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05/02/2026

Our newest article on LinkedIn:
SpaceX's acquisition of xAI isn’t about AI in space or sci-fi data centers.
It’s about energy, infrastructure, and who controls the full stack when AI outgrows Earth’s comfort zone.
The headlines are loud — the fundamentals are much more interesting.

Over the last few days, headlines have been loud: SpaceX acquires xAI. Predictably, commentary followed well-worn paths — "AI in space," "orbital data centers," "sci-fi megamergers" — or the opposite extreme: this makes absolutely no sense.

03/02/2026

NASA concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS (Space Launch System) tanks, sending a team out to the launch pad to closeout Orion, and safely draining the rocket. The wet dress rehearsal was a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket, designed to identify any issues and resolve them before attempting a launch.

Engineers pushed through several challenges during the two-day test and met many of the planned objectives. To allow teams to review data and conduct a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA now will target March as the earliest possible launch opportunity for the flight test.

Launch Date: NET March 2026
Launch Time: Depending on launch day opportunities:
March 7, 2026: 08:57:00 p.m EST (March 8, 015700 UTC)
March 8, 2026: 10:56:00 p.m. EST (March 9, 035600 UTC)
March 9, 2026: 11:52:00 p.m. EST (March 10, 045200 UTC
Mach 11, 2026: 12:48:00 a.m. EST, 054800 UTC

02/02/2026

Watch with us the Wet Dress Rehearsal Test of Artemis II on Pad L-39B, Kennedy Space Center.

NASA’s integrated SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is inching closer to launch – literally.The countdown for ...

02/02/2026

Next Up: SpaceX targets February 2, 2026, for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 17-32 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB. The launch is scheduled for 7:38 a.m. PST, 1538 UTC, 16:38 CET. The launch window is open until 11:17 a.m. PST.

Launch Date: February 2, 2026Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. PST, 1512 UTC, 16:12 CETLaunch Window: Open 11:17 a.m. PSTLaunch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force B...

29/01/2026

Next up: SpaceX targets January 29, 2026, for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-101 to Low Earth Orbit from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral SFS. The launch is scheduled for 11:24 p.m. EST (Jan 30, 0424 UTC, 05:24 CET), launch window open until 3:00 a.m.EST.

Launch Date: January 28, 2026 ESTLaunch Time: 9:14 p.m. EST, 2331 UTC (January 29, 0214 UTC, 03:14 CET)Launch Window: Open until January 29, 0:14 a.m. EST...

29/01/2026

Next Up: Rocket Lab targets January 30 to launch the "Bridging the Swarm" mission with their Electron rocket from Mähia Peninsula, NZ. Lift-off is scheduled for 13:55 NZDT, 0055 UTC, 01:55 CET (January 29, 7:55 p.m. EST, 4:55 p.m. PST).

Launch Date: January 27, 2026 (NZDT)Launch Time: 11:45 NZDT (January 26, 2:45 p.m. PST, 5:45 p.m. EST, 2245 UTC, 23:45 CET)Launch Status: ScheduledLaunch Pro...

29/01/2026

Next Up: SpaceX targets January 29, 2026, for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 17-19 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB. The launch is scheduled for 8:42 a.m. PST, 1642 UTC, 17:42 CET. The launch window is open until 11:17 a.m. PST.

Launch Date: January 29, 2026Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. PST, 1517 UTC, 16:17 CETLaunch Window: Open until 11:17 a.m. PSTLaunch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Fo...

27/01/2026

Next up: SpaceX targets January 27, 2026, for a Falcon 9 launch of the GPS III SV09 mission to Medium Earth Orbit from Cape Canaveral SFS, pad SLC-40. The launch is scheduled for 11:28 p.m. (January 28, 0428 UTC, 05:28 CET), launching to NE.

Launch Date: January 25, 2026 (EST)Launch Time: 11:46 p.m. (January 26, 0446 UTC, 05:46 CET)Launch Window: Open until January 26, 12:01 a.m. ESTLaunch Site...

25/01/2026

Next Up: SpaceX targets January 25, 2026, for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 17-20 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB. The launch is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. PST, 1730 UTC, 18:30 CET. The launch window is open until 11:17 a.m. PST.

Launch Date: January 25, 2026Launch Time: 7:17 a.m. PST, 15:17 UTC, 16:17 CETLaunch Window: Open until 11:17 a.m. PSTLaunch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space F...

22/01/2026

Next up to the Karman-Line: Blue Origin will launch the New Shepard NS-38 with 6 crew members to a suborbital flight trajectory. The launch window opens at 10:00 a.m. CET, 11:00 a.m. EST, 1600 UTC, 17:00 CET.

Blue Origin today announced the crew and launch date for New Shepard Mission NS-38. Liftoff from Launch Site One in West Texas is slated for Thursday, Januar...

22/01/2026

Next up: Rocket Lab will launch "The Cosmos Will See You" mission with Electron from LC-1, Mähia Peninsula, New Zealand. Launch time is set to 23:52 NZDT, 11:52 CET, 1052 UTC, 5:52 a.m. EST, 2:52 a.m. PST.

Launch Date: January 21, 2026 (NZDT)Launch Time: 00:09 NZDT (January 20, 6:09 a.m. EST, 1109 UTC, 12:09 CET) Launch Status: Scheduled and announcedLaunch Pro...

21/01/2026

Next Up: SpaceX targets January 21, 2026, for a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 17-30 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB. The launch is scheduled for 6:46 p.m. PST (January 22, 0246 UTC, 03:46 CET), the launch window is open until 10:43 p.m. PST.

Launch Date: January 22, 2026Launch Time: 6:43 p.m. PST (January 23, 0243 UTC, 03:43 CET)Launch Window: Open 10:43 p.m. PSTLaunch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg S...