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SpaceX announces that Starship will perform a burn with a single Raptor engine to enter an approximately 275 km orbit around Earth.
The tweet describes using Claude Opus 5.5 to build an interactive Raptor 3 rocket engine simulation in the browser, allowing users to explore how rocket engines work through hands-on interaction.
Hop Aero is developing rockets that can deliver cargo globally in minutes, starting with military logistics and time-sensitive payloads, having tested a new engine and secured over $1.37B in commercial commitments.
The article discusses Europe's entry into commercial space launches with The Exploration Company receiving ESA funding and NASA awarding a contract to Relativity Space for the Terran R rocket to boost launch capabilities.
Elon Musk praises SpaceX's Raptor 3 engine as an engineering work of art that could impress even AI, highlighting rapid innovation in rocket technology.
SpaceX announces the completion of build and acceptance testing for the 1,000th Merlin 1D engine used on Falcon's first stage, noting that reusability has enabled continued reliability enhancements.
LEAP 71 highlights progress in AI-generated rocket engines, from a 5 kN kerolox thruster two years ago to a 20 kN methalox thruster, with hot-fires occurring roughly every six weeks.