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FCC throws out satellite spectrum challenges as D2D dealmaking heats up SpaceX

FCC throws out satellite spectrum challenges as D2D dealmaking heats up

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr speaking during an Oct. 6 address in El Segundo, California, where he announced new proposals to streamline satellite licensing and spectrum rules. Credit: SpaceNews/Dan Robitzski TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Communications Commission has moved to lock down incumbent rights to Mobile Satellite Service spectrum, dismissing bids…
bubmag
April 24, 2026
SpaceX wins $57 million U.S. military contract for satellite crosslink demo SpaceX

SpaceX wins $57 million U.S. military contract for satellite crosslink demo

Illustration of space-based missile defense Credit: Space Systems Command WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command, the U.S. Space Force’s acquisition arm, awarded SpaceX a $57 million contract to demonstrate satellite-to-satellite communications using Link-182, a radio-frequency data link standard the Space Force has adopted for its MILNET data relay network. MILNET…
bubmag
April 23, 2026
600 rocket landings! SpaceX notches another milestone during Sunday Starlink launch (video) SpaceX

600 rocket landings! SpaceX notches another milestone during Sunday Starlink launch (video)

At SpaceX, what has gone up has now successfully come down 600 times. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) Lifting off at 12:03 p.m. EDT (1603 GMT or 9:03 a.m.…
bubmag
April 20, 2026
After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars SpaceX

After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars

Skip to content Europe’s first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy In this image from 2019, engineers install the panoramic camera on the Rosalind Franklin rover at an Airbus facility in Stevenage, England. Credit: Airbus–M.Alexander NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European…
bubmag
April 17, 2026
Musk’s SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It’s also bending the rules to do so SpaceX

Musk’s SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It’s also bending the rules to do so

Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has filed confidential papers ahead of a planned public company listing on the US NASDAQ stock exchange. The initial public offering (IPO) for the company controlled by the world’s richest man is targeting a total valuation of US$2 trillion. Musk plans to list only…
bubmag
April 17, 2026