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Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Starship vehicle lifts off on its first full-stack test flight on April 20, 2023. (Image credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The most powerful rocket ever built did a number on its launch pad last week. SpaceX's gigantic Starship vehicle lifted off Thursday (April…

Home News Spaceflight An illustration of a Sateliot GroundBreaker satellite in orbit above Earth. (Image credit: Sateliot) SpaceX has launched what is reportedly the first satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) to operate on the 5G cellular standard. Known as "The GroundBreaker," the relatively small, 22-pound (10-kilogram) orbital data relay,…

Last week’s much-hyped test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever constructed, ended in a fiery explosion minutes after launch, falling far short of the SpaceX team’s optimistic goal of a watery landing near Hawaii. The truncated conclusion was not entirely surprising, however—SpaceX CEO Elon Musk himself estimated…

The world’s first integration of a Light Fidelity (LiFi) module onto a nanosatellite marks a new era for LiFi technology, HomeGrid Forum said today. Speaking after the successful launch of the INSPIRE SAT-7 nanosatellite by SpaceX earlier this month in California, HomeGrid Forum President Livia Rosu discussed how the implementation…

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The SpaceX Starship has twice the thrust of the Apollo Saturn V rocket. This massive power ripped up the concrete pad and dirt under the rocket in the launch attempt. This means that SpaceX will need to build a flame diverter/deflector. A flame deflector is a sloped construction beneath a…

SpaceX's Starship exploded on Thursday, April 20, 2023, during its maiden voyage from its self-destruct system. Credit: SpaceX About four minutes after SpaceX's gargantuan rocket lifted from its Texas launch pad, it burst into a fireball over the Gulf of Mexico, never reaching space. Though SpaceX hasn't shared many details…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket launch from Starbase on April 20, 2023. (Image credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The world's largest, most powerful rocket caused some serious mayhem during its first launch. SpaceX's massive fully-integrated Starship launch vehicle lifted off from SpaceX's…

SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk was at the news epicentre Thursday, from stripping Pope Francis of Twitter verification to Tesla's drag on stocks and the explosion of the world’s largest rocket. Three utterly disparate stories dominated global news in a way that underlined the extraordinary influence of the one person…

Author of the article: Reuters Steve Gorman and Arlene Eiras Published Apr 20, 2023  •  Last updated 1 week ago  •  3 minute read LOS ANGELES — The spectacular explosion of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket minutes after it soared off its launch pad on a first flight test is the latest…