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Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch its next batch of Starlink satellites into orbit for the company's ever-growing broadband internet megaconstellation and you can watch it live online. On Tuesday (Aug. 18), the California-based rocket company will launch 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet…

Elon Musk’s companies have had their fair share of highs and lows in the public’s eyes but SpaceX may have lately taken the lion’s share of goodwill thanks to a series of successful launches and tests of its rockets and crew capsule. It was also the most recent recipient of…

Starlink speed tests — Ookla tests aren't showing the gigabit speeds SpaceX teased, but it's early. Jon Brodkin - Aug 14, 2020 5:00 pm UTC Enlarge / A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish.SpaceXBeta users of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-broadband service are getting download speeds ranging from 11Mbps to 60Mbps, according to…

Digging into the flame trench — “With God's help, he will teach our technicians to make rockets.” Eric Berger - Aug 14, 2020 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / The Space Launch System rocket core stage is shown installed on the top-left side of the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis…

Star Wars is coming to life — and right now, the corporate Empire is winning the battle. We're referring, of course, to SpaceX's StarLink project, which plans to use a massive satellite array 340 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth to provide high-speed internet access to every corner of the planet.…

Home News Spaceflight The U.S. Department of Defense has picked SpaceX and United Launch Alliance as its primary national security payload launch providers. Left: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch. Right: ULA's planned Vulcan Centaur rocket. (Image: © SpaceX/United Launch Alliance) The Department of Defense is sticking with SpaceX and United…

Luxury technology company Caviar has unveiled its latest limited-run product: the Musk be on Mars iPhone. The custom-designed smartphone features a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft graphic celebrating the first crewed SpaceX mission as well as the “Musk be on Mars” tagline. Caviar’s offerings regularly include reimagining popular smartphones and other devices…

Home References Spaceflight SpaceX Dragon and Space Station Meet (Image: © NASA) SpaceX, the private space company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk, made history in the world of privately-funded space travel with its Dragon and Crew Dragon spacecraft. In March 2019, SpaceX's Crew Dragon, the company's spacecraft designed to carry astronauts…

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, carrying the Arabsat 6A communications satellite, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 11, 2019.Joe Skipper | ReutersThe U.S. Air Force on Friday awarded rocket builders United Launch Alliance and SpaceX contracts worth billions to launch national security missions for…

Home News Spaceflight  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of the company’s recovery vessels. Onlookers gathered at Jetty Park (while social distancing) in anticipation of the Crew Dragon’s arrival after the capsule's historic splashdown on Aug. 2…