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Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, presented an update on the company’s huge Starship rocket program Thursday night in South Texas. The update was the first detailed presentation on the Starship program since September 2019. Much has changed since then, with five test flights of full-scale Starship…

Home News Spaceflight An astronomical image marred by trails caused by satellites of SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation. (Image credit: Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory) NASA has raised concerns about SpaceX's new Starlink satellites, including an increase of the risk of collision in orbit, in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The five-page…

In 2022, SpaceX has been launching once per week. This is the rate of launch that SpaceX is targeting for 2022 and would mean 50+ launches. SpaceX has announced a Starship presentation tomorrow at 6 PM PST / 8PM Texas time. Awaiting lift of Starship S20 onto Super Heavy B4.…

Last year, an article in the journal "Cell Biology" revealed that sharks use Earth's geomagnetic field to navigate the ocean — and can even get confused if they are in areas with stronger magnetic fields than the ones they were accustomed to. Intriguingly, even a species that has been perfected over…

Home News Spaceflight A dramatic video serves as a memorial to a star-crossed satellite that lived fast and died very young. SpaceX launched 49 satellites to low Earth orbit on Feb. 3 to further beef up the company's huge and growing Starlink internet megaconstellation. But most of those newly lofted…

SpaceX could be set to lose as many as 40 of its internet-beaming Starlink satellites after a burst of solar activity caused them to fall out of orbit. The rocket company, owned by Elon Musk, has launched over 1,500 of its Starlink satellites into orbit over the past several months…

by Jeff Foust — February 9, 2022 A Falcon 9 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center Feb. 3 carrying 49 Starlink satellites. Up to 40 of those satellites will reenter after a geomagnetic storm kept the spacecraft from raising their orbits. Credit: SpaceX MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Up to…

Home News Skywatching See the SpaceX booster? If you spot SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster in a telescope before it hits the moon, let us know! Send images and comments in to spacephotos@space.com.  A SpaceX rocket's upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon. Virtual…