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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

SpaceX's Starship rocket climbing into a cloudy sky after lifting off from Starbase in South Texas.

Sep 29, 2026

SpaceX's Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Flight 14

SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on Flight 14 on September 28, 2026, deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, then splashed down in the Pacific.

By TPW Editorial9 min read

Starship ascending over the Gulf of Mexico during a flight test, leaving a bright exhaust trail against a blue sky

Sep 17, 2026

SpaceX Sets September 22 for Starship's First Orbital Flight and Its First Paying Payload

SpaceX is targeting September 22 for Starship's first orbital flight, a roughly ten-hour mission that would deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites for the first time.

By TPW Editorial8 min read