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SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit, misses rocket landing SpaceX

SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit, misses rocket landing

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit late Monday (Feb. 15), but failed to stick its landing on a floating platform at sea.  The two-stage Falcon 9 booster, topped with the 60 broadband spacecraft,…
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February 16, 2021
Philippines’ Converge in talks with SpaceX on broadband satellite service SpaceX

Philippines’ Converge in talks with SpaceX on broadband satellite service

MANILA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Philippine fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc said on Monday it is holding talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on a potential broadband satellite venture in the Southeast Asian nation. In a stock exchange disclosure, Converge said it is looking at satellite technologies, including that…
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February 15, 2021
DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments SpaceX

DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments

by Sandra Erwin — February 11, 2021 The Mandrake 2 experiment is a pair of small spacecraft equipped with optical crosslinks funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Space Development Agency and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Credit: SDA Demonstrating optical crosslinks is a top priority for SDA…
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February 11, 2021