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Watch Live as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Attempts First Fully Expendable Mission [Update] SpaceX

Watch Live as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Attempts First Fully Expendable Mission [Update]

SpaceX is getting ready to launch its super heavy-lift rocket for the second time this year, carrying a hefty broadband satellite to a distant orbit above Earth’s equator, as well as a pair of smaller satellites, before being disposed entirely. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their…
bubmag
April 28, 2023
Debris from Starship launch spread across hundreds of acres SpaceX

Debris from Starship launch spread across hundreds of acres

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In a nutshell: SpaceX's recent Starship launch and rapid unscheduled disassembly (explosion) may have caused more damage than initially thought. According to a report from the US Fish and Wildlife Service as shared by multiple publications, SpaceX's…
bubmag
April 27, 2023
Why SpaceX’s Starship launch was hailed as both a great success and a colossal mess SpaceX

Why SpaceX’s Starship launch was hailed as both a great success and a colossal mess

Last week, SpaceX demonstrated that its massive 120-metre-tall Starship can actually clear the launchpad — something the company and many rocket aficionados were gauging as a mark of success, including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk himself.  But clear the pad it did. The rocket cleared the launch tower … then cleared out a…
bubmag
April 27, 2023
How powerful was that SpaceX Starship liftoff? It blasted concrete up to 6.5 miles away SpaceX

How powerful was that SpaceX Starship liftoff? It blasted concrete up to 6.5 miles away

SpaceX’s explosive test flight of its Starship rocket last week hurled “pulverized concrete” up to 6½ miles northwest of the South Texas launch pad and resulted in about 385 acres of debris on SpaceX’s facility and at nearby Boca Chica State Park, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.…
bubmag
April 26, 2023
Rogers teams up with SpaceX, Lynk Global to provide satellite-to-phone remote service SpaceX

Rogers teams up with SpaceX, Lynk Global to provide satellite-to-phone remote service

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. is partnering with SpaceX and Lynk Global to deliver satellite-to-phone connectivity across Canada and bolster coverage in remote regions. The Toronto-based company announced at its annual general meeting on Wednesday the moves are aimed at widening coverage for Rogers customers in areas that aren’t served…
bubmag
April 26, 2023