03 Jun 2026
Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra for Orbital Data Centers
Muon Space has announced the development of Condor-Ultra, a new “Starship-class” satellite platform tailored specifically for the emerging orbital data center market.
News Desk
2026
03 Jun 2026
Muon Space Unveils New, Larger Satellite Bus
The space industry is demanding more than ever from its satellites—more power, more capable comms, more compute capacity, and more space to host complex payloads. To meet this increased demand, satellite bus manufacturer Muon Space unveiled a new spacecraft platform today—called Condor-Ultra—which is three times larger than its Condor-XL satellite bus, and geared toward the nascent…
@Payloadspace, Douglas Gorman
2026
03 Jun 2026
Muon Space unveils Starship-class satellite platform for orbital data centers
A render of Condor-Ultra, Muon's largest and most powerful satellite platform to date. Credit: Muon Space
@JasonRainbow, Jason Rainbow
2026
03 Jun 2026
Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra, Starship-Class Spacecraft Platform Built for Scale
Muon Space Unveils Condor-Ultra, Starship-Class Spacecraft Platform Built for Scale
News Desk
2026
03 Jun 2026
The Raptor 3 was supposed to be the engine that finally ended Starship's reliability problem — instead, on its first flight, several of them quit less than 20 …
SpaceX’s Raptor 3 engine — the powerplant the company has spent the better part of two years marketing as a simpler, more reliable replacement for the troubled Raptor 2 — failed multiple times in its maiden flight during exactly the kind of high-stress maneuver it was designed to handle.
News Desk
2026
03 Jun 2026
SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says
A fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks sits outside the Starbase Build Site at SpaceX's South Texas testing facility on Feb. 6, 2026.
Joseph Wilkins
2026
03 Jun 2026
Elon Musk is expected to become the world’s first trillionaire. Democrats are taking aim.
Progressive politicians are sharpening their attacks against tech tycoon Elon Musk, zeroing in on his soon-to-be-trillionaire status days before his company SpaceX’s record-setting initial public offering.
David Ingram, NBCNews
2026
02 Jun 2026
Is there a rocket launch today? How to see SpaceX mission in Arizona
Here's how you can watch the first rocket launch of June from Vandenberg all the way in Arizona. Get ready, Arizona: SpaceX is planning its first West Coast rocket launch of June, and it'll be early.
Eric Lagatta, The Arizona Republic
2026
02 Jun 2026
Another Falcon 9 lookalike joins China's growing roster of rockets
It takes a village There are sound engineering reasons to use the same approach SpaceX uses with the Falcon 9. The first Long March 12B rocket climbs into the sky Monday over the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China.
Stephen Clark
2026
