📰 Space

Vox

Space data center proposals would require so many satellites that stars would become less visible.

Data centres · Space

Politico

After a month of quiet, the US struck rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island, and Iran fired ballistic missiles at US forces in Jordan and the UAE.

Space

AP

A glacier collapse in Nepal triggered catastrophic flooding along the China border, with nearly 600 foreign tourists missing.

Immigration · Climate · Space

Bellingcat

Planet Labs imagery shows more than five miles of new road inside Big Bend National Park, built before the 'Smart Wall' project was paused.

Immigration · Space

Semafor

Bundled satellite packages are beating technical superiority in Africa's space race, and the same logic is showing up in AI infrastructure.

Space · AI

Puck

Bill Cohan uses SpaceX's $1.77T IPO, down about 50% from its June high, to argue for fixing IPO pricing.

Space · IPO

Semafor

China's BeiDou has 56 satellites against GPS's 31.

Space

Puck

Bill Cohan notes that every underwriter on the SpaceX IPO has issued a buy rating on SpaceX.

Space · IPO

Puck

Further reading from the day's section on Alphabet's capex and the cost of the AI build-out.

Space