By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette, Published by Reuters, 4 February 2026 Summary Space-based data centers face technical, economic and regulatory challenges Blue Origin and Google also explore space-based AI infrastructure SpaceX's structural advantages position it to shape orbital computing market Feb 4 (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, the idea
BY Maia Davies, Published by the BBC, 31 January 2026 Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied to launch one million satellites into Earth's orbit to power artificial intelligence (AI). The application claims "orbital data centres" are the most cost and energy-efficient way to meet the growing demand for AI computing power.
The double star Albireo in Cygnus captured on 26 December 2019. The 2.5-minute exposures recorded Starlink satellites moving across the field (Rafael Schmall / Wikimedia Commons) By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 21 October 2025 The richest man on Earth is also the most powerful person in space SpaceX
Leaving a fiery arc in its wake, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofts 53 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 27, 2022. Credit: SpaceX/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) By Leah Yananton, Published by Santa Barbara Independent, 30 September 2025 California's Coastline Is a Public
Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Joseph Trevithick, Published by The War Zone, 22 July 2025 Competition to supply parts of Golden Dome is heating up with Northrop Grumman stating they have begun ground testing orbital missiles. Northrop Grumman is conducting ground-based testing related to space-based interceptors
Starship launch unscheduled disassembly. Image: Eco News By Dara Kerr, Published by The Guardian, 17 July 2025 Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim The north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched
By Chas Newkey-Burden, Published by yahoo!news, 10 June 2025 Elon Musk has no shortage of targets for his animosity: the media, "woke" progressives, the trans "agenda" and, most recently, his former best buddy Donald Trump. But one less expected Musk adversary is more powerful than them all: the Sun. SpaceX's
SpaceX's Dragon approaches the International Space Station By Leonie Chao-Fong, Published by The Guardian, 5 June 2025 World’s richest man says craft, which Nasa relies on to take astronauts to ISS, will be withdrawn from commission Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Thursday said his company SpaceX would begin
