{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_j5prciz4xety6qh76lzq","title":"As 'Falcon Heavy' Launches, SpaceX Plans Dragon and Falcon 9 Phase Out As Starship Ramps Up","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/as-falcon-heavy-launches-spacex-plans-dragon-and-falcon-9-phase-out-as-j5prciz4xe","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_j5prciz4xety6qh76lzq","seq":1596543,"kind":"community","title":"As 'Falcon Heavy' Launches, SpaceX Plans Dragon and Falcon 9 Phase Out As Starship Ramps Up","url":"https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/03/2317251/as-falcon-heavy-launches-spacex-plans-dragon-and-falcon-9-phase-out-as-starship-ramps-up","summary":"Spaceflight Now reports: \"A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Florida Thursday night on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, America's spy satellite agency... The NRO has previously flown payloads on 22 Falcon 9 rockets but this is the first time it has used the heavy-lift Falcon Heavy, which consists of three Falcon 9 boosters and an upper stage, topped by a payload fairing. The powerful rocket, which lifts off under the power of 27 Merlin 1D…","published":"2026-10-03T23:21:00Z","seen":"2026-10-03T23:27:07Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"slashdot","name":"Slashdot","domain":"slashdot.org","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q59083","name":"Slashdot","type":"website","designations":["social news website","website"]}},"via":"slashdot","topics":["technology"],"authors":["EditorDavid"],"entities":[{"id":"Q193701","name":"SpaceX","type":"org"},{"id":"Q1093627","name":"Falcon Heavy","type":"event"},{"id":"Q2405201","name":"Dragon","type":"event"},{"id":"Q249091","name":"Falcon 9","type":"event"},{"id":"Q15706519","name":"Starship","type":"event"}],"story":"st_j5prciz4xety6qh76lzq","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.5899999737739563,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.07999999821186066,"political":0.18000000715255737}]}