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SpaceX conducted another launch of Starlink internet network satellites from California. The Falcon 9 rocket launched on March 8 at 7:00 US Eastern Time (11:00 GMT) from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX plans to fill orbit with Starlink v3 satellites using Starship, promising gigabit speeds and a 20-fold increase in network capacity.

Elon Musk announced that SpaceX has changed its priorities and will first focus on building a base on the Moon. Colonization of Mars will remain in the plans, but will be implemented at the next stage.

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, acquired his own artificial intelligence startup xAI. The deal was confirmed in an official statement on the SpaceX website. According to Bloomberg, SpaceX received a valuation of $1 trillion, while the value of xAI was $250 billion. The total valuation of the merged company is $1.25 trillion.

Elon Musk's company SpaceX submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the USA for the launch of up to a million satellites, which are supposed to form an orbital data center powered by solar energy. It is designed to process requests related to artificial intelligence.

Jeff Bezos' aerospace company Blue Origin has announced a pause in the commercial flights of the New Shepard rocket. For at least the next two years, the craft will not conduct launches with tourists.