SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared on Monday the company’s Falcon rocket team is “making excellent progress” in 2022, and is now aiming for 60 launches in 2022. Back in January, it was revealed SpaceX was planning on targeting 52 launches this year, which would be a launch cadence of one per week. Musk’s further details […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Friday it is again extending its environmental review date for SpaceX’s Starship launch site, yet again. The extension of its target date is now set for April 29, 2022. The FAA is reviewing the environmental impact of the launch site at Boca Chica, Texas, ahead of the first full-stack […]
NASA announced on Wednesday it has exercised an option under its original April 2021 contract with SpaceX, to select Starship for an additional human flight to the Moon, as part of its Artemis program. “NASA now is asking SpaceX to transform the company’s proposed human landing system into a spacecraft that meets the agency’s requirements […]
Inflation has hit SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service, with prices of the Starlink kit and monthly service increasing, according to emails sent out to customers. Emails shared by Tesla North readers indicate the following: Starlink Kit for deposit holders – $549 USD (was $499 USD) Starlink Kit for new orders – $599 USD (was $499 […]
SpaceX is minutes away from launching its Falcon 9 rocket into low Earth orbit, to send 53 Starlink satellites into space. The launch is taking place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, set to lift off at 12:42 a.m. ET (4:42 UTC). A backup launch window is […]
Just three days after receiving its third batch of Starlink terminals from SpaceX and Elon Musk, Ukraine has received a fourth shipment of hardware from the latter. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, made the announcement on Friday afternoon. “A new batch of Starlink stations! While Russia is blocking access […]
Netflix has shared its latest trailer for ‘Return to Space’, a documentary set to stream on April 7, 2022. “Offering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year journey to send American astronauts back to space aboard U.S. rockets, from Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla have aided Ukraine in its defense against invading Russian forces, and a new instructional video has surfaced that was apparently made by Tesla. A mysterious unlisted video thought to have been made by Tesla was shared on Tuesday, detailing how to use a Powerwall in mobile scenarios to power Starlink […]
Last month, SpaceX enabled Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine shortly being asked by the government, whose nation is under invasion by Russia. Just days after, the first truckload of Starlink terminals arrived in Ukraine, allowing the country’s officials and more to connect to the SpaceX satellite constellation in the skies. On Wednesday, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s […]
Image credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched a batch of 50 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit on Friday, at 9:12 a.m PST, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This particular Falcon 9 booster, B1063, was on its fourth flight and landed successfully onto the autonomous drone ship Of Course […]
SpaceX has launched its Starlink satellite internet in Bulgaria and Brazil, according to recent emails sent out to customers. An email of Starlink’s launch in Bulgaria was shared by Tesla insider @SawyerMerritt, and a similar email by Cesar Parzianello in Brazil. Earlier this month, SpaceX received its license to operate in the South American nation. The […]
It appears the South Padre Island International Airport is set to get a SpaceX Starship to be put on display. On Monday morning, @SpacePadreIsle asked, “sure would be cool to have a Starship in a public rocket garden for SpaceX fans, maybe at the entrance to the Island or somewhere??”, directing the request to SpaceX […]
SpaceX originally was targeting Sunday, February 20 at 11:13 a.m. EST to launch a batch of 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, but that has been delayed to Monday, due to unfavourable recovery weather. On Saturday morning, SpaceX announced the new targeted date is now Monday, February 21, at 6:44 a.m PST/9:44 a.m. EST […]
According to an email obtained by CNBC, SpaceX is set to split its private common stock for the first time. With Elon Musk’s company valued at over $100 billion, the common stock at $560 per share will split 10-for-1, bringing it down to $56 after the change. “The split has no impact on the overall […]
The European Union (EU) has revealed its plans to build its own low-earth orbit satellite system, with a 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion USD) investment. Bloomberg reports the EU says it will spend 2.4 billion euros from its budget from 2022 until 2027, while the rest of funding will come from member countries, the European Space […]
