SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell announced that more than 2 million shares of SpaceX stock, representing roughly one‑sixth of her personal holding, will be transferred to children’s Trump Accounts in December. The first distribution targets 11‑ to 17‑year‑olds living in ZIP codes with median family incomes of $57,000 or less, as well as areas lacking census data. Recipients will receive notice by Monday, according to Reuters. A second tranche will follow weeks later, covering eligible children in military families [...]

The FCC approved a proposal to open 482 MHz of spectrum for satellite service directly to phones, potentially enabling SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile to challenge major carriers. The rule expands Supplemental Coverage bands from five to thirteen and includes an auction of 25 MHz for terrestrial or direct‑to‑device use. While no spectrum is granted immediately, the change allows satellite operators to certify coexistence only in served areas, simplifying licensing. SpaceX has already secured AWS‑4, H‑block, and 800 MHz licenses to support [...]

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) confirmed the successful recovery of its Starfall cargo capsule after a point‑to‑point rocket cargo test on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Bandwagon‑5 launch on Oct. 20. The disk‑shaped, 3.1‑meter Starfall vehicle returned three agile cargo pods to the Pacific Ocean, where military personnel inspected the payloads. Each pod carried representative items—including medical kits, food rations, a UNI‑PAC III life raft, a SATCOM tracker, batteries, a reverse‑osmosis desalinator, and survival gear—along with sensors to record temperature, [...]

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to remove roughly 300 MHz of spectrum – specifically the 2.5 GHz and 3.45 GHz bands – from a proposal that would allow satellite operators such as SpaceX to provide direct‑to‑device cellular service. The carriers argue that the bands support about 300 million users and that satellite interference could cripple uplink coverage, citing T‑Mobile’s estimate of up to a 96 % loss. Their filing arrives a day before the [...]

Tesla displayed its next‑generation Roadster at SpaceX’s Hawthorne campus on Oct. 29, positioning the car beside Falcon 9 booster B1019 that achieved the company’s first orbital‑class landing in 2015. The photo, posted by SpaceX engineer Deanna Rice, shows the Roadster, which uses cold‑gas thrusters fed by composite overwrapped pressure vessels identical to those on Falcon 9, parked next to the rocket monument installed. The appearance follows the vehicle’s ramp launch in Texas on Oct. 15 and a video highlighting its fighter‑jet‑style [...]

Flexell Space and Singapore‑based Satoro have signed an agreement to demonstrate Flexell’s next‑generation CIGS and perovskite solar cells on two CubeSat missions launched aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets in 2027 and 2028. Satoro will build the satellites, while Flexell will supply the solar cells and test modules for integration. The missions aim to validate the cells’ power output, radiation tolerance and long‑term reliability in the space environment, comparing in‑orbit data with previous ground‑test results from Flexell’s 2025 and [...]

SpaceX lifted off a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:25 a.m. EDT on Oct. 27, delivering 27 Starlink Group 15‑16 satellites to low‑Earth orbit. The first‑stage booster B1082 performed a controlled separation after 2.5 minutes, steered toward the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship and touched down at T+8:23, marking its 21st Starlink flight and 26th overall mission. The upper stage reignited 53 minutes post‑launch for a brief three‑second burn to circularize the orbit before deploying the payload. The [...]