Eric Berger (Ars Technica senior space editor) says Neutron represents "a big step up from Electron" and that investors should set Neutron launch expectations at mid-2027 at the earliest, citing a pattern of prior issues with the program.

Elon Musk said that Starlink has passed 13 million broadband subscribers across 167 countries, in a 29-minute recording SpaceX then posted publicly on X. He put Starlink Mobile at more than 22 million monthly users reached through 36 mobile network operators, with nearly 11,000 satellites in orbit.

Starship Flight 14, due end of August, is expected to be the vehicle's first operational payload deployment mission. Unlike Flight 13, which deployed 20 functional V3 satellites on a suborbital trajectory for testing before they reentered, this mission aims to place the next-generation satellites into orbits where they can join the active Starlink constellation.

The flight is also expected to attempt the first tower catch of a Starship upper stage (the Ship). Spaceflight trackers have pointed to a new FCC filing for Flight 14 that lists the first-stage booster as returning to the launch site (RTLS) rather than a Gulf splashdown. This has led to speculation that SpaceX could attempt a double catch, booster first (returning ~7 minutes after liftoff), then the Ship after its orbital flight (~90+ minutes later), using the same Mechazilla arms on the Pad B tower, with the booster moved aside in between. 

SpaceX and Tesla announced a joint $16.8 billion first-phase investment in Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County, Texas, creating 3,000 jobs. Texas extended a $30 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant and JETI tax incentives to secure the project.