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Meta signs a deal to beam solar energy from space to its AI data centres
Overview's satellites will beam solar energy to Earth, extending solar farm output through the night without new infrastructure.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur reached orbit on February 12 despite "a significant performance anomaly" that saw one of its four solid rocket boosters burn through its nozzle during ascent. Viewers of the launch from Cape Canaveral at 0422 EST (0922 UTC) were treated to some impressive fireworks as the part detached in a shower of fragments. It was the fourth launch of ULA's replacement for the Atlas V and Delta IV rocket, and the second in which an anomaly was noted with the booster.
Chinese satellites SJ-21 and SJ-25 merged on July 2, indicating a potential high-altitude orbital refueling capability, enabling possibly military applications such as disabling foreign satellites.