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Category: Spacex
Most of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites are already on track
[ad_1] The first batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites has been orbiting Earth for about a week, and now SpaceX has released a status update on the mission. According to a spokesperson, “all 60 satellites have deployed their solar arrays successfully, generated positive power and communicated with our ground stations.” The statement didn’t directly mention […]
SpaceX just launched a Falcon 9 loaded with Starlink internet satellites
[ad_1] After a pair of scrubbed launch attempts last week, SpaceX’s first rocket loaded with 60 Starlink satellites has successfully taken off from Cape Canaveral. One hour and two minutes after the 10:30 PM ET launch the satellites begin deployment, heading toward their operational altitude of 550km above the Earth. The 227kg units will use […]
SpaceX sues over ‘wrongly awarded’ Air Force rocket contracts
[ad_1] The firm also pointed to other criteria that it thought should have put it out front, including its ability to lower costs and offer vehicles that are “commercially viable.” Rivals, SpaceX argued, would have to “rely exclusively” on government contracts and thus drain taxpayer money. ULA was even going to rely on Russian rocket […]
NASA teams up with SpaceX, Blue Origin to design a human lunar lander
[ad_1] The agency is hoping the initiative could lead to the development of a human landing system that includes a transfer vehicle astronauts can use from its proposed orbital moon base called the Gateway to low-lunar orbit. In addition, the lander must also have a descent element that can carry the astronauts to the lunar […]
Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 loaded with internet satellites at 11 PM ET (updated)
[ad_1] SpaceX already revealed more about how its Starlink internet-providing satellites will work, and now it has to put the first 60 in space. According to Elon Musk, this is the heaviest payload ever for SpaceX, and each launch will “deliver 1 terabit of bandwidth to the Earth.” The launch window is scheduled to open […]
SpaceX is building another Starship in Florida
[ad_1] After a poster on NASASpaceflight.com uploaded pictures of another Starship vehicle (f.k.a. BFR) under construction in Florida — to go along with prototypes being built in Texas — Elon Musk explained what’s going on. The CEO tweeted that “SpaceX is doing simultaneous competing builds of Starship in Boca Chica Texas & Cape Canaveral Florida.” […]
Elon Musk shows SpaceX’s first internet satellites ready for launch
[ad_1] Musk further noted that the launch timing was variable, but was “currently tracking” to May 15th (he also raised the possibility of a May 14th takeoff). He warned that “much will likely go wrong” on this first deployment, and that it would take six more similar launches to achieve “minor” broadband coverage, and twice […]
SpaceX says its Crew Dragon capsule was destroyed during test
[ad_1] During the briefing about the incident, SpaceX president of mission assurance Hans Koenigsmann highlighted how much of the test went right. The Dragon capsule powered up as expected and the Draco thrusters on the Cargo Dragon were fired off successfully for five seconds each. According to Koenigsmann, the anomaly occurred just before firing the […]
FCC clears SpaceX to fly internet satellites in lower orbit
[ad_1] Companies like OneWeb and Kepler Communications had objected to SpaceX’s request over concerns that Starlink would interfere with their own satellites, but the FCC didn’t believe the satellites would create “significant” interference. Regulators also didn’t find a significant risk of collisions in the new orbit, noting that each of the satellites would have thrusters […]