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SpaceX is offering high speed in-flight Starlink internet to commercial airlines and private airplanes. High-speed, low-latency, in-flight internet will cost each airplane $12,500/mo-$25,000/mo with a one-time hardware cost of $150,000. Deliveries will start 2023. Starlink has been available for cruise ships and private ships with up to 350 Mbps download…

The White House is in talks with billionaire Elon Musk about setting up SpaceX's satellite internet service in Iran, CNN reported Friday. The news agency cited U.S. officials familiar with the talks who said the White House saw the internet service, called Starlink, as a potential way to allow Iranians…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's "chopsticks" have been busy lately, and a new video shows them in action. The chopsticks are arms attached to "Mechazilla," the launch tower at Starbase, SpaceX's facility in South Texas. Mechazilla lifts and lowers Super Heavy boosters and Starship spacecraft — the two elements of SpaceX's giant,…

Elon Musk said Friday that SpaceX cannot continue fund Starlink terminals in Ukraine "indefinitely" in light of the cost. However, Musk, who is also CEO of electric car company Tesla, he said Saturday that SpaceX will keep funding the Ukrainian government "for free" even though Starlink is "still losing money."…

A SpaceX employee was hospitalized for a fractured skull and put in a coma for two months after performing a check on a rocket engine and getting hit in the head at the company’s facility in Hawthorne, according to a report. On Jan. 18, an integration technician was “performing pneumatic…

by Sandra Erwin — October 18, 2022 Defense Department press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs reporters at the Pentagon. Credit: DoD Ryder: 'What an individual company may or may not do in any particular corner of the world of course is incumbent on that company to decide' WASHINGTON —…

Astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, consisting of crew members from the agency as well as ESA (European Space Agency), will answer questions about their recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 20...Read More

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX stacks the Ship 24 Starship prototype atop Booster 7 at Starbase, its South Texas facility, on Oct. 11, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) SpaceX isn't racing to get its giant Starship rocket to orbit for the first time. That landmark orbital test flight will likely…

SpaceX recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense last month, asking the Pentagon to take over paying for Ukraine's use of its Starlink satellite internet. According to CNN, SpaceX told the department that continued access would cost the company over $120 million for the rest of 2022 and…

Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that his company will “keep funding” the government of Ukraine for free even though Starlink is losing money, noting that it has cost Spacex $80 million so far to provide internet terminals and services to Ukraine. “We’ve also had to defend against cyberattacks and jamming,…