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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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by Sandra Erwin — October 14, 2020 Satellite imagery of the southern region of the United States affected by tropical storm Delta. Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The $2 million contract is to “assess the feasibility and long term viability of a ‘weather data as a service business model.”…

by Brian Berger and Debra Werner — October 13, 2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Aug. 7 on the company's tenth Starlink mission, which also carried two BlackSky imaging satellites. Credit: SpaceX webcast WASHINGTON — SpaceX, Hughes Network Systems and Viasat are eligible to compete for a share of…

The mission was originally slated for September, then Halloween — but NASA and SpaceX delayed it again to fix an engine problem.Read More

Home News Spaceflight From left to right, NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The four will launch to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission. (Image: © NASA) SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA won't fly on Halloween…

by Debra Werner — October 9, 2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts of Aug. 18 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet satellites. Credit: SpaceX via Flickr SAN FRANCISCO – Exolaunch signed an agreement to secure rides for dozens of small satellites on SpaceX rideshare…

SpaceX satellite broadband — "Fairly wide public beta" to come after latest satellites reach target position. Jon Brodkin - Oct 7, 2020 7:59 pm UTC Enlarge / 60 Starlink satellites stacked for launch at SpaceX facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida.SpaceX's Starlink broadband has been available in a limited beta for…

by Sandra Erwin — October 7, 2020 Falcon Heavy demo mission. Credit: SpaceX Gen. Stephen Lyons: “Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour." WASHINGTON — The U.S. military command that oversees logistics operations has signed an agreement with SpaceX…

It is no longer a surprise to industry observers that partial reusability, economies of scale and vertical integration have enabled SpaceX to achieve extremely low Falcon 9 launch costs, nor is it a surprise that SpaceX’s launch and satellite connectivity businesses are inherently linked, as the company takes advantage of…