Ep 138: SpaceX lofted Turkey’s first homegrown satellite while an xAI data-center lawsuit advanced…

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SpaceX lofted Turkey’s first homegrown satellite while an xAI data-center lawsuit advanced in court.

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Turkish aerospace company launches homegrown satellite aboard SpaceX’s rocket A Turkish firm placed its domestically developed satellite into orbit using a SpaceX launch vehicle. The mission marks an early step in Turkey’s independent space capabilities. The satellite supports national communications and technology demonstration goals. ...

Sources: defensehere.com · dig.watch · businesstoday.in · techbuzz.ai · politico.com · teslarati.com · shattered.io · marketbeat.com

Correction to episode 137: The Engineering Deep Dive said the Flight 15 ship catch uses body flaps "rather than engines" for its last seconds. That is wrong: the Starship upper stage relights its Raptor engines to flip upright and brake before the tower arms catch it; the flaps steer it during the belly-flop descent before that. The segment's tolerances ("under one meter per second", "under one degree per second", "a few hundred milliseconds") were illustrative, not figures SpaceX has published.

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