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A senior SpaceX official said this week that “heat damage” led to the failure of a Falcon 9 booster during a landing attempt Feb. 15, but the company will press on with more launches and will likely surpass the 10-flight threshold on one of its reusable rockets soon. The next…

China Targets 2030 Long March 9 Super Heavy Rocket Brian Wang | February 24, 2021 | China will try to make what looks like a copy of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship but with some solid rocket motor side boosters. The maiden flight is scheduled by 2030. They will then…

Starlink Phases and Increasing Download Speeds Brian Wang | February 24, 2021 | Starlink will change the angle to cover 500-kilometer diameter spots from 1000 kilometer diameter spots. This will increase the download bandwidth from 100 mbps to 300 mbps. The second-generation Starlink will use a tighter beam and the…

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Starlink has opened preorders for service expected to be available in the second half of 2021. Elon Musk expects Starlink to achieve 16ms to 19ms by the summer of 2021. SpaceX will reach 10 gigabits per second download speeds eventually. For $499, Starlink users get a terminal package to communicate…

SpaceX hasn’t issued any public statement about the $850 million in fresh funding CNBC reported it raised last week, but a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published today confirms the round. SpaceX’s funding was said to value the company at around $74 billion, with a per-share…

Haley Arceneaux will become youngest American to fly in space. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalA 29-year-old cancer survivor, now a physician’s assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will blast off aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year for a flight dedicated to raising money for the…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised about $850 million in equity financing, the private rocket launch service said in…

by Jeff Foust — February 23, 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Feb. 15. The rocket successfully placed 60 Starlink satellites into orbit but the booster failed to land on a droneship. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 booster failed to land after its most recent launch Feb.…

SpaceX has ambitions for its Starlink constellation beyond annoying stargazers if the pre-order agreement for its satellite-based internet service is anything to go by. Spotted by Register reader Amarinder Brar during his UK application for the system, an intriguing section in the fine-print warns that disputes related to "services provided…