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A Falcon 9 rocket rolls out to pad 39A Thursday for the next launch of SpaceX Starlink satellites. Credit: Spaceflight NowSpaceX plans to deploy the next group of Starlink internet relay spacecraft Sunday with a liftoff on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the company’s…

Elon Musk-led space company SpaceX has launched 143 satellites via one spacecraft on Sunday, and has therefore set a new record for deploying the most number of spaceships on a single mission. The record was made as the company sent its Falcon 9 rocket. This has now beaten the previously…

by Sandra Erwin — January 26, 2021 SpaceX on Jan. 24, 2021, launched the Transporter-1 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX Of significant interest to the military are optical inter-satellite links that allow satellites to pass massive amounts of data…

Satellites with frickin laser beams — Laser links connect Starlink satellites, reducing need for ground stations. Jon Brodkin - Jan 26, 2021 8:35 pm UTC Enlarge / Starlink logo imposed on stylized image of the Earth. SpaceX has begun launching Starlink satellites with laser links that will help provide broadband…

Home News Spaceflight The four members of the Axiom Space Ax-1 crew: Michael Lopez-Alegria, former NASA astronaut, Axiom Space vice president and Ax-1 commander; Larry Connor, U.S. real estate entrepreneur and Ax-1 pilot; Mark Pathy, Canadian investor and philanthropist; and Eytan Stibbe, Israeli businessman and fighter pilot. (Image: © collectSPACE.com)…

SN Nein or SN Fine? — It's only been about six weeks since SN8 flew. Eric Berger - Jan 25, 2021 5:57 pm UTC Enlarge / SN8 very nearly made a safe landing in South Texas in December. Trevor Mahlmann 3:40pm ET Monday: SpaceX began preparations for a launch on…

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: SpaceXSpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from Cape Canaveral with 143 small satellites, a record number of spacecraft on a single mission, giving a boost to startup space companies and stressing the U.S. military’s tracking…

SpaceX has set a new all-time record for the most satellites launched and deployed on a single mission, with its Transporter-1 flight on Sunday. The launch was the first of SpaceX’s dedicated rideshare missions, in which it splits up the payload capacity of its rocket among multiple customers, resulting in…

SpaceX is set to launch the very first of its dedicated rideshare missions — an offering it introduced in 2019 that allows small satellite operators to book a portion of a payload on a Falcon 9 launch. SpaceX’s rocket has a relatively high payload capacity compared to the size of…