SpaceX’s Starlink is starting to become a standard for use aboard cruise liners, and one new cruise line is set to equip all of its ships with the satellite internet service. Norway’s Hurtigruten Expeditions is set to become the first cruise line to install SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet across the company’s entire fleet, as detailed […]
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet continues to expand, with the company noting on Wednesday its portable RV service has reached 100,000 customers. “Starlink for RVs now has over 100,000 customers! Access high-speed, low-latency internet on an as-needed basis anywhere Starlink provides active coverage,” said SpaceX. CEO Elon Musk later added, “We might need a different name, […]
A former space tourist and his wife are expected to take a flight aboard SpaceX’s upcoming reusable rocket, heading to the moon and back over a week-long period. SpaceX will take engineer-turned-entrepreneur Dennis Tito and his wife Akiki around the moon in the Starship rocket, said the company on Wednesday. Tito, 82, was the world’s […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has had trouble deploying its Starlink satellite internet in India, but a new report shows the company hoping to reach mobile users in the country. SpaceX is planning to apply to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for a global mobile personal communications by satellite services (GMPCS) permit to launch its Starlink services […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has offered Starlink terminals and services to those defending themselves against Russia in Ukraine, recently positing a new estimate for how many are using the service in the country. @ElonMusk said on Sunday that there are around 25,000 Starlink terminals in Ukraine, but he also added that each can also be […]
Yesterday evening at 7:05 p.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the Intelsat G-33/G-34 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was SpaceX’s third launch of the week. This was the first time a commercial payload was sent up on a Falcon […]
Military users of SpaceX’s Starlink in key areas of the conflict in Ukraine are reporting debilitating outages, according to one report. Ukrainian forces are reporting Starlink outages amidst efforts to defend newly liberated regions of the country, said the Financial Times on Friday. The disruption to service led to a “catastrophic” loss of communication, according to […]
As SpaceX prepares to begin ramping up its Starlink launches next year, a new video has come to light showing the onboard cameras on these satellites. SpaceX CEO @Elon Musk shared a video and photo showing the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket deorbiting back to Earth and preparing to burn up in the […]
A non-continental U.S. state gained access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service this week. SpaceX’s Starlink is now available for residential users in Hawaii, as spotted by Nathan Owens (via @SawyerMerritt). Others noted Starlink also is available now in Manaus, Brazil, in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. SpaceX also signed a deal with Hawaiian […]
SpaceX is looking to increase the frequency of its rocket launches, starting with weekly launches and eventually ramping it up to about once every few days, according to a report from PC Mag. The plan was mentioned in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday about the company’s second-generation Starlink satellites, set […]
After SpaceX’s Starlink iOS app hit 2.3 million downloads last month, the company is saying its low-Earth orbit satellite internet service could be affected by 5G mobile networks more than it originally expected. SpaceX says that U.S. plans to use the Ku-band 5G network could disrupt Starlink’s service even more than previously thought, according to […]
SpaceX began Wednesday morning by launching its NASA Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, aboard its Dragon spaceship. Seven hours later, SpaceX launched yet again, this time to send 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, which happened at 4:10 pm PT. Another batch of Starlinks in orbit, […]
After SpaceX confirmed that everything looked good for the Crew-5 Mission launch this week, the company has officially completed the launch. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Wednesday launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with its Dragon spaceship atop the rocket. This Dragon spacecraft previously flew Crew-3 to the space […]
SpaceX is set to provide Starlink internet to Wise County, Virginia through a grant from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA), as detailed in a report from the Bristol Herald Courier. The grant money will be dedicated to providing the low-Earth orbit satellite internet service to unserved and underserved households with school children in […]
Ahead of the Crew-5 Mission launch this week, SpaceX is looking to upgrade a secondary pad at the Cape Canaveral launch site. SpaceX is planning upgrades on another launchpad at Kennedy Space Center to be used as a backup for future cargo and crew missions, as reported by Space News. The news comes as SpaceX […]
