

Bruno Charpentier
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@MilTech_Lover
Expert en défense et passionné de l'espace, amateur de technologies militaires. 🎸📚✈️ Pas seulement le militaire, en fait.




51,600 satellites for "Project Sunrise"

Nearly an hour after first motion was anticipated (8 p.m. EDT) the Mobile Launcher 1 is still resting on its pedestals inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. We're awaiting word from NASA on when first motion will take place. Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=Wyi9M7…



Kardashev II loading… SpaceX filed for 1M orbital data center satellites Starcloud (NVIDIA-backed) filed for 88K sats Blue Origin just filed for 51K sats. These aren’t sci-fi sketches, they’re FCC filings. First nodes of a solar-harnessing swarm are deploying soon.



BREAKING: The value of US data centers under construction has officially surpassed the value of office buildings under construction for the first time in history. Data centers under construction are up+29% YoY, to a record $45.1 billion. Meanwhile, the value of offices under construction are down -13%, to $43.5 billion, the lowest since October 2015. Since November 2022, when ChatGPT was launched, data center construction is up +228%. Over that same period, office construction is down -38%. AI is reshaping the US economy.



NEWS: NASA is planning a bigger @SpaceX Moon mission role using Starship, in a massive blow to Boeing. With the new proposal, Boeing's SLS would no longer be used to boost Orion close to the moon. Instead, Starship and Orion would dock in Earth orbit, giving Starship the pivotal role of propelling the capsule to the moon’s orbit, before taking astronauts down to the surface. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…







Who Owns the Most Satellites? 🛰️ SpaceX (Starlink) — 3,395 🇬🇧 OneWeb Satellites — 502 🇨🇳 State Council (China) — 369 🇺🇸 U.S. Government — 306 🛰️ Planet Labs — 195 🇷🇺 Russian Federation — 137 🛰️ Spire Global — 127 Elon Musk’s Starlink fleet now accounts for nearly half of all active satellites orbiting Earth.










Four Exp 74 crew members enjoyed a light-duty day following yesterday’s spacewalk while three orbital residents inspected various modules, cleaned, and stowed cargo on Thursday. More… go.nasa.gov/4rJCVBD

Ready to Rock’n Roll… Rollout of the Artemis II SLS moon rocket begins tonight at 8:00pm EDT, starting a 7-8 hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to LC-39B

➡️Découvrez le déroulé de la mission jour après jour. 👇 f.mtr.cool/gttcnpsnhx