Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian confirmed the company had held discussions with SpaceX about its Starlink satellite internet service, reports the Wall Street Journal. Bastian said in a recent internet its airline completed exploratory tests of Starlink, but did not go into details. Back in February, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed the company was […]
SpaceX successfully launched its NROL-85 mission into lower earth orbit on Easter Sunday morning. Falcon 9 launched the classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, at 6:13 a.m. PT. This particular Falcon 9 booster supported the previous NROL-87 mission back […]
SpaceX announced the development of a Starlink mesh Wi-Fi router system in January, which the company has apparently now completed. You can now buy a mesh Wi-Fi router for Starlink on the company’s website for $130, according to a post on Reddit on Thursday. Some users in the thread are noting that the mesh router […]
Photo: Dogecoin FoundationSpaceX will work with the Dogecoin Foundation on a Starlink internet access project, as detailed by the group in a web post on Monday. Dogecoin has announced the RadioDoge project which combines radio technology with global Starlink internet to bring Dogecoin access to those without traditional internet infrastructure, according to the Dogecoin Foundation […]
After successfully launching the first all-private human space flight earlier this month, NASA and SpaceX have announced a slight adjustment to an upcoming launch. NASA and SpaceX have delayed the launch of the Crew-4 mission and are now targeting Saturday, April 23 for the launch, with a launch window beginning at 5:26 a.m. EDT, according […]
After a successful launch of the Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station last week, SpaceX has landed yet another contract for its reliable Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX has signed a contract with South Korea to launch five spy satellites by 2025 using its Falcon 9 booster, in order to monitor the military actions of […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Elon Musk was featured at an event focusing on space exploration at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Saturday — reports Yahoo Finance. The news comes just a few months after China submitted a complaint to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs alleging that the country’s Tiangong Space Station […]
After targeting Thursday morning for a launch window, SpaceX has successfully completed a launch for Axiom Space. SpaceX launched the Ax-1 Mission to the International Space Station on Thursday morning using the Falcon 9 booster and its Dragon spacecraft, as seen in a live stream shared by the company on Twitter. Four astronauts were launched […]
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk visited the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Thursday, according to KOAA News 5. Musk was visiting as the distinguished speaker for the Ira C. Eaker Lecture series on National Defense Policy, speaking on topics such as space travel, colonization and the connection between military and commercial […]
Netflix has launched its latest documentary for streaming, titled ‘Return to Space’, which features Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and the latter’s launch of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a private spacecraft for the first time. “Offering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year […]
SpaceX is targeting Friday, April 8 for the launch of its Ax-1 Mission for Axiom Space, according to a page on the company’s website shared on Wednesday (via Twitter). The Falcon 9 booster and Dragon spacecraft are already set up vertically at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The […]
Amazon on Tuesday announced a commercial launch deal — the largest in history — to deploy the majority of the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites for its “Project Kuiper” satellite broadband service into orbit (via ArsTechnica). The deal covers 83 rocket launches over the next five years from the three largest commercial launch providers in the […]
SpaceX’s high-speed satellite internet service, Starlink, was recently used in a U.S. Air Force demonstration to support F-35A Lightning II Agile Combat Employment from remote or austere locations using satellite and cellular internet capabilities. The week-long high-speed communications and connectivity tests were conducted at the Hill Air Force Base in Utah by cyber Airmen from […]
SpaceX is gearing up to deploy Starlink, its satellite internet service, in the Philippines, according to an announcement from Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez (via TheStar). Starlink is a high-speed broadband service from SpaceX that connects to a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and is designed to provide affordable internet at viable speeds […]
SpaceX’s Starlink iOS app now contains a picture of a Shiba Inu used to represent the cryptocurrency, Dogecoin. The discovery of the image addition within the Starlink iOS app assets “coin.png” was discovered by developer Steve Moser. He tells Tesla North the image was discovered two days ago, but just shared today. This is not […]
