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SpaceX to cut Falcon 9 launches as focus shifts to Starship

SpaceX is reducing the share of launches by its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket and reorganising its launch system around the next-generation heavy-lift Starship, an analysis says. The shift is seen as a strategic change to expand Starship use for long-term projects such as Moon and Mars exploration, next-generation Starlink and space data centres, rather than a Falcon 9 performance issue. SpaceX is adjusting launch infrastructure in Florida and California to accelerate the transition.

AI & Enterprise

Hancom InSpace completes first contact with hyperspectral satellite Sejong 3

Hancom InSpace said it successfully established ground-station communications with Sejong 3, which it described as South Korea\'s first privately developed hyperspectral satellite. The satellite was launched on March 30 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Hancom InSpace said initial contact confirmed the satellite body and system status were normal. It plans cluster operations with existing Sejong-series satellites and an AI platform to expand tailored data services.