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This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Amazon is about to go head to head with SpaceX in a battle for satellite internet dominance  What’s coming: Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are about to lock…

Following a signed agreement between SpaceX and NASA, the government agency is considering SpaceX as an emergency return option for the ISS crew.  Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to receive financial backing from Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi investors in a new funding round. This follows an equity funding round in…

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched the last two satellites March 17 that SES needs to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds worth nearly $4 billion in total. The operator said it has successfully made contact with SES-18 and SES-19 after they were dropped off in geosynchronous transfer orbit by a Falcon…

1/2 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches twin satellites for SES of Luxembourg from Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo March 17 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched two space missions on Friday, one from California and one…

Home News Spaceflight The first half of SpaceX's St. Patrick's Day doubleheader went well. The company aced its 18th orbital mission of 2023 on Friday (March 17), launching 52 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit and landing a rocket on a ship at sea. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying…

Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES 18 and SES 19 geostationary communications satellites. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX…

SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission docked to the Harmony module’s space-facing port at 7:31 a.m. EDT today as the station was flying 261 miles over northeastern China. Credit: NASA TV A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the station’s Harmony module today at 7:31 a.m. EDT, while the International…

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking Thursday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A day-and-a-half after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station Thursday to deliver fresh food, experiments, CubeSats, and a suite of U.S. military tech demo payloads.…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew-6 Dragon capsule atop launches from Launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on March 2. Tuesday's launch carried about 6,300 pounds of food to the space station. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo March 14 (UPI) -- SpaceX mission CRS-27 launched…

NASA has another cargo shipment enroute to the International Space Station following a successful Falcon 9 launch of SpaceX’s 27th resupply mission for the agency...Read More