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SpaceX has hit a milestone with over 1 million Starlink terminals manufactured. The news was shared by CEO Elon Musk on Sunday afternoon. “Starlink now over [1 million] user terminals manufactured,” said Musk. Starlink now over 1M user terminals manufactured — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 25, 2022 The news from Musk confirms what Ellie in […]

NASA and SpaceX have scheduled their Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, October 3. Our next @Commercial_Crew launch to the @Space_Station is scheduled to lift off from @NASA_Kennedy no earlier than Monday, Oct. 3. Get the details […]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday the White House “took action today to advance Internet freedom and the free flow of information for the Iranian people, issuing a General License to provide them greater access to digital communications to counter the Iranian government’s censorship.” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk replied just now, “activating Starlink…” […]

You’ve seen the teasers, but the full episode of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Jay Leno’s Garage is now available on YouTube, with the full 46-minute episode available for viewing, “for a limited time.” The video takes place from SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. “Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk invites Jay to Texas […]

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 […]

SpaceX launched another 51 Starlink satellites and Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC, an orbital transfer vehicle, into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday at 10:09 p.m. ET (7:09 p.m. PT). The Falcon 9 and its payload lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. According to SpaceX, […]

SpaceX has filed plans for a massive, 521,521-square-foot “shell building” in Bastrop County, located about one hour east of Austin, with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation reports Austin Business Journal. There’s no word yet on what exactly the rocketry and space transportation giant wants to do at this planned facility. The filings did, […]

SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites into lower-Earth orbit on Saturday evening at 11:41 p.m. ET, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This Falcon 9 first stage booster saw its second flight and landing; it previously launched CRS-24 and now one Starlink mission. You may recall this Falcon 9 […]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet is changing global connectivity, allowing for remote areas to access high speed internet, including war zones such as Ukraine. Back in March, after SpaceX Starlink was enabled for Ukraine, Elon Musk warned only to use the service “when needed and place antenna away as far away from people as possible.” Now, […]

SpaceX announced on Wednesday it will be unveiling some sort of collaboration on Thursday at 7pm CT (5pm PT; 8pm ET), from Elon Musk’s Starbase in Texas. “Tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. CT, Elon and @TMobile’s Mike Sievert will announce plans to increase connectivity. Tune in to watch live,” said the SpaceX Twitter account. Musk […]

SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites on Friday afternoon, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, at 3:21pm ET. After launching Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, the Falcon 9 first stage aced its landing on the SpaceX droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ located in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says this […]

SpaceX launched yet another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Friday afternoon, like clockwork. On August 12 at 2:40 p.m. PT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Falcon 9 successfully landed on the drone […]