Another successful SpaceX launch has led to another successful landing, this time for the U.S. military. For SpaceX’s 50th launch of 2022, it was a spectacular one. SpaceX successfully landed Falcon Heavy’s side boosters on Tuesday, representing the 150th and 151st recovery of orbital-class rockets. This was the first time Falcon Heavy has launched since […]
Image credit: u/Asleep_Operation2790 SpaceX’s Starlink satellite dishes have been spotted installed on a Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship, according to one Redditor. Images shared on Monday by u/Asleep_Operation2790 show the top sun deck of the Breakaway cruise ship with numerous Starlink Maritime dishes installed. “On a Norwegian Breakaway cruise and spotted 11 Starlink dishes. 8 […]
SpaceX’s launch schedule for Starship and the Super Heavy booster’s first orbital launch is pegged for an “early December,” according to details shared by NASA (via Eric Berger @SciGuySpace). NASA shared details of steps remaining ahead of the orbital launch, including what is next for Booster 7 and Starship 24, such as more prop system […]
SpaceX successfully launched 53 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday evening, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch took place at 6:14 p.m. PT and the first stage Falcon 9 booster successfully landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship in the Pacific Ocean. This […]
The Polaris Program is donating SpaceX’s Starlink internet to more than 100 schools in Chile and Brazil over the next couple of months, as announced in a press release shared by the organization on Tuesday (via @Jared Isaacman). Isaacman and the Polaris Dawn crew are delivering Starlink hardware to schools in Chile throughout October, followed […]
SpaceX announced it is now accepting orders for its new flat high-performance Starlink dish, for its RV customers. According to SpaceX, this new dish allows RV customers to “enjoy high-speed, low-latency internet while on the move!”, said the company on Tuesday afternoon. The flat high-performance Starlink dish can be installed so it’s angled to flow […]
SpaceX announced on Monday it has launched its Starlink satellite internet service in Jamaica. According to the Starlink global coverage map, Jamaica is now showing as “available”. Neighbouring Haiti has yet to debut Starlink, but the Dominican Republic does have the satellite internet service. Earlier this month, it was reported Starlink was coming soon to […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been expanding its Starlink low-Earth orbit satellite internet service around the world, and the company has officially been approved in one more country in Africa. SpaceX has been approved to launch internet service in Malawi, as reported by Malawi 24 over the weekend. The company was issued an internet service license […]
As SpaceX prepares for its first orbital flight with the reusable Starship rocket, the company is conducting its first full-stack tests of the rocket to prepare for upcoming orbital flight. These full-stack tests of the Starship rocket on Monday, as can be seen in a livestream of the tests on the YouTube channel NASASpaceflight (via […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Dragon is set to kick off the Polaris Project on the eventual first human space flight aboard Starship, and now the crew has officially announced the research projects it will focus on its first mission. The Polaris Program announced 38 potential research projects it may conduct aboard Dragon and the partnering […]
SpaceX is scheduled to launch the USSF-44 mission aboard its super heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Falcon Heavy, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:54 a.m. ET/6:54 a.m. PT on Monday, October 31. The mission will mark Falcon Heavy’s first launch since 2019 and fourth overall. Since Falcon Heavy’s […]
With SpaceX having activated Starlink service in Iran last month, activists have started smuggling Starlink user terminals into the country as the conflict between Iran’s theocratic government and its people rages on — reports TIME. Starlink is a high-speed internet service that is powered by a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit and doesn’t need […]
According to a report from CNN, the U.S. government has approached SpaceX to discuss the possibility of setting up Starlink, the company’s high-speed satellite internet service, inside Iran. The information comes from several government officials with knowledge of the discussions. It remains unclear what the nature of these talks was and whether or not the […]
A group of researchers led by Professor Todd Humphreys out of the University of Texas claims it has reverse-engineered SpaceX’s Starlink internet service, successfully turning it into a global navigation system — reports MIT Technology Review (via Yahoo Finance). SpaceX was approached by the U.S. military in 2020 to explore Starlink’s potential as a navigation system, […]
After Europe began talks with SpaceX to avoid using Russia’s rockets, the continent’s space agency has officially selected the U.S. company for two of its upcoming launches. SpaceX is being commissioned by Europe to perform two rocket launches in place of the Russian Soyuz rocket, according to a statement from the European Space Agency (ESA) […]