SpaceX

On Thursday, December 29 at 11:38 p.m. PT, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket to kick off the ISI EROS C-3 mission to a low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This particular Falcon 9 booster saw its 11th launch and landing, previously supporting Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, […]

NASA is considering SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as a backup option to Russia’s Soyuz ship for a return flight from the International Space Station, following a leak aboard the capsule. The space agency says the Soyuz spacecraft is leaking liquid particles and potentially coolant while docked on the International Space Station, after it was previously […]

An antenna yard project in the Halfmoon Township of Centre County, Pennsylvania is set to offer increased access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet by combining it with fiber optic capabilities. Halfmoon Township is located just under a 2.5-hour drive east of downtown Pittsburgh. Township officials awarded conditional approval to a development plan for a Starlink […]

SpaceX filed amendments on December 20 for 60 of its U.S. ground stations to add communications for Gen2 Starlink satellites, as shared on Wednesday by @Nathan Owens. Some of ground stations in the amendment include those in Elbert, Colorado; Colburn, Idaho; Broadview, Illinois; Bellingham, Washington; Arbuckle, California; Anchorage, Alaska; Litchfield, Connecticut; Molokai, Hawaii; Ponce, Puerto […]

On Wednesday, @Elon Musk congratulated SpaceX on the completion of its remarkable 60th successful mission of 2022, following the most recent Starlink satellite launch from earlier today from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites into orbit using its Falcon 9 booster on Wednesday […]

SpaceX is still working to fulfill Starlink requirements for Pakistan’s head communication agency, even after the service has been in discussion for over eight months. Starlink is seeking approval from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and other stakeholders for its technical plans, according to official sources in a report from Pro Pakistani. Relevant stakeholders are […]

SpaceX is nearing 100 active Starlink user terminals in Iran, company CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday. Starlink is a high-speed internet service powered by a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. A Starlink terminal on the ground connects to and communicates with orbiting satellites to provide (impressively fast) internet access. […]

NASA has selected SpaceX to launch its Sentinel-6B mission, according to a press release shared on Tuesday. The Sentinel-6B mission will be launched using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster, building upon the long-term global sea level data work by the Topex and Poseidon missions of the 1990s, the Jason 1, 2, 3 missions and the work […]

SpaceX shared new Starlink IP addresses for several super remote islands and one coastal territory, as spotted and shared by @Nathan Owens on Wednesday. Owens noted Starlink IPs on the remote regions of Mayotte, Reunion and the Solomon Islands, and in the South American coastal country of French Guiana. The news seems to signal that […]

A Russian arms supplier claims it developed technology for detecting Starlink dishes within a certain range, allowing military forces to target and attack the SpaceX hardware. Russia’s Sestroretsk Arms Factory unveiled the “Borshchevik” (“Hogweed”) system, as developed to locate Starlink dishes from distances up to 10 kilometers (6.2) miles away, according to a report from […]

The ramp-up to SpaceX’s next-generation satellite launches is nearly complete, with the company set to begin launching the upgraded hardware before the new year. SpaceX plans to start launching its second-generation Starlink satellites by the end of December, according to FCC filings from the company shared by @Nathan Owens on Monday. The company also filed […]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has had quite a year, and it has just announced an important milestone heading into 2023. Starlink has reached a milestone of one million active subscribers worldwide, according to an announcement shared by @SpaceX on Monday. “Starlink now has more than 1,000,000 active subscribers — thank you to all customers and […]

SpaceX this week completed three launches in under 36 hours, with the third mission also being the first-ever 15th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket. The company kicked off the back-to-back launches with NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to low-Earth orbit, which lifted off at 3:46 a.m. PT/6:46 a.m. ET on Friday, […]

SpaceX has reached a milestone with its Starlink satellite internet constellation, now hitting 3,000 satellites in operational orbit, according to astronomer Jonathan McDowell’s tracking page (via @VirtuallyNathan). There are now 3,230 “working” satellites out of 3,267. The tracking page shows SpaceX has launched a total of 3,558 Starlink satellites to date. Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation […]

Starlink is set to begin rolling out to households in the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada in 2023, according to a press release from the First Nation’s leadership body (via @SpaceX). The agreement will oversee the rollout of Starlink to 127 occupied housing units on the reserve areas, across the Qu’Appelle Valley where […]