SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster launched its Dragon capsule with NASA astronauts from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida this morning, taking off at 2:49am PDT/5:49am EDT. Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon! pic.twitter.com/g6Oi8qwU2Y — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 23, 2021 After a successful launch and main engine cutoff, stage separation was confirmed and the second […]
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has gone live in Germany, according to a post on Reddit depicting the Starlink dish set up in a user’s yard. The post, as shared by u/TheBigCheese603 in the Starlink subreddit, includes the caption “Dishy is live in Germany,” referring to SpaceX’s dubbing of the satellite hardware as “Dishy McFlatface” earlier […]
SpaceX and NASA’s Crew-2 launch originally planned for Thursday has officially been pushed back, according to a press release from NASA. NASA said Thursday’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) would be rescheduled for Friday, April 23 at 5:49 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The launch will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space […]
Earlier this year, Elon Musk announced he would be putting up $100 million in prize money to kickstart a competition for carbon removal technology. In February, it was announced non-profit XPRIZE would host the competition, which will see 50% of the prize money go to the first place winner. Now, XPRIZE has announced Elon Musk […]
It’s been six months since SpaceX launched the public beta for its satellite constellation-powered high-speed internet service, Starlink. CNBC set out to interview early adopters of the service across the U.S. and Canada (where the service has already enjoyed rave reviews) to learn what they thought of the service after having used it for quite some […]
On Friday, NASA announced it had picked SpaceX to send the next two American astronauts to the surface of the moon, in a contract worth $2.89 billion. This will be the first commercial lander to send humans to the lunar surface. NASA says one of the next two astronauts headed to the moon will be […]
SpaceX has been blasting off, both figuratively and literally, for at least a few years now, and in the company’s recent financial run, it has raised an impressive amount of capital in new equity. SpaceX held a second close of roughly $314 million (USD), not long after having raised $850 million (USD) in February alone, […]
Starlink’s satellite internet beta went live in Australia earlier this month, and users are reporting their first connectivity speeds since the SpaceX company began testing within the country. On Tuesday, u/goldmikeygold shared an internet speed test using Starlink from Canberra, Australia. The test, which was shared on Reddit, displays 310 Mbps of download speed via […]
Canadian satellite internet company Telesat has accelerated in the race to achieve low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet, pitting them against Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper, both working to offer improved satellite internet connectivity first. Calling Telesat’s LEO constellation “the Holy Grail” for shareholders, Ottawa-based Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg says the company has […]
In a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), satellite services provider DISH Corporation has proposed changes the regulatory body should make to SpaceX’s license to operate a satellite-powered broadband internet service under the Starlink moniker — reports Wccftech. The proposed changes are designed to make sure that the Starlink satellite constellation does not create […]
CNNBusiness recently took to analyzing the niche cottage industry that has sprung up around space exploration and transportation company SpaceX, which focuses on documenting progress on the company’s prototypes and plans, as well as streaming launches and developments. The industry has grown almost as exponentially as SpaceX itself, peddling content captured directly from SpaceX’s launch facilities […]
SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit satellite company Starlink is now live with a limited beta service in certain parts of central Victoria and southern New South Wales, according to Tech AU. The satellite internet service is expected to expand across the remainder of the country in later months. Last year, Australia granted a carrier license to SpaceX […]
On Wednesday, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, with perfect weather for the launch from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This particular Falcon 9 booster (B1058) launched and landed for the seventh consecutive time. The landing took place on the autonomous droneship Of Course I Still […]
SpaceX launches are happening often right now (there’s a Falcon 9 launch happening as we speak for Starlink), and if you’re waiting for the next Starship prototype test, it could come as soon as next week. According to @BocaChicaGal (Mary), SpaceX will be rolling the Starship SN15 to the Boca Chica, Texas launch site on […]
Image credit: Michael Sheetz/@thesheetztweetz Earlier today, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke on a panel at the Satellite 2021 LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Digital Forum, joined with other top executives from satellite companies SES, Viasat, Hughes and Eutelsat. The digital event session was titled, LEO/MEO/GEO: The New World Order, which would include “top influencers from the satellite […]
