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by Sandra Erwin — January 19, 2022 Rendering of a 'rocket cargo' vehicle set to launch and deliver supplies for the U.S. military. Credit: Air Force Research Laboratory Program manager Greg Spanjers: 'DoD is very interested in the ability to deliver the cargo anywhere on Earth to support humanitarian aid…

by Jason Rainbow — January 19, 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 moments before launching 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit Jan. 18. Credit: SpaceX webcast TAMPA, Fla. — Pakistan has followed India in ordering SpaceX to stop taking preorders for Starlink broadband services within its borders without a license.…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks into orbit with 49 more Starlink internet satellites. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography A package of 49 Starlink satellites that rode a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit Tuesday night from Florida included the 2,000th spacecraft to launch into SpaceX’s broadband internet…

Los Angeles-based Parallel Systems is led by Matt Soule, center. Parallel Systems Mile-long, slow-moving diesel trains loaded with cargo chugging slowly across the U.S. could be a thing of the past one day if stealth startup Parallel Systems has its way. The Los Angeles company thinks the future of freight…

Astronomers have analyzed archival images from NSF’s Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), which provides an ideal setup to study the effects of low-Earth-orbit satellite megaconstellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink, and found that the number of affected ZTF images is increasing with time as SpaceX deploys more satellites. Their results appear in…

Topline Space companies including SpaceX and Sierra Space received nearly $15 billion of private investments in 2021—including a whopping $4.3 billion in the fourth quarter, a record-setting year for a booming industry as investors continue to bet on the “space economy.” An illustration of the SpaceX Starship human lander that…

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This week, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon craft will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) carrying supplies and scientific experiments back to Earth. The uncrewed craft is scheduled to begin its journey on Friday, and its departure from the ISS will be livestreamed by NASA. We’ve got all the details…

News @andrew_andrew__ Jan 16, 2022, 3:00 pm EST | 1 min read Jon Osumi/Shutterstock.com All things considered, SpaceX’s experimental Starlink satellite internet service is a success. Users are generally quite happy with the service, and SpaceX chucked an extra 49 Starlink satellites into Earth’s orbit just last week. But Starlink…

File photo of a Faclcon 9 rocket on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Forecasters expect brisk winds and chilly temperatures for a prime time, full moon launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of Starlink internet satellites Monday night from NASA’s…