SpaceX’s 23rd cargo resupply to the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled for Saturday, August 28 at 3:37 a.m. ET, has been called off due to unfavorable launch weather. T-1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of Dragon. Team is keeping an eye on weather, which is 40% favorable → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August […]
SpaceX announced on Monday afternoon it has hit a milestone of 100,000 Starlink terminals shipped, as detailed by CEO Elon Musk. Currently, the company’s low-Earth orbit satellite internet solution is now available in 14 countries including: Canada USA United Kingdom Germany France Austria The Netherlands Ireland Belgium Switzerland Denmark Portugal New Zealand Australia Starlink also […]
Just days after SpaceX launched its Starlink pilot program in Chile, the company’s head alluded to 600,000 prospective users on its Starlink satellite internet, before the service has even been launched to the public. At the Space Warfighting Industry Forum last week, SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell said that Starlink has received over half […]
Following a number of successful SpaceX launches for NASA, the agency has officially announced the launch date for the next upcoming mission. NASA announced on Monday that it would be targeting Saturday, August 28 at 3:37 ET for its next SpaceX launch, according to a press release. The launch will utilize SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster […]
According to a recent FCC filing, SpaceX is buying Swarm Technologies, Inc., an operator of small communications satellites in the Internet of Things (IoT) space (via Reddit). Swarm Technologies provides low bandwidth, low power, and relatively inexpensive satellite communications for things like agricultural sensors, GPS trackers, and weather stations to enterprise customers. SpaceX is almost […]
YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut hosted by Tim Dodd, has posted part two of its SpaceX Starbase tour with CEO Elon Musk. The video offers unprecedented access to Musk and Starbase’s operation, showing behind-the-scenes views of inside tents and more. 00:00 – Intro 00:45 – Tent 1 // Raptors 05:00 – Failure and the Space Shuttle […]
SpaceX is moving its Super Heavy booster to the rocket’s launch site as we speak, down in Starbase, Texas. This prototype rocket houses 29 of the company’s Raptor engines and has four grid fins to assist with landing. CEO Elon Musk shared video and images of the Super Heavy moving to its new launch stand […]
Starlink is growing rapidly, and as the satellite internet service run by SpaceX continues to grow, the company is adding both satellites and users to bolster its service at a rapid rate. SpaceX told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it is now serving about 90,000 Starlink customers, with users spread across 12 countries in […]
Back in April, SpaceX won the bidding war for a lunar lander contract from NASA. The $2.9 billion USD contract tasked Elon Musk’s space exploration and transportation company with carrying astronauts back to the moon in its Starship. However, the award was expected to have two recipients — not just one. Rivals Blue Origin and […]
Image via SpaceX On the day of Tesla’s Q2 2021 earnings, which broke records for the company, Elon Musk’s other venture, SpaceX, was making history of its own. SpaceX announced on Monday afternoon it had hit a milestone of the 100th build of a Raptor engine, used to power the company’s Starship system to send […]
NASA announced on Friday it has selected SpaceX and the latter’s Falcon Heavy for “Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter’s moon Europa.” According to NASA, the Europa Clipper mission is pegged for launch in October 2024, from Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy will send NASA’s Europa […]
On Wednesday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk joined Square CEO Jack Dorsey and ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood on a panel discussing Bitcoin, at The B Word online conference. Musk revealed he holds a “significant” amount of Bitcoin, without revealing the number, while also acknowledging he also holds a smaller quantity of Ethereum and […]
SpaceX has launched its Transporter-2 mission with Falcon 9 taking its 85 commercial and government spacecraft into orbit, which includes 3 Starlink satellites. Check out the live launch below happening right now, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with the landing set for Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1), […]
This afternoon’s SpaceX Transporter-2 mission was scrubbed, due to a plane entering closed airspace, thus affecting Falcon 9’s launch. The SpaceX team did not reach the countdown stage and will now launch during tomorrow’s backup opportunity. “Hold called due to Range being no-go; teams are setting up for tomorrow’s backup opportunity,” said SpaceX on Twitter, […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket just launched the SXM-8 Mission into orbit, a satellite for client SiriusXM, to allow audio radio services for at least the next 15 years. This specific Falcon 9 rocket had a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 9:26pm PDT/12:26am EDT, […]
