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White panel antennas and bundled cables clustered at the top of a concrete cell tower on Howard Street in San Francisco, photographed against a clear blue sky.

Oct 24, 2026

SpaceX Wants 80,000 Cell Sites, the Ground Half of a Fourth US Carrier

SpaceX is in talks to lease access to at least 80,000 US cell sites, about half the country's towers, as it builds the ground layer of a fourth carrier.

By TPW Editorial8 min read

A long-exposure photograph of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket rising over Andøya Space in Norway at night on September 5, 2026

Sep 12, 2026

Isar Aerospace Reaches Orbit, Giving Europe Its First Private Launch

On only its second flight, Germany's Isar Aerospace reached orbit from Norway, the first commercial European company to launch satellites itself.

By TPW Editorial7 min read