#newglenn — Public Fediverse posts

AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird

AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird

AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird

AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird

AST SpaceMobile re-calibrates its space based cellular (Direct-to-Device) roll out into 2027 after impacts by rocket launch failures, satellite loss, and subsequent shift to using SpaceX Falcon 9 launch systems for its next 3 satellites - BlueBird 11,12,13 with target launch dates in Aug 2026. https://satnews.com/2026/07/16/ast-spacemobile-defers-commercial-direct-to-device-timeline-to-early-2027/ #ASTSpaceMobile #Space #Satellites #DirecttoDevice #D2D #SpaceX #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #BlueBird

Weekly output: not-so-independent agencies, location privacy, Virginia’s data-center tax, Blue Origin’s return-to-flight plans, civil supersonic flight, astronomy in VR, Backblaze

The list below would be a lot of published work for a five-workday week, and yet I didn’t write any of those things or deal with edits to them on Friday. The Supreme Court bears much of the responsibility for this pace, the aerospace-industry news cycle did its own part, and then I had two pieces that I’d started weeks before finally get published on the one day that I gave this keyboard a decent rest.

But wait, there was more: I wrote an extra post for Patreon readers Tuesday about the business calculations I’m working through as I decide if going to Berlin for the IFA tech trade show can pencil out for me.

6/29/2026: Supreme Court Gives Trump the Green Light to Fire Heads of FTC, Other Agencies, PCMag

Since I’ve been following President Trump’s attempts to expel the Democratic minority on the Federal Trade Commission, commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, since first writing about this story last March, I felt obliged to cover the Court’s conclusion of this case.

6/30/2026: Supreme Court: Fourth Amendment Protects Your Phone’s Location History, PCMag

I felt just as obliged to cover the Court ruling that Google’s Location History tool incurs Fourth Amendment protections–and to note that the majority opinion describes this as if Google hadn’t since turned Location History into an on-device, end-to-end-encrypted feature that Google can no longer access if presented with a “geofence warrant.”

6/30/2026: The State With the Most Data Centers Will Now Tax Their Energy Use, PCMag

I had been meaning to write about how Virginia has begun to change its approach to the data centers that now sprawl across Loudoun and Prince William counties. But until the General Assembly reached a belated budget compromise in the closing days of June, I didn’t know what sort of change we’d get.

7/1/2026: Blue Origin: Here’s How We’ll Return New Glenn to Flight Faster Than Expected, PCMag

Blue Origin posted an update Tuesday about its plans to resume launches of its New Glenn rocket. But in addition to having my hands full Tuesday, I needed part of Wednesday to take notes from videos of recent discussions–a panel with Blue founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Dave Limp, another panel led by Ars Technica space reporter Eric Berger, and a NASA press conference featuring administrator Jared Isaacman–that yielded some insight into the company’s situation.

7/2/2026: FAA Moves to Allow Civil Supersonic Flights Over Land, If They’re Quiet Enough, PCMag

This was my longest story published this week, because it had to cover not only the Federal Aviation Administration’s opening of a rulemaking process to legalize commercial supersonic flights over land but also the current state of affairs at Boom Supersonic and NASA’s debut of flight tests of its “low-boom” X-59 aircraft. That was a lot of detail to pack in, and I missed one error in my copy until a few hours after the story posted–I had described Boom’s XB-1 testbed aircraft as a single-engine plane when I meant single-seat.

7/3/2026: Visiting the stars (and planets, and telescopes) in VR, Ars Technica

Earlier in June, I spent a fascinating 40 minutes with a computer strapped to my face in a windowless room in downtown D.C., enjoying a VR tour of some of the universe’s more interesting places. I thought that would be a good fit for a site that routinely covers both technology and astronomy, and that’s how I’ve now had two pieces run at Ars this year after going three years since my previous contribution to one of my daily tech-news reads.

7/3/2026: Backblaze: Backup May Be a ‘Declining’ Business, But We’re Not Backing Away

This post was originally going to start with my talking to an exec with this computer-backup and cloud-storage firm at the TechEx North America conference in the middle of May, but my having the appointment on my calendar did not prevent me from completely spacing about it. We then punted to having the conversation over video but next had to reschedule the call multiple times. And now that the piece is finally published, we need to correct a few small items in it.

Launch Vehicle Cost Comparison (2026)

Vehicle LEO Payload List Price $/kg (LEO)

#FalconHeavy 63,800 kg $97M $1,520
#NewGlenn 45,000 kg ~$85M (est.) ~$1,900
#Falcon9 22,800 kg $67M $2,940
#Neutron (est.) 13,000 kg ~$50M (est.) ~$3,850
#Ariane64 21,650 kg ~$115M ~$5,310
#Vulcan Centaur 27,200 kg ~$120M (est.) ~$4,410
#H3 (Japan) 6,500 kg ~$50M ~$7,690
#Electron 300 kg $7.5M $25,000
#Starship (target) 150,000 kg TBD $100-500 (target)

https://spacenexus.us/guide/space-launch-cost-comparison#cost-per-kg

#LaunchCost

AST SpaceMobile sees New Glenn setback delaying initial commercial service into 2027

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/ast-spacemobile-sees-new-glenn-setback-delaying-initial-commercial-service-into-2027/

Weekly output: Pope Leo XIV on AI, American Airlines + Starlink, Taara photonics, New Glenn explosion, way less Waymo

I did not see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible, but I did see it tonight and am very glad that I did, If you haven’t watched that movie, please do so while it’s still available on a big screen at a theater near you.

Patreon readers got an extra post Saturday inspired by a different sort of larger-than-life multimedia experience, seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Nats Park Wednesday: a recap of the few years when I had “concert reviewer” as a low-paying, in-house side hustle at the Washington Post.

5/25/2026: Pope Leo XIV: Unchecked AI Development Risks Building a New Tower of Babel, PCMag

I spent much of Monday morning reading the pope’s encyclical about AI, then spent much of the afternoon writing a post unpacking that lengthy document for PCMag readers. Yes, Monday was a holiday, but as somebody brought up Catholic who then went to a Jesuit university, I felt like I had to do this work.

5/26/2026: American Airlines Will Switch to Starlink for Now, But Only on Airbus Narrowbodies, PCMag

American’s press release about this coming upgrade to the WiFi on part of its fleet left multiple questions unanswered, so I was glad that a publicist for AA fielded my questions as quickly as she did.

5/29/2026: Taara CEO: Our free-space optics links go where fiber won’t, Light Reading

I sat down with Mahesh Krishnaswamy, founder and CEO of this Alphabet moonshot offshoot, at the start of a busy day at Web Summit Vancouver two weeks ago. A small part of that conversation surfaced in a piece I did for PCMag about photonics that itself began with a trip to San Jose for NTT Research’s Upgrade conference there in mid April (with NTT covering my travel costs), but the rest had to wait for this piece. That, in turn,  required me to have some downtime in which to write it, and as you may have noticed May was another ridiculous month for travel.

5/29/2026: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes Spectacularly During Ground Test, PCMag

This is an outright disaster, and not just for Blue–if you want to see SpaceX get some competition for satellite-to-phone data, fast inflight WiFi and a return of American astronauts to the Moon’s surface, New Glenn would have been at least helpful if not outright essential. Blue not only has to figure out what went wrong with its heavy-lift rocket and fix that, it also has to either rebuild the launch complex mostly destroyed by this explosion or speed up construction of the second pad it has planned.

5/29/2026: Waymo Halts Freeway Operations, Stops Service in Some Cities Without Clearly Communicating What’s Up, PCMag

I had missed covering Waymo ending freeway service because that happened when I was flying home from Google I/O, but after seeing how badly that company had informed customers about that cutback in service and its suspensions of all service in some cities, I realized I had a broader piece to write.

#NSS:
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The New Glenn 3 Anomaly in Historical Perspective
"
"When Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 mission (NG-3) suffered an upper-stage failure, the reaction on social media was immediate and, in many ways, familiar. ..

As an engineer, I find that kind of reaction understandable—but often incomplete .."

https://nss.org/the-new-glenn-3-anomaly-in-historical-perspective/

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#NSS:
"
The New Glenn 3 Anomaly in Historical Perspective
"
"When Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 mission (NG-3) suffered an upper-stage failure, the reaction on social media was immediate and, in many ways, familiar. ..

As an engineer, I find that kind of reaction understandable—but often incomplete .."

https://nss.org/the-new-glenn-3-anomaly-in-historical-perspective/

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#NSS:
"
The New Glenn 3 Anomaly in Historical Perspective
"
"When Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 mission (NG-3) suffered an upper-stage failure, the reaction on social media was immediate and, in many ways, familiar. ..

As an engineer, I find that kind of reaction understandable—but often incomplete .."

https://nss.org/the-new-glenn-3-anomaly-in-historical-perspective/

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#NSS:
"
The New Glenn 3 Anomaly in Historical Perspective
"
"When Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 mission (NG-3) suffered an upper-stage failure, the reaction on social media was immediate and, in many ways, familiar. ..

As an engineer, I find that kind of reaction understandable—but often incomplete .."

https://nss.org/the-new-glenn-3-anomaly-in-historical-perspective/

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#NSS:
"
The New Glenn 3 Anomaly in Historical Perspective
"
"When Blue Origin’s New Glenn 3 mission (NG-3) suffered an upper-stage failure, the reaction on social media was immediate and, in many ways, familiar. ..

As an engineer, I find that kind of reaction understandable—but often incomplete .."

https://nss.org/the-new-glenn-3-anomaly-in-historical-perspective/

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#BBC:
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Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite 'mishap'
"
".. lack of "sufficient thrust" in an engine. .. Blue Origin is investigating the incident, which happened on Sunday, with oversight from the FAA. .. The FAA will determine based on the investigation findings when New Glenn can be launched again. .."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr9vwz48npo

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#BBC:
"
Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite 'mishap'
"
".. lack of "sufficient thrust" in an engine. .. Blue Origin is investigating the incident, which happened on Sunday, with oversight from the FAA. .. The FAA will determine based on the investigation findings when New Glenn can be launched again. .."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr9vwz48npo

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#BBC:
"
Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite 'mishap'
"
".. lack of "sufficient thrust" in an engine. .. Blue Origin is investigating the incident, which happened on Sunday, with oversight from the FAA. .. The FAA will determine based on the investigation findings when New Glenn can be launched again. .."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr9vwz48npo

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#BBC:
"
Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite 'mishap'
"
".. lack of "sufficient thrust" in an engine. .. Blue Origin is investigating the incident, which happened on Sunday, with oversight from the FAA. .. The FAA will determine based on the investigation findings when New Glenn can be launched again. .."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr9vwz48npo

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#BBC:
"
Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite 'mishap'
"
".. lack of "sufficient thrust" in an engine. .. Blue Origin is investigating the incident, which happened on Sunday, with oversight from the FAA. .. The FAA will determine based on the investigation findings when New Glenn can be launched again. .."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr9vwz48npo

20.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#FlugRevue:
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Dritter Flug von Bezos's Schwerlastrakete
Warum New Glenn einen Satelliten im falschen Orbit aussetzte
"
"Der Satellit BlueBird 7 von AST SpaceMobile wurde in eine zu niedrige Umlaufbahn befördert. Blue-Origin-Chef Dave Limp gab erste Information, woran es gelegen hat."

https://www.flugrevue.de/raumfahrt/warum-new-glenn-einen-satelliten-im-falschen-orbit-aussetzte/

21.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#FlugRevue:
"
Dritter Flug von Bezos's Schwerlastrakete
Warum New Glenn einen Satelliten im falschen Orbit aussetzte
"
"Der Satellit BlueBird 7 von AST SpaceMobile wurde in eine zu niedrige Umlaufbahn befördert. Blue-Origin-Chef Dave Limp gab erste Information, woran es gelegen hat."

https://www.flugrevue.de/raumfahrt/warum-new-glenn-einen-satelliten-im-falschen-orbit-aussetzte/

21.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#FlugRevue:
"
Dritter Flug von Bezos's Schwerlastrakete
Warum New Glenn einen Satelliten im falschen Orbit aussetzte
"
"Der Satellit BlueBird 7 von AST SpaceMobile wurde in eine zu niedrige Umlaufbahn befördert. Blue-Origin-Chef Dave Limp gab erste Information, woran es gelegen hat."

https://www.flugrevue.de/raumfahrt/warum-new-glenn-einen-satelliten-im-falschen-orbit-aussetzte/

21.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#FlugRevue:
"
Dritter Flug von Bezos's Schwerlastrakete
Warum New Glenn einen Satelliten im falschen Orbit aussetzte
"
"Der Satellit BlueBird 7 von AST SpaceMobile wurde in eine zu niedrige Umlaufbahn befördert. Blue-Origin-Chef Dave Limp gab erste Information, woran es gelegen hat."

https://www.flugrevue.de/raumfahrt/warum-new-glenn-einen-satelliten-im-falschen-orbit-aussetzte/

21.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#FlugRevue:
"
Dritter Flug von Bezos's Schwerlastrakete
Warum New Glenn einen Satelliten im falschen Orbit aussetzte
"
"Der Satellit BlueBird 7 von AST SpaceMobile wurde in eine zu niedrige Umlaufbahn befördert. Blue-Origin-Chef Dave Limp gab erste Information, woran es gelegen hat."

https://www.flugrevue.de/raumfahrt/warum-new-glenn-einen-satelliten-im-falschen-orbit-aussetzte/

21.4.2026

#BE3U #BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Satellite failed to achieve optimal orbit in launch on April 19, and it will be "deorbited".

The full-size mobile-broadband satellite was carried to space by Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, and it successfully separated from the launch rocket and powered on but was placed into a lower orbit than planned.

AST SpaceMobile is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly from standard, unmodified smartphones. https://www.pcmag.com/news/blue-origin-rocket-launches-then-loses-ast-spacemobile-bluebird-satellite #Space #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Satellite #SpaceCraft #BlueBird #DirecttoDevice #BroadBand #Cellular

AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Satellite failed to achieve optimal orbit in launch on April 19, and it will be "deorbited".

The full-size mobile-broadband satellite was carried to space by Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, and it successfully separated from the launch rocket and powered on but was placed into a lower orbit than planned.

AST SpaceMobile is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly from standard, unmodified smartphones. https://www.pcmag.com/news/blue-origin-rocket-launches-then-loses-ast-spacemobile-bluebird-satellite #Space #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Satellite #SpaceCraft #BlueBird #DirecttoDevice #BroadBand #Cellular

AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Satellite failed to achieve optimal orbit in launch on April 19, and it will be "deorbited".

The full-size mobile-broadband satellite was carried to space by Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, and it successfully separated from the launch rocket and powered on but was placed into a lower orbit than planned.

AST SpaceMobile is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly from standard, unmodified smartphones. https://www.pcmag.com/news/blue-origin-rocket-launches-then-loses-ast-spacemobile-bluebird-satellite #Space #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Satellite #SpaceCraft #BlueBird #DirecttoDevice #BroadBand #Cellular

#ASTSpaceMobile:
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During the New Glenn 3 mission, BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower than planned orbit by the upper stage of the launch vehicle. While the satellite separated from the launch vehicle and powered on, the altitude is too low to sustain operations with its on-board thruster technology and will de-orbited.
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https://feeds.issuerdirect.com/news-release.html?newsid=5941043598547951&symbol=ASTS

19.4.2026

#BlueBird7 #BlueOrigin #BO #CapeCanaveral #LC36 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

#BlueOrigin:
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New Glenn’s Third Mission Slated for April 19
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".. date for New Glenn's third mission, slated to launch no earlier than Sunday, April 19, 2026, from LLC 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station .. launch window will be open from 6:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. EDT / 10:45 – 12:45 UTC. .. coverage on BlueOrigin.com will start 30 min. prior to launch."

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-ng-3-mission

16.4.2026

#ASTSpaceMobile #BlueBird7 #BO #CapeCanaveral #LC36 #NewGlenn #Rakete #rocketry #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight

New Glenn lähdössä https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enQ_IXtfm9I

#avaruus #avaruustekniikka #newglenn

The first #LIFE module for #OrbitalReef is a three-story structure, 8 meters in diameter 📏, a massive amount of open, configurable volume. #Blue Origin is providing the #NewGlenn heavy-lift launch 🚀 capability. A realistic operational date is estimated to be post-📆 2028.

#Starlab launch date 📆 2028: if the single launch on #Starship works, they will have a complete station in orbit overnight ⏱️.

As of late 2025, #Axiom is winning the hardware race https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2025/11/14/what-is-orbital-reef

#SpaceStation

When will #SpaceTourism to orbit 🌌 or beyond be available other than to the #ISS, #Tiangong or (to stay) in a #Dragon / #Starliner capsule ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism#Orbital_space_tourism

#Haven2 #Starlab #OrbitalReef #VoyagerSpace #VoyagerStation #journalism #SpaceHotel #Starship #NewGlenn #Gaganyaan #HumanSpaceflight

Weekly output: AT&T 5G, Meta breakup bid blocked, Mozilla Foundation, social-media usage, Starship and New Glenn

I spent much of the only week in November not disrupted by my own travel schedule catching up on things from the previous two weeks. As you can see from the list below, that was an incomplete exercise.

(Speaking of previous weeks, I also wrote a post for Patreon supporters recapping my experience at Web Summit in Lisbon.)

11/17/2025: AT&T Boosts 5G Speed and Capacity With EchoStar Spectrum, PCMag

Having written in September about Boost Mobile’s plans to sell this spectrum to AT&T, I felt obliged to cover AT&T putting those frequencies into service sooner than I would have imagined possible.

11/19/2025: Court Rejects FTC’s Bid to Break Up Meta, Finds It’s Not a Social Media Monopoly, PCMag

I didn’t span on spending a large chunk of Tuesday afternoon reading a judge’s opinion about the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to order Meta to undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. I also didn’t expect to find the judge’s analysis of Facebook so relatable.

11/20/2025: With Its Next Big Thing, Mozilla Wants to Do More Than Improve the Web, PCMag

The interview at the center of this post happened two weeks earlier, so I appreciated the Mozilla Foundation providing some details about early proposals received since then for its AI-for-democracy funding program.

11/20/2025: Among Social Media Users, Reddit Soars As X Stagnates, PCMag

Thursday had no work items on my calendar, so I could cover this new report from the Pew Research Center about which social platforms have earned time on the schedules of Americans.

11/21/2025: SpaceX’s Starship Suffers Major Test Mishap a Day After Blue Origin Unveils Rocket Upgrade Plans, PCMag

I was going to spent Friday writing a post about an information-security conference I attended Tuesday, but then SpaceX had the booster stage of its Starship rocket fail catastrophically in a ground test a day after that company’s increasingly-capable rival Blue Origin outlined some ambitious upgrades to its own New Glenn launch vehicle.

#att5g #blueOrigin #blueskyUsage #boostMobile #facebookInstagram #ftcVMeta #metaBreakup #mozillaFoundation #newGlenn #pewResearchCenter #socialMedia #spacexStarship #starship

Weekly output: AT&T 5G, Meta breakup bid blocked, Mozilla Foundation, social-media usage, Starship and New Glenn

I spent much of the only week in November not disrupted by my own travel schedule catching up on things from the previous two weeks. As you can see from the list below, that was an incomplete exercise.

(Speaking of previous weeks, I also wrote a post for Patreon supporters recapping my experience at Web Summit in Lisbon.)

11/17/2025: AT&T Boosts 5G Speed and Capacity With EchoStar Spectrum, PCMag

Having written in September about Boost Mobile’s plans to sell this spectrum to AT&T, I felt obliged to cover AT&T putting those frequencies into service sooner than I would have imagined possible.

11/19/2025: Court Rejects FTC’s Bid to Break Up Meta, Finds It’s Not a Social Media Monopoly, PCMag

I didn’t span on spending a large chunk of Tuesday afternoon reading a judge’s opinion about the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to order Meta to undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. I also didn’t expect to find the judge’s analysis of Facebook so relatable.

11/20/2025: With Its Next Big Thing, Mozilla Wants to Do More Than Improve the Web, PCMag

The interview at the center of this post happened two weeks earlier, so I appreciated the Mozilla Foundation providing some details about early proposals received since then for its AI-for-democracy funding program.

11/20/2025: Among Social Media Users, Reddit Soars As X Stagnates, PCMag

Thursday had no work items on my calendar, so I could cover this new report from the Pew Research Center about which social platforms have earned time on the schedules of Americans.

11/21/2025: SpaceX’s Starship Suffers Major Test Mishap a Day After Blue Origin Unveils Rocket Upgrade Plans, PCMag

I was going to spent Friday writing a post about an information-security conference I attended Tuesday, but then SpaceX had the booster stage of its Starship rocket fail catastrophically in a ground test a day after that company’s increasingly-capable rival Blue Origin outlined some ambitious upgrades to its own New Glenn launch vehicle.

#att5g #blueOrigin #blueskyUsage #boostMobile #facebookInstagram #ftcVMeta #metaBreakup #mozillaFoundation #newGlenn #pewResearchCenter #socialMedia #spacexStarship #starship

Weekly output: AT&T 5G, Meta breakup bid blocked, Mozilla Foundation, social-media usage, Starship and New Glenn

I spent much of the only week in November not disrupted by my own travel schedule catching up on things from the previous two weeks. As you can see from the list below, that was an incomplete exercise.

(Speaking of previous weeks, I also wrote a post for Patreon supporters recapping my experience at Web Summit in Lisbon.)

11/17/2025: AT&T Boosts 5G Speed and Capacity With EchoStar Spectrum, PCMag

Having written in September about Boost Mobile’s plans to sell this spectrum to AT&T, I felt obliged to cover AT&T putting those frequencies into service sooner than I would have imagined possible.

11/19/2025: Court Rejects FTC’s Bid to Break Up Meta, Finds It’s Not a Social Media Monopoly, PCMag

I didn’t span on spending a large chunk of Tuesday afternoon reading a judge’s opinion about the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to order Meta to undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. I also didn’t expect to find the judge’s analysis of Facebook so relatable.

11/20/2025: With Its Next Big Thing, Mozilla Wants to Do More Than Improve the Web, PCMag

The interview at the center of this post happened two weeks earlier, so I appreciated the Mozilla Foundation providing some details about early proposals received since then for its AI-for-democracy funding program.

11/20/2025: Among Social Media Users, Reddit Soars As X Stagnates, PCMag

Thursday had no work items on my calendar, so I could cover this new report from the Pew Research Center about which social platforms have earned time on the schedules of Americans.

11/21/2025: SpaceX’s Starship Suffers Major Test Mishap a Day After Blue Origin Unveils Rocket Upgrade Plans, PCMag

I was going to spent Friday writing a post about an information-security conference I attended Tuesday, but then SpaceX had the booster stage of its Starship rocket fail catastrophically in a ground test a day after that company’s increasingly-capable rival Blue Origin outlined some ambitious upgrades to its own New Glenn launch vehicle.

#att5g #blueOrigin #blueskyUsage #boostMobile #facebookInstagram #ftcVMeta #metaBreakup #mozillaFoundation #newGlenn #pewResearchCenter #socialMedia #spacexStarship #starship

Weekly output: AT&T 5G, Meta breakup bid blocked, Mozilla Foundation, social-media usage, Starship and New Glenn

I spent much of the only week in November not disrupted by my own travel schedule catching up on things from the previous two weeks. As you can see from the list below, that was an incomplete exercise.

(Speaking of previous weeks, I also wrote a post for Patreon supporters recapping my experience at Web Summit in Lisbon.)

11/17/2025: AT&T Boosts 5G Speed and Capacity With EchoStar Spectrum, PCMag

Having written in September about Boost Mobile’s plans to sell this spectrum to AT&T, I felt obliged to cover AT&T putting those frequencies into service sooner than I would have imagined possible.

11/19/2025: Court Rejects FTC’s Bid to Break Up Meta, Finds It’s Not a Social Media Monopoly, PCMag

I didn’t span on spending a large chunk of Tuesday afternoon reading a judge’s opinion about the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to order Meta to undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. I also didn’t expect to find the judge’s analysis of Facebook so relatable.

11/20/2025: With Its Next Big Thing, Mozilla Wants to Do More Than Improve the Web, PCMag

The interview at the center of this post happened two weeks earlier, so I appreciated the Mozilla Foundation providing some details about early proposals received since then for its AI-for-democracy funding program.

11/20/2025: Among Social Media Users, Reddit Soars As X Stagnates, PCMag

Thursday had no work items on my calendar, so I could cover this new report from the Pew Research Center about which social platforms have earned time on the schedules of Americans.

11/21/2025: SpaceX’s Starship Suffers Major Test Mishap a Day After Blue Origin Unveils Rocket Upgrade Plans, PCMag

I was going to spent Friday writing a post about an information-security conference I attended Tuesday, but then SpaceX had the booster stage of its Starship rocket fail catastrophically in a ground test a day after that company’s increasingly-capable rival Blue Origin outlined some ambitious upgrades to its own New Glenn launch vehicle.

#att5g #blueOrigin #blueskyUsage #boostMobile #facebookInstagram #ftcVMeta #metaBreakup #mozillaFoundation #newGlenn #pewResearchCenter #socialMedia #spacexStarship #starship

Weekly output: AT&T 5G, Meta breakup bid blocked, Mozilla Foundation, social-media usage, Starship and New Glenn

I spent much of the only week in November not disrupted by my own travel schedule catching up on things from the previous two weeks. As you can see from the list below, that was an incomplete exercise.

(Speaking of previous weeks, I also wrote a post for Patreon supporters recapping my experience at Web Summit in Lisbon.)

11/17/2025: AT&T Boosts 5G Speed and Capacity With EchoStar Spectrum, PCMag

Having written in September about Boost Mobile’s plans to sell this spectrum to AT&T, I felt obliged to cover AT&T putting those frequencies into service sooner than I would have imagined possible.

11/19/2025: Court Rejects FTC’s Bid to Break Up Meta, Finds It’s Not a Social Media Monopoly, PCMag

I didn’t span on spending a large chunk of Tuesday afternoon reading a judge’s opinion about the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to order Meta to undo its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. I also didn’t expect to find the judge’s analysis of Facebook so relatable.

11/20/2025: With Its Next Big Thing, Mozilla Wants to Do More Than Improve the Web, PCMag

The interview at the center of this post happened two weeks earlier, so I appreciated the Mozilla Foundation providing some details about early proposals received since then for its AI-for-democracy funding program.

11/20/2025: Among Social Media Users, Reddit Soars As X Stagnates, PCMag

Thursday had no work items on my calendar, so I could cover this new report from the Pew Research Center about which social platforms have earned time on the schedules of Americans.

11/21/2025: SpaceX’s Starship Suffers Major Test Mishap a Day After Blue Origin Unveils Rocket Upgrade Plans, PCMag

I was going to spent Friday writing a post about an information-security conference I attended Tuesday, but then SpaceX had the booster stage of its Starship rocket fail catastrophically in a ground test a day after that company’s increasingly-capable rival Blue Origin outlined some ambitious upgrades to its own New Glenn launch vehicle.

#att5g #blueOrigin #blueskyUsage #boostMobile #facebookInstagram #ftcVMeta #metaBreakup #mozillaFoundation #newGlenn #pewResearchCenter #socialMedia #spacexStarship #starship

New Glenn Update – Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance

#HackerNews #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #RocketUpdates #AerospaceInnovation

New Glenn Update – Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance

#HackerNews #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #RocketUpdates #AerospaceInnovation

New Glenn Update – Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance

#HackerNews #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #RocketUpdates #AerospaceInnovation

New Glenn Update – Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance

#HackerNews #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #RocketUpdates #AerospaceInnovation

New Glenn Update – Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-performance

#HackerNews #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #RocketUpdates #AerospaceInnovation

#reddit:
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New Glenn upper stage and blue ring have broken up. 67 fragments remain.
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".. Beitrag wurde durch die Moderator*innen von r/BlueOrigin entfernt. "

#BlueOrigin #BlueRingPathfinder #BO #GS2 #NewGlenn #NG1 #Raumfahrt #Rakete #rocketry #SpaceFlight

🇨🇳 #Landspace #Zhuque-2 launch 🚀 scheduled for 📆 July 12. If successful, Zhuque-2 will become the world’s first #methalox launch vehicle to achieve #orbit.
A range of methalox #rockets, including #SpaceX’s #Starship, the #ULA #Vulcan, #BlueOrigin’s #NewGlenn, #RocketLab’s #Neutron and #TerranR from #RelativitySpace, are at various stages of development and testing. https://spacenews.com/chinas-landspace-set-for-second-methalox-rocket-launch/