Zoom in / A Falcon 9 rocket soars in the sky above Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission Sunday night to deploy 22 more Starlink Internet satellites. The late night liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of Starlink Internet satellites on Sunday set a new record for the most flights by a … Read more
Update: SpaceX’s latest batch of Starlink Internet satellites lifts off at 11:58 PM EDT Sunday, July 9! The successful launch and landing on the 16th of this booster paves the way for another mission currently scheduled to start on Thursday, July 13. See the latest on our launch schedule here. — Follow live updates as … Read more
Figure 1: Artist’s impression of a large constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit rotating above the LOFAR telescope. Credit: Danille Futselaar (artsource.nl) Scientists use the LOFAR telescope to observe low-frequency radio waves from satellites in large constellations for the first time. Scientists have used the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope to observe unwanted electromagnetic … Read more
Booster 1058 is a distinctive member of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 fleet because it was emblazoned with a red NASA “worm” logo prior to the May 2020 flight of Demo-2, the first Cred Dragon mission to carry astronauts. This photo of the soot-covered booster was taken in December 2020 after space station CRS-21’s cargo refueling mission, … Read more
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the titles mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. After conducting Starship’s first test launch in April, SpaceX plans to make several modifications to the rocket. These will build on the company’s experience with the first launch, as while Starship launched … Read more
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the titles mentioned. WCCF TECH INC has a disclosure and ethics policy. After conducting Starship’s first test launch in April, SpaceX plans to make several modifications to the rocket. These will build on the company’s experience with the first launch, as while … Read more
WASHINGTON Europe, temporarily deprived of its own access to space, plans to rely more on SpaceX to launch spacecraft key to science and navigation as it works to restore its launch capabilities. The successful final launch of Ariane 5 on 5 July means that Europe temporarily lacks the ability to launch payloads into orbit. Ariane … Read more
The staggering growth in Starlink collision avoidance maneuvers over the past six months is raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of satellite operations as thousands of new spacecraft are set to be launched into orbit over the next few years. SpaceX‘S Stellar connection broadband satellites were forced to detour more than 25,000 times between Dec. … Read more
