Exploration, launches and the companies behind them.
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Starlink's three-tier 2026 residential lineup still delivers the best broadband many rural addresses can get, with unlimited data and 30-40 ms latency, but murky per-market pricing, capacity-gated availability and a weak support reputation keep it from being an easy recommendation for anyone with a wired alternative.
SpaceX's 14th integrated Starship flight became the first to reach orbit, deploying 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites before splashing down in the Pacific about three hours after liftoff — despite one of six Raptor engines shutting down early on ascent.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has officially launched into space, beginning its journey aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida.
Landing and reflying orbital boosters turned rockets from disposable hardware into something closer to aircraft — and pulled the cost of reaching orbit down dramatically. But the published savings figures disagree wildly, and the economics only work if the flights keep coming.
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