Rocket Lab Bids $8B for Iridium to Challenge SpaceX | KeepTrack X Report
Rocket Lab announced an $8B deal to acquire Iridium's 66-satellite LEO network, directly challenging SpaceX's Starlink with 10,706 working satellites.
Rocket Lab announced an $8B deal to acquire Iridium's 66-satellite LEO network, directly challenging SpaceX's Starlink with 10,706 working satellites.
SpaceX completed two launches June 28, orbiting the 15,000-lb SXM-11 satellite and 24 Starlink V2 craft from Vandenberg.
SpaceX's Starlink 17-40 mission launches 24 satellites from Vandenberg SFB at 7:36 a.m. PDT, expanding the 10,705-satellite constellation.
SpaceX fires Ship 40's single Raptor in prelaunch test as Starlink plots US mobile service launch, with 10,689 satellites now operational.
SpaceX officially names its planned AI megaconstellation Starmind while a Falcon 9 upper stage targets a lunar impact this August.
SpaceX's secretive Starfall reentry demo launched June 23 as Starmind AI constellation targets 1M orbital compute nodes.