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by Jeff Foust — September 30, 2022 As part of an unfunded Space Act Agreement, NASA and SpaceX will look at the potential of using a Dragon spacecraft to reboost or even service the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA KIHEI, Hawaii — NASA and SpaceX announced Sept. 29 they will…

NASA and SpaceX are studying whether it would be possible to use a Dragon spacecraft to boost the Hubble Space Telescope’s orbit, extending its lifetime by up to 20 years Space 29 September 2022 By Leah Crane The Hubble Space Telescope NASA Since the Hubble Space Telescope arrived in orbit…

A view from NOAA’s GOES-16 weather satellite of Hurricane Ian making landfall in Southwest Florida on Sept. 28. Credit: NOAA The forecast track of Hurricane Ian across Central Florida has forced SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to postpone several upcoming launches at Cape Canaveral, including the next crew flight to…

The primary drivers of SpaceX revenue is the rate that they can produce Starlink dishes and then sell the dishes and services to customers. They are at 150k per month now in late 2022 which is 1.8M per year but are increasing the speed of sales. September 25, 2022, Elon…

Protest in Iran have now spread to at least 50 Iranian cities, were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict rules on wearing the hijab. Videos showing women burning their headscarves and crowds chanting “death to the…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX launched another 52 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit Saturday evening (Sept. 24) and also aced a rocket landing at sea. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 52 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday at 7:32 p.m. EDT (2332…

NASA will host two media briefings Monday, Sept. 26, in preparation for the fifth crew rotation mission with SpaceX as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program...Read More

Starlink slowdowns — Starlink capacity limits hit users—SpaceX says more satellites will make it faster. Jon Brodkin - Sep 23, 2022 5:57 pm UTC Starlink Starlink's median download speeds in the US dropped from 90.6Mbps to 62.5Mbps between the first and second quarters of 2022, according to Ookla speed tests.…

This weekly feature from Dynamic Business runs down the week’s top 10 funding rounds from Australia, India and the US. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here. CIM raises AU$10 million CIM, the creator of a world-leading property operations software solution that enables teams to work more collaboratively and accelerates the journey…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket is getting some work done to gear up for its coming orbital launch attempt. SpaceX aims to launch that test flight — the first orbital mission for the Starship program — in late October or November. It will involve Booster 7 and Ship 24,…