SpaceX

SpaceX recently performed two tests of its new water deluge system, which is meant to protect the surrounding infrastructure during launches of the company’s Starship megarocket. The company is doing so, it would appear, without applying for the environmental permits that would have allowed SpaceX to legally discharge wastewater around…

SpaceX has had 52 launches in 2023 as of July 31. SpaceX will attempt up to 100 launches (may include Starship) in 2023. July 1, 2023 SpaceX launched the Euclid space telescope. Euclid is a wide-angle space telescope with a 600-megapixel camera to record visible light, a near-infrared spectrometer, and…

Despite strained relations between China and Taiwan, one thing the two countries can agree on is their profound suspicion of Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Will Threads help or hurt Meta's stock value? In the past, Musk has often waded into the tension-ridden relationship between China and…

This time around, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, Tesla, is creating a flurry of excitement around cryptocurrencies, maybe with a particular focus on Dogecoin, the well-known parody cryptocurrency. The crypto community has taken note of Musk’s recent acts since they continue…

Updated 3:19 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC): The launch of the Electron rocket was aborted during the engine ignition sequence. Rocket Lab has scrubbed the launch for today. Updated 12:39 a.m. EDT (0439 UTC): New launch time 0700 UTC (7 p.m. New Zealand time/3 a.m. EDT). Here's a replay of the…

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched EchoStar’s more than nine metric ton Jupiter-3 spacecraft July 28 and successfully dropped off the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit. The Maxar Technologies-built satellite lifted off on a dedicated Falcon Heavy at 11:04 p.m. Eastern from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, separating…

News Spaceflight A Maxar satellite image of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket standing on its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center taken on July 26. (Image credit: Maxar Technologies) Before SpaceX's Falcon Heavy made its seventh flight to space, space decided to send some Falcon Heavy to Earth.  In photographs…

News Spaceflight (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX is getting some advice from NASA to investigate the possibility of converting its huge new Starship vehicle into an orbital destination.  If the idea comes to fruition, Starship could offer a wide variety of accommodations for on-orbit research and commercialization.  For NASA, Starship presents…

SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite-powered internet service, has finally marked its presence in Malaysia, following a hint-dropping tease over a year ago. Not long ago, it secured the much-needed Network Facility and Service Provider License, clearing its legal pathway to operate in the region. Subscriptions are now open, and the service,…

A groundbreaking rocket launch conducted by SpaceX, led by visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk, has captured the attention of the world. On July 19, the company's acclaimed Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, embarking on a mission that resulted in a truly exceptional phenomenon.…