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Defense startups raid auto and fracking sectors for parts to speed weapons output
WASHINGTON, July 1 : Defense tech startups are repurposing automotive chips and pipes used in fracking – while copying production methods from drugmakers – in an effort to deliver weapons to the Pentagon faster and at lower cost.Soaring demand for rocket motors used to power missiles and other weapons has spu
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Rocket Lab buys Iridium in $8 billion deal to take on SpaceX
June 29 : Rocket Lab struck an $8 billion deal to acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications on Monday, betting on a SpaceX-style advantage that combines a constellation of satellites with the in-house rockets that will launch them.The transaction adds to growing momentum in the space se
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Rocket Lab buys Iridium in $8 billion deal, to expand beyond launches
June 29 : Rocket Lab said on Monday it would acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $8 billion, marking one of the biggest consolidation moves in the commercial space industry.Iridium shareholders will receive $27 in cash as well as Rocket Lab
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Rocket Lab to buy satellite communications firm Iridium in $8 billion deal
June 29 : Rocket Lab said on Monday it would acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $8 billion, marking one of the biggest consolidation moves in the commercial space industry.Iridium shareholders will receive $27 in cash and Rocket Lab shares
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Japan flagship rocket lifts off after earlier failure
TOKYO: Japan’s space agency successfully launched its flagship H3 rocket on Friday (Jun 12), months after a previous mission to put a geolocation satellite into orbit ended in failure.The H3 was developed to boost the international competitiveness of the country’s rocket industry, with the lift-off an importa
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SpaceX by the numbers: Six charts mapping businesses driving its IPO ambitions
June 11 : SpaceX’s market debut on Friday is expected to be the largest-ever IPO, capping the meteoric rise of a company that has reshaped the space business with reusable rockets and internet beamed from orbit and which now targets space-based AI.Aiming for a $1.75 trillion valuation that would instantly ran
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Life on the edge of Musk’s Starbase brings fortunes and fractures
STARBASE, Texas, June 10 – The last time SpaceX launched a rocket in South Texas, charter boat captain Eddie Reyes was bobbing in a pontoon boat less than 2 miles from the pad with a group of paying passengers. A blast of flames erupted and shockwaves rattled the boat while the rocket climbed into the…
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At Musk’s Starbase, the rise of SpaceX brings fortunes and fractures
STARBASE, Texas, June 10 – The last time SpaceX launched a rocket in South Texas, charter boat captain Eddie Reyes was bobbing in a pontoon boat less than 2 miles from the pad with a group of paying passengers. A blast of flames erupted and shockwaves rattled the boat while the rocket climbed into the…
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