On Monday, August 11, at 8:35 a.m. ET/5:35 a.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KF-02 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, sending 24 more of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch, SpaceX’s second of three planned missions for Kuiper, […]
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has safely returned the Crew-10 mission to Earth after nearly five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The mission carried NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. The crew began their journey home when Dragon autonomously undocked from the ISS at 6:15 […]
SpaceX has officially begun offering Starship services to Mars — and Italy is first in line. In a historic move, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with SpaceX to send Italian scientific payloads aboard Starship’s inaugural missions to the Red Planet. The experiments will gather scientific data during these flights, marking […]
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is now officially available as an after‑sales upgrade for Embraer’s Praetor 600, Praetor 500, Legacy 500, and Legacy 450 business jets, the Brazilian planemaker announced on Wednesday. The high‑speed, low‑latency Wi‑Fi solution will be provided through a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) developed in partnership with Nextant Aerospace, the engineering arm of […]
SpaceX appears to be preparing a more affordable way to access its Starlink satellite internet service — by allowing multiple users to share a single Starlink dish (via PCMag). The company quietly published details about a new offering called Starlink Community, spotted on a support page for authorized resellers. “Starlink is launching a new affordable way […]
SpaceX is eyeing an August launch window for the long-awaited 10th orbital flight of its next-generation Starship rocket, as indicated by the company’s recent static fire test of the spacecraft. In a Friday post on X, SpaceX announced it had conducted a “full-duration static fire” of the Starship vehicle designated for Flight 10 — Ship […]
SpaceX has successfully launched its 11th operational human spaceflight mission for NASA. On Friday, August 1, at 11:43 a.m. ET / 8:43 a.m. PT, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Crew-11 mission aboard a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station […]
SpaceX on Wednesday highlighted a software feature for Starlink that makes its satellite internet service even more resilient in real-world conditions — especially in environments where the terminal’s view of the sky is partially obstructed by trees, buildings, or other obstacles. According to a new Starlink Update, the system now routes traffic around obstructions with […]
SpaceX’s Starlink Direct-to-Cell (DTC) service has officially expanded into the world of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity — starting with a rather unexpected use case: beekeeping in New Zealand (via PCMag). Local mobile carrier One NZ, the first in the world to offer Starlink-powered cellular service back in December, has started using the satellite-based network to […]
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has just added a new and more convenient way to pay: ACH Direct Debit. The new payment method allows U.S. customers to link their bank accounts directly to their Starlink account, enabling automatic monthly payments with no added fees. The news comes from a recent email sent to Starlink users, […]
The Canadian province of Ontario has officially cancelled its $100 million USD agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink satellite internet to 15,000 homes in northern parts of the region, according to a report from Global News. Originally signed in November 2023, the deal was intended to bridge the digital divide in remote communities by leveraging […]
SpaceX has confirmed that last week’s widespread Starlink outage — its longest on record — was caused by an internal network upgrade gone wrong (via PCMag). The global outage, which hit around noon PT on Thursday, temporarily knocked millions of Starlink users offline, including customers across North America and as far as Ukraine. While SpaceX initially […]
T-Mobile has officially launched its Starlink-powered satellite connectivity service, dubbed T-Satellite, across the U.S. today, in partnership with SpaceX. The service is now out of beta and available to both T-Mobile customers and users on other carriers for $10/month. Previously available as a free beta that drew over 1.8 million sign-ups, T-Satellite allows users to […]
The Trump administration is reportedly looking to shift away from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for its ambitious $175 billion “Golden Dome” missile defense system, according to a report from Reuters. The move comes as tensions between former allies Trump and Musk reach new heights, culminating in a very public falling out in early June. The Golden […]
The Trump administration reportedly initiated a review of federal contracts held by SpaceX earlier this summer, but quickly discovered that most of them were too essential to cut, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The review was triggered shortly after President Trump publicly suggested terminating federal agreements with Elon Musk’s companies […]
