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) […]
The orbital Starlink constellation from SpaceX is growing rapidly, and the company just launched another batch of the satellites on Thursday. SpaceX launched 54 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Thursday, using its reliable Falcon 9 booster, that also successfully landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. The launch window began at 10:50 a.m. […]
SpaceX has launched Starlink Aviation, which is essentially the latter’s satellite internet service for airplanes. “High-speed, low-latency, in-flight internet with connectivity across the globe. Reserve now with deliveries starting in 2023,” says the SpaceX website. With Starlink Aviation, you’ll have access to streaming, video calls, gaming and more at any altitude, says SpaceX. “Starlink can […]
After SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on the weekend his company would continue to pay for Starlink in Ukraine, it now appears the Pentagon is considering taking over the bills. That’s according to Politico on Monday, citing two unnamed U.S. sources familiar with discussions. The source of funding for Starlink in Ukraine would likely come […]
SpaceX Starlink is set to gain a new option to expand charity to places that require satellite internet. CEO @Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX will add a “donate option” for Starlink, allowing users to donate the service to places in need. The claim came in a retweet of Chipper CEO @Ham Serunjogi‘s post, […]
In a recently published video, Tim Dodd from the YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut met and trained with the crew of SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. SpaceX’s Polaris Program is a series of missions funded by billionaire Jared “Rook” Isaacman that will culminate in the first crewed flight of SpaceX’s Starship. The company is currently hoping […]
On Saturday morning, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter his company would continue to fund Starlink satellite in Ukraine, for free. “The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine [government] for free.” The hell with it […]
SpaceX on Saturday launched the Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F satellite into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/2aK8VZGm3l — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 15, 2022 The rocket took off at 1:22 a.m. ET/10:22 p.m. PT, with its first stage landing on […]
