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The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) is granting Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, a Basic International Telecommunications Service license (BITS).In an Oct. 15 letter to Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer of Space Exploration Technologies, the CRTC said it granted the license “after consideration of the comments…

Let's go again — Don't miss a gallery of breathtaking images showing the rocket recovery process. Eric Berger - Oct 19, 2020 2:21 pm UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches the Starlink-13 mission on October 18.SpaceXA Falcon 9 rocket ascended into the blue skies above Florida on Sunday…

Starlink just got a step closer to becoming a reality in Canada The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved Starlink’s application for a BITS licence. SpaceX had applied for a Basic International Telecommunications Services (BITS) license on May 15th. The CRTC notes that it received 2,585 interventions regarding…

SpaceX Almost Has 100 Orbital Launches But Blue Origin is Just Suborbital Brian Wang | October 18, 2020 | A little over a year ago, I was at an event where there was a panel of people from various space startups and space investment funds. They asked the panel if…

If you want to go to Mars, timing is everything, and Elon Musk no longer thinks his company SpaceX will make it to the red planet when the next window of opportunity opens in 2022.  The world's leading fan of leaving this world had previously hoped to send a robotic…

Another Successful SpaceX Starlink Launch Brian Wang | October 18, 2020 | SpaceX successfully launched its fourteenth Starlink mission, which puts another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission to the International Space Station, launch of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, and…

Watch footage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it launches its 14th Starlink mission, sending 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla.Oct. 18, 2020Read More

A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A at 8:25 a.m. EDT (1225 GMT Sunday. Credit: SpaceXSpaceX launched 60 more Starlink internet relay platforms into orbit Sunday as the company ramps up network testing in Washington state and touts a streak of nearly 300 satellites launched since June without…

by Jeff Foust — October 18, 2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Oct. 18 carrying 60 Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another set of Starlink satellites Oct. 18 as the investigation into another Falcon 9 launch abort more than two weeks ago continues.…

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