Starship V3 Stacked, Sierra Nails SDA Milestone
In this Dragonfire episode, the new Starship Version 3 is stacked for Flight 12, Sierra Space proves it can build missile‑tracking satellites ahead of schedule, Israel launches a national “Access to Space” lab, and Space Systems Command starts shopping for commercial environmental monitoring data.Here’s what’s inside:Starship Flight 12: Super Heavy stacked, Starship V3 and Raptor 3 engines lined up for a Q1 test window.Sierra Space & SDA: First nine Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite structures finished three months early at Victory Works.Israel’s R&D space lab: A Creation Space–led consortium gets ~NIS 60M to give startups subsidized test, launch, and in‑orbit access.Space Force RFI: Space Systems Command’s Delta 810 issues an RFI for commercial cloud, theater weather, and space‑weather data to plug into military decision tools.If you care about how mega‑rockets, missile‑tracking constellations, national labs, and commercial data‑as‑a‑service are reshaping space in 2026, this one’s for you.
