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EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 14 with one-day launch delay. Falcon Heavy’s 27 Merlin engines. Credit: SpaceX Two U.S. military satellites set to ride SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket into geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth were mated with their launch vehicle Friday at Kennedy Space Center ahead of a scheduled…

SpaceX is seeking $750 million in new capital at a reported valuation of $137 billion. That comes after Elon Musk’s space conglomerate took in $250 million from investors in 2022 and $1.5 billion in 2021. “SpaceX is almost like a sovereign entity in their ability to raise capital endlessly,” says…

SpaceX has entered into a coordination agreement with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to attempt to mitigate some of the negative effects its Starlink satellite network is having on ground-based astronomy observations. The NSF said this week that Musk's space company is to cooperate on mitigating the impact of…

Artist’s concept of a Long Duration Propulsive ESPA spacecraft, based on Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar satellite bus. Credit: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Space Force say converted launch vehicle payload adapter rings, upgraded with power and propulsion to create full-fledged satellites, are proving effective in more rapidly delivering military…

It’s been a long time coming, but the first orbital test of SpaceX’s mighty Super Heavy rocket and Starship spacecraft looks to be just weeks away. Following SpaceX’s recent sharing of a video showing the Starship being stacked atop the company’s next-generation rocket, and comments by SpaceX chief Elon Musk…

by Jeff Foust — January 12, 2023 The coordination agreement between NSF and SpaceX includes several conditions intended to reduce the effects of Starlink satellites on astronomy, including SpaceX agreeing not to require observatories to turn off lasers used for adaptive optics systems when Starlink satellites pass overhead. Credit: Gemini…

SpaceX had four rockets on four pads and two Dragons on orbit today—as CRS-26 Dragon departed the space station with Crew-5 Dragon still attached to the orbiting lab, Falcon Heavy rolled out of the hangar, two Falcon 9’s readied for launch, and Ship 24 was stacked onto Booster 7. We…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 6 payload from Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on January 3 for the first launch of 2023. SpaceX scrubbed Tuesday's launch of 51 Starlink Internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base to "take a closer look at…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-4 mission with 51 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX Webcast Read More

SpaceX is launching and operating its satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit to provide high-speed internet service.  SpaceX's satellite network currently provides high-speed internet to more than 600,000 locations in the United States, often in remote or previously unserved and underserved areas. Some of the frequencies in which the satellites transmit…