SpaceX’s Starship flight 14 is launching 26 V3 Starlinks and represents ~26 Tbps for the launch (based on company specs)… at a very conservative cost estimate for Starship this puts Starships first operational launch at ~$9.8M per Tbps. Meaning in its first operational launch it nearly hits the same cost of Falcon9’s launch cost per Tbps. This is before full payload utilization, reusability and manufacturing learning rates kick in, which we expect to lead to 16x cheaper launch/Tbps cost by 2028.
Confirmation: Tesla will Livestream the Roadster unveil on X.
I analysed the updated Tesla Roadster website and found
Body classes include "tcl-theme--spacerace".. on-brand with the SpaceX thruster package.
The countdown timer has a "targetTime" of 2026-10-02T00:30:00.000+00:00
That translates to October 1st, 2026, 5:30pm Pacific (10:30am AEST on the 2nd).
The clickthrough button is already wired: Watch Livestream → https://t.co/6LgczsVUvO
Meta description for the page "Learn about Roadster, an all-electric sports car and the quickest vehicle in the world, with record-setting acceleration, range and performance"
Email invites are also going out to reservation holders: The event is scheduled for Waco, Texas and will be 21+ only. 1 approved guest is allowed.
McGregor, TX plays host to SpaceX's engine / stage testing site which seems perfectly aligned.
One Social Security Administration commissioner says that up to 85,000 more Americans will need to visit Social Security offices each week. https://t.co/DjBqM6Nuyo
Archaeologists in Poland unearthing a German soldier's World War II grave discovered ancient artifacts inside of the same grave. https://t.co/uEI8nwanm1