MAY 7
1 ITEM
House white-paper questions Musk’s dual roles and contract flow
A leaked draft from the House Armed Services and Science Committees asks the Pentagon and NASA to describe how they prevent conflicts of interest while Elon Musk advises the Whi...
SPACENEWS
Politics
MAY 6
1 ITEM
FAA clears up to 25 Starship launches per year from South Texas
The FAA issued its final environmental review for Starbase, authorizing a five-fold increase in Starship launch frequency, contingent on beach clean-ups and wildlife safeguards....
SATNEWS
Regulatory
MAY 4
1 ITEM
Starlink service goes live in Democratic Republic of Congo
Elon Musk confirmed via X that Starlink has begun operating in the D.R. Congo after regulators reversed a prior ban. The approval expands Starlink’s African footprint and target...
BUSINESSINSIDER
Starlink
MAY 3
1 ITEM
Ship 35 fires six Raptors as Starship fleet queues for Flight 9
Starship prototype Ship 35 completed a single RVac test followed by a brief six-engine static fire at Massey. One engine shut down early, but SpaceX now has multiple boosters an...
NASASPACEFLIGHT
SpaceX
MAY 2
1 ITEM
Trump 2026 space budget would cancel NASA rocket, lunar station
U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal for NASA calls for a 24% cut to the agency and would eliminate key parts of the Artemis Moon program. The outline would cancel...
REUTERS
Politics
Regulatory
APR 28
2 ITEMS
FCC Launches Satellite Spectrum Reform Process
Regulators are taking note of the new space economy, and in late April the U.S. FCC made a landmark move to update rules that have long governed satellite operations. The FCC Co...
REUTERS
SpaceX
Starlink
Regulatory
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Amazon Kuiper’s First Operational Launch
On April 28th, Amazon launched the first 27 operational satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband constellation aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canave...
SPACEFLIGHTNOW
APR 17
1 ITEM
SpaceX Seeks Tariff Exemptions for Chinese Starlink Gear
SpaceX’s policy team made news with a request to ease the cost of Starlink hardware. The company confirmed it has petitioned the U.S. Trade Representative for tariff exemptions ...
FCC
SpaceX
Starlink
Politics
Regulatory
APR 14
1 ITEM
SpaceX Seeks Tariff Relief
SpaceX, under Elon Musk's leadership, has petitioned the U.S. Trade Representative for exemptions from 25% tariffs on two critical pieces of manufacturing equipment imported fro...
INDEXBOX
SpaceX
Regulatory
APR 13
1 ITEM
Falcon 9 Booster B1067 Launches for Record 27th Time
B1067 launched 27 Starlink satellites on its 27th flight, a new world record for an orbital-class booster. It landed successfully, continuing SpaceX’s flawless 2025 launch recor...
SPACEFLIGHTNOW
SpaceX
Starlink
