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by Jeff Foust — December 22, 2022 NASA released a request for information Dec. 22 asking companies how they would carry out a reboost of the Hubble Space Telescope, noting that companies would have to cover the cost of such a mission as a demonstration of their capabilities. Credit: NASA…

I feel this “I give up energy” from Hotz so hard.Photo: San Francisco Chronicle / Hearst Newspapers (Getty Images) Twitter has been a sinking ship ever since billionaire jerk Elon Musk took it over in October 2022 (though, arguably, you could say it’s been that way for a while now).…

Last month, SpaceX announced that Starlink is now available across Alaska and Canada.Photo: SpaceX SpaceX is trying to squeeze in the debut of its second generation Starlink satellites by the end of the month, hoping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will grant it temporary authority to loft its heftier broadband…

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6B mission...Read More

A SpaceX rocket carrying 54 of company's Starlink communications satellites lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:32 p.m. Saturday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo Dec. 17 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida on Saturday carrying 54 Starlink Internet satellites. The Falcon…

Home News Spaceflight When SpaceX launch two satellites into orbit Friday evening from Florida, it lit up the night sky with more than just its fiery engines.  The twilight launch of two commercial SES satelltes, called O3b mPower 1 and 2, on Dec. 16 created brilliant jellyfish-like plume in the…

Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for an unprecedented 15th time on Saturday (Dec. 17), extending the company's reusability record. A Falcon 9 topped with 54 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday at 4:32 p.m. ET (2132 GMT). …

by Jason Rainbow — December 16, 2022 A Falcon 9 launched the first two satellites for SES' O3b mPower constellation Dec. 16. Credit: SpaceX CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched the first O3b mPower satellites for SES’ next-generation broadband constellation Dec. 16, each promising 10 times more throughput than their…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch a replay of our live coverage of the Falcon 9 launch with the O3b mPOWER 1 and 2 satellites. SFN Live SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Friday from Cape Canaveral on a mission to boost two high-power broadband satellites for SES’s O3b mPOWER network toward a unique…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite for NASA and the French space agency CNES. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page.…