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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center before launching in May 2020 with the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission. Credit: NASA/Bill IngallsLaunch companies and U.S. Space Force range officials at Cape Canaveral are reassessing long-standing weather rules, looking at beefing up rocket defenses against…

The latest prototype of SpaceX’s  Starship launch vehicle — Starship SN10 — took off from the company’s South Texas test site and flew to an altitude of more than 30,000 feet Wednesday, then descended to a controlled vertical landing after two previous test vehicles crashed at touchdown. Minutes later, the…

Yusaku Maezawa is inviting people to join him on a Moon voyage aboard Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket in 2023 Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight people to join him on the first civilian lunar flight on SpaceX in 2023. Reuters If making it to the Moon has been an…

Satellite fight — Dish is trying to "expropriate the 12 GHz band" for itself, SpaceX tells FCC. Jon Brodkin - Mar 2, 2021 10:17 pm UTC SpaceX and Dish Network are fighting at the Federal Communications Commission over Dish's attempt to block a key designation that SpaceX's Starlink division needs…

When it comes to satellite launches, we typically think of SpaceX. It’s not the only company putting satellites into space for NASA and other agencies and companies. A satellite launch company called Astra based in Alameda has announced that it secured a contract to delivered six cube satellites into orbit…

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…