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SpaceX Starlink is sending up two constellations of satellites. SpaceX with 20,000 employees is likely running at $4 billion per year in expenses for all operations. They will replace satellites to keep each constellation running beyond 5 years unless they are obsoleted by next generation satellites. They would do this…

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Transporter 5 mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday packed with 59 small satellites and research experiments, including an innovative commercial water-propelled orbital transfer vehicle from Momentus and a pair of NASA…

Elon Musk has been in and out of the news recently in relation to his proposed $44bn acquisition of Twitter, which has been put on hold owing to concerns over misrepresentation of the number of bots on the social media platform. The South African born entrepreneur’s green energy and automotive…

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, to discuss the hardware, technology demonstrations, and science experiments, including a new climate research investigation, headed to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 25th commercial resupply mission for NASA...Read More

The Outpost Mars Demo-1 payload ready for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare mission. Credit: Nanoracks Nanoracks will fly an experiment with a small articulating robot arm on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare mission this week to demonstrate metal cutting in orbit, a test lasting just minutes that could advance in-space…

New York (CNN Business)Boeing managed to dock a spacecraft at the International Space Station late last week, but it was not without several minor hangups. The mission kicked off Thursday evening with a Florida launch, and the Starliner — which is designed to carry astronauts but is flying without people…

SpaceX has announced a “Starlink for RVs” internet service, and at the moment, there’s no waitlist for dishes. “At this time, there is no waitlist — all orders will be shipped shortly after the order is placed,” SpaceX says on its website. With an influx of orders expected, SpaceX can’t…

Mark_Sawyer/Shutterstock Asking how much a SpaceX flight costs is a loaded question. Aside from the obvious fact that a person first needs to be Elon Musk-level rich to even think about asking, many factors dictate the actual price. The three current contenders in the great private space race — SpaceX,…

Home News Spaceflight When SpaceX launched a new Starlink fleet into orbit last week, the rocket wasn't the only star.  As SpaceX prepared its ground-based tracking cameras for the early-morning Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida on May 18, its operators snagged a spectacular view of the nearly full moon.…

After two-and-a-half years of delays, Boeing’s Starliner capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station. It was an important milestone for a company that has, at least in the popular imagination, struggled to catch up with SpaceX. So it’s fitting how Boeing decided it would celebrate a successful mission. When…