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The FCC filing came days after word fromBusiness Insider (later verified) that the FAA was effectively granting SpaceX permission to expand its Boca Chica launch facility for the sake of Starship launches. The company also hasn't tried to hide its constructio…

SpaceX is taking the steps necessary to begin test flying the orbital-class version of its Starship spacecraft, with new documents filed by the company (via Teslarati) with the FCC seeking necessary permissions for it to communicate with the prototype while i…

Europe's rocket-launching industry is gearing up to go reusable. The European launch provider Arianespace — best known as the manufacturer of the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and the future Ariane 6 — has a plan to make its future rockets more competitive in a tigh…

Image copyrightAFP Huawei says it wants to bring high-speed internet to Canada's north. But some people are worried this gift from China could be a Trojan Horse. Want to watch the latest viral hit on YouTube? Transfer money online? Video chat with your gra…

There were plenty of unusual things about this weeks satellite kerfuffle between the European Space Agency and SpaceXthe public statement released by ESA, initial reports that SpaceX declined to move its Starlink satellite despite being warned about a risk of…

A version of this first appeared as the TIME Space newsletter sent on Aug. 30. Space is aspirational. Merely the act of looking through a telescope is an exercise in questing. It’s vast, exciting, and gorgeous out there. Even scenes of cataclysm—a supernova,…

By Jonathan OCallaghan The Aeolus satellite almost crashed on 2 September 2019 ESA/ATG medialab A satellite owned by the European Space Agency (ESA) has had to dodge out of the way of another satellite. The latter of the two is part of the huge constellati…

SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will launch the first crewed mission in the company's history. The company conducted a static-fire test Thursday (Aug. 29) of a Falcon 9 rocket at the SpaceX testing ground in McGregor, Texas, company representatives said.…

A European Earth-observation satellite performed an evasive maneuver yesterday (Sept. 2) to make sure it didn't collide with one of SpaceX's recently launched internet craft. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Aeolus satellite fired its thrusters yesterday mo…

You’d never be able to tell from the ground, but the area around Earth is getting a bit crowded. Fully functional satellites from NASA, the European Space Agency, and other groups have to regularly account for all manner of manmade space junk, and occasionall…