Starbase
A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 5 domains, including Cloud Computing, Defense Tech Startups and NewSpace (ASU).
Coverage of Starbase is newly on the wire: 8 signals on the latest tracked day, level with its three-week baseline of 8, across 5 domains. That makes it the #267 most-covered of the 349 concerns we track.
If Starbase matters to your work, it just crossed our flagging thresholds — early and thin history, so watch whether the next few days confirm the move or fade it.
What’s changed
- SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video) · Space.com · 2026-08-21
- Starship lives! SpaceX craft arrives at Christmas Island after 24-day ocean ordeal · Space.com · 2026-08-18
- Launch Preview: Chang’e 7 headlines week of Chinese and Starlink launches · NASASpaceflight · 2026-08-17
- Blue Origin overviews plan for dual pad ops at Cape Canaveral · NASASpaceflight · 2026-08-15
- Cards Against Humanity wants to erect a monument to 'honor' Elon Musk · Space.com · 2026-08-14
- Bulgaria advances project to launch new space, defense innovation hub · SpaceNews · 2026-08-14
What the reporting says
Across 23 tracked stories from 11 outlets, reporting on Starbase most often describes launches or releases (8), public statements (1), military action (1).
It shows up alongside SpaceX (21), Raptor (12), Starlink (10), Elon Musk (9).
Two steps out: AI (through SpaceX, 21 shared stories on the weaker link); Artemis (through SpaceX, 21 shared stories on the weaker link); Aug (through SpaceX, 21 shared stories on the weaker link); Blue Origin (through SpaceX, 21 shared stories on the weaker link).
Tracked since Mar 13, with coverage on 18 separate days — concentrated in Aerospace Defense and Space Industry.