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The chaotic takeover of Twitter continues to prove tumultuous, with new owner and CEO Elon Musk getting trolled by fake accounts spoofing his other businesses. Musk, the billionaire known for leading companies like Tesla and SpaceX, completed his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform on October 27, after…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX launched two telecom satellites on Saturday (Nov. 12), tying its own rocket reuse record in the process. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:06 a.m. EST (1606 GMT) on Saturday, carrying Intelsat's Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket launched Intelsat’s Galaxy 31 and 32 geostationary communications satellites. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX launched one of its reusable Falcon…

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter descended deeper into chaos as key security executives resigned from the platform, drawing a sharp warning from US regulators. The walkouts came after a turbulent launch of new Twitter features following the Tesla and SpaceX owner’s $44 billion buyout of the influential messaging…

by Jason Rainbow — November 10, 2022 A false-color image of the United Kingdom acquired by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-3A satellite. Credit: ESA TAMPA, Fla. — The United Kingdom gave SpaceX permission Nov. 10 to expand its Starlink satellite broadband network in the country, while also granting a license…

Ukraine comms outage after SPACEX satellites offline... (Second column, 12th story, link) Related stories:Xi warns Putin NOT to use nukes...Read More

Xi Jinping has issued a direct warning to Putin not to use nukes in Ukraine in China's bluntest rebuke yet to the Kremlin. Xi also urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was visiting Beijing, to push for peace talks - saying the international community should 'create conditions for the resumption…

As recently as October 24th, Ukraine’s military suffered a partial internet outage after 1,300 Starlink terminals went offline due to a funding shortage, reports CNN. The blackout occurred amid ongoing talks between SpaceX and the Department of Defense that continue despite Elon Musk having said his company would continue to…

Elon Musk’s satellite internet company is about to start slowing some users down. According to Starlink’s (the internet division of SpaceX) new fair use policy, folks who use Starlink for home internet may now experience throttling if they use too much internet during a monthly billing cycle. If you don’t…

After Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter became official this week, many users found themselves flocking to different social media platforms. Musk’s new position as CEO of the company resulted in mass layoffs on Friday in an effort to cut costs, with Bloomberg reporting that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was…