Besxar Semiconductor Pods Launch on Starlink 10-50
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Software Development
Top Stories Falcon 9 Flies Besxar Semiconductor Pods Alongside Starlink 10-50 Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 on July 4 at 6:50 a.m. EDT (1050 UTC) on the Starlink 10-50 mission. Alongside the standard Starlink batch, the rocket carried two semiconductor manufacturing test pods for Besxar Space Industries — an in-space manufacturing payload riding along with a routine Starlink deployment. Besxar is testing microgravity semiconductor fabrication at orbital altitude. It’s an early data point for whether commercial in-space manufacturing can piggyback on high-cadence Starlink launches to reduce cost.
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