SpaceX

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet looks to be headed to Zambia, with a new photo surfacing showing the company’s officials meeting with authorities in the African country. A team from SpaceX met with Zambian officials on Monday, according to a post on Twitter from the country’s Special Assistant to the President of the Republic of Zambia, […]

SpaceX may look into offering Starlink satellite internet for Iran and other dictatorships such as Cuba, for humanitarian purposes. When asked on Monday if it was “technically possible to provide Starlink to Iranian people?” by a @erfan_kasraie, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk replied, “Starlink will ask for an exemption to Iranian sanctions in this regard.” Currently, […]

SpaceX today completed a 7-engine static fire test on its Super Heavy Booster 7 on Monday, at Starbase. The compared shared two photos of the static fire on Twitter. Super Heavy Booster 7 completed a 7 engine static fire test at Starbase pic.twitter.com/Ak84goSydZ — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 19, 2022 As for when SpaceX will static […]

SpaceX recently announced Starlink internet had reached all seven continents, including Antarctica. But the satellite internet service according to one user was still not available for 70% of Canada. That’s when CEO Elon Musk chimed in on the weekend to say, “It will be later this year when laser links activate on polar constellation.” It […]

CNBC is hyping up its upcoming episode of Jay Leno’s Garage that will feature Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk. On Friday, the first 10 minutes of the upcoming episode were shared online. “Watch the first 10 minutes of Jay Leno’s exclusive tour of SpaceX with Elon Musk. The full episode of Jay Leno’s Garage […]

Frontier Airlines has been in talks with SpaceX about carrying Starlink internet on its flights, according to CEO Barry Biffle in statements to CNBC on Thursday. While Biffle said he’s more likely to make such a move than in previous years, the addition of Starlink Wi-Fi would be a departure for the airline as it […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will be a guest on Jay Leno’s Garage, set for Wednesday, September 21, 2022, to add to the recent launch of the seventh season of the show that’s on CNBC. Musk gave Leno an exclusive tour of SpaceX’s Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas. “I am a huge believer in […]

Just a day after SpaceX’s Starlink reached Antarctica to become operational on all seven continents, one publication has spotted the addition of the company’s high-performance Starlink terminal to its residential users page. SpaceX now offers its $2,500 high-performance Starlink dish to residential users, as shown on the company’s order page (via PC Mag). The high-performance […]

@SpaceX retweeted a photo from the @National Science Foundation on Wednesday celebrating that Starlink has reached Antarctica. The news also means that Starlink is now on all seven continents worldwide, as SpaceX notes in the post. SpaceX added that this was made possible by Starlink’s network of laser-beaming satellites, which has reached full-world coverage in […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected SpaceX for a previously awarded subsidy for providing satellite internet to rural areas in the U.S., and now, the agency’s head is speaking out against the decision. The FCC’s decision to deny SpaceX $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies could give China a competitive edge, according to Republican FCC […]

Apple’s inclusion of satellite compatibility in the iPhone 14 shows the advantages of SpaceX and Starlink, as detailed by one Wall Street analyst this week. The move to iPhone satellite compatibility provides “free advertising” for SpaceX and its Starlink satellite service, according to a note to clients from Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, reports Street […]

SpaceX signed a distribution contract with Speedcast to let the company resell Starlink satellite internet service to its maritime and enterprise customers, as announced by the company at World Satellite Business Week on Tuesday (via Space News). The deal is set to offer lower latency speeds for customers aboard oil rigs and merchant vessels, and […]

SpaceX’s Starlink Business service plan is now available in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK, as shared by the company on Twitter on Monday. Prospective users can enroll in Starlink Business using the SpaceX website, and the company’s frequently asked questions say that the service is able to serve small offices of up to 10-20 […]

SpaceX launched 34 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on Saturday night, along with an AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite, as part of a rideshare aboard Falcon 9. This rideshare payload is the largest yet at 1,500 kilograms (3,306 lbs). This was a special launch as it was the record 14th reuse for this particular Falcon […]

According to PCMag, SpaceX has filed a formal appeal against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to rescind $886 million USD in federal funding for its high-speed satellite broadband service, Starlink. The FCC awarded SpaceX $886 million under its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) back in 2020 to deliver high-speed Starlink internet to rural and […]