Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX By Kate Duffy, Published in Business Insider - 11 January 2021 The UK has given the green light for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, and users in the country have already received their kit for
Image: SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX by Jeff Foust, Published in Space News - January 9, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will allow SpaceX to launch 10 Starlink satellites into polar orbit on an upcoming mission, but deferred a
SpaceNews illustration/Adobe stock by Sandra Erwin, Published in SpaceNews, 8 January, 2020 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency foresaw the commercial space boom and recognized an opportunity. Ventures flush with private capital are gearing up to build large constellations of small satellites in low Earth orbit to provide low-latency
SpaceX founder Elon Musk celebrates after the historic first launch of astronauts aboard a SpaceX craft in May. (Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton) By Christian Davenport, The Washington Post - 30 December, 2020 We all know that 2020 was a no-good, horrible, fearful, tumultuous year that will be remembered
Lockheed Martin's fully-assembled SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber. Image: Lockheed Martin By Staff Writers, Sunnyvale, California (SPX) - December 3, 2020 Link Lockheed Martin has announced the U.S. Space Force has determined the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
NEW DELHI, INDIA -Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) from Mission Shakti during Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi, india. (Photo by Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images) By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 16 October 2020 “Any conflict in space will be much slower and more
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News - October 7, 2020 The US Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two contracts on Monday to build eight satellites for its upcoming infrared missile detection constellation. However,
This photo was taken by an amateur astronomer in a suburban location in Western Australia. The circular tracks are stars. The much brighter straight tracks are all satellites, except for one track which is a meteor. By Stuart Clark, Published by the Guardian, 12 September 2020 Miniature satellites open up
