceX corporate post the same day framed the cadence target as 'tho...
YAHOO
Launch
SpaceX
FCC Approves $40 Billion EchoStar Spectrum Sale to SpaceX and AT&T With $2.4 Billion Escrow Condition
The FCC approved EchoStar's $40 billion spectrum sale on May 12, 2026, allocating 65 MHz to SpaceX for $17 billion and approximately 50 MHz to ATT for $23 billion. SpaceX receiv...
SPACENEWS
EchoStar
SpaceX
Spectrum
Google in Talks With SpaceX to Launch Orbital Data Centers
Media reported on May 12, 2026, that Google is in discussions with SpaceX and others to launch test hardware for orbital data centers under Google's Project Suncatcher, a resear...
TECHCRUNCH
Orbital Data Centers
SpaceX
Google
MAY 11
3 ITEMS
AST SpaceMobile Q1 2026: $14.7M Revenue, $3.5B Cash; Reaffirms $150-200M FY26 Guide
AST SpaceMobile reported Q1 2026 revenue of $14.7 million and a net loss of roughly $191 million, while ending the quarter with about $3.5 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and...
SEEKINGALPHA
AST Spacemobile
SpaceX Targets May 19 for Starship V3 Debut From Launch Pad 2
SpaceX is targeting May 19 at 6:30 p.m. EDT for the inaugural launch of Starship V3 (Flight 12) from Starbase, following a successful wet dress rehearsal on May 11. Powered by t...
SPACEFLIGHTNOW
SpaceX
Starship
Aetherflux Rebrands as Cowboy Space and Closes $275 Million Series B at $2 Billion Valuation
On May 11, 2026, Aetherflux rebranded as Cowboy Space Corporation, announcing a $275 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by Index Ventures. The company is pivoting fr...
PAYLOADSPACE
Aetherflux
Orbital Data Centers
Cowboy Space
MAY 8
1 ITEM
SpaceX Files FCC Supplement to Test Ku-Band Phased-Array Antennas on All Gen2 Satellites
SpaceX filed a supplement to experimental authority application with the FCC on May 8, 2026, seeking authority to test Ku-band phased-array antennas on its second-generation (Ge...
FCC
SpaceX
Starlink
MAY 7
1 ITEM
SpaceX Files SpaceXAI Trademarks; xAI Dissolved as Standalone Company
SpaceX filed two SpaceXAI wordmark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 6, 2026, the same day Elon Musk announced that xAI would be dis...
MAY 6
1 ITEM
Anthropic Eyes Multi-Gigawatt Orbital Compute in Landmark SpaceXAI Deal
xAI signed a compute agreement with Anthropic for access to its Colossus 1 supercomputer in Memphis, which runs more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs across H100, H200, and GB200 deploy...
MAY 5
1 ITEM
Local Sources Report SpaceX May Be Acquiring 136,000 Acres of Louisiana Coastal Marshland (RUMOUR)
Local real estate insider Jim Keaty of Keaty Real Estate and multiple Vermilion Parish sources report credible but unconfirmed indications that SpaceX may be acquiring approxima...
KEATYBLOG
SpaceX
Starship
Infrastructure
