A SpaceX Starlink Mission is seen taking off from Florida on September 3, 2020. SpaceX now has more than 5,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, according to a letter to the FAA from the company. By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 10 October 2023 CNN — SpaceX is asking federal regulators to
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying Amazon's two satellites for its space-based internet service on Friday. (Joe Skipper/Reuters) By Christian Davenport, Published by The Washington Post, 6 October 2023 Amazon stretched its reach to space on Friday, sending its first two internet satellites to orbit, a
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 2 October 2023 Starshield satellites are capable of hosting "the most demanding customer payload missions." SpaceX has won its first contract with the United States Space Force for its new Starshield satellite constellation. The one-year contract is worth $70 million and was confirmed by
Artist's illustration of Starlink's satellites communicating with lasers By Ameya Paleja, published by Interesting Engineering, 3 October 2023 Data transfers between satellites in the constellation can now reach speeds of 100 Gbps without involving ground stations. Elon Musk's SpaceX has achieved yet another milestone in space-based internet services after launching
The two TRACERS smallsats will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission no earlier than April 2025. Credit: Millennium Space Systems By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 30 September 2023 WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of smallsats to study space weather as part
G60 Starlink, which is backed by the Shanghai municipal government, will eventually comprise more than 12,000 satellites in low earth orbit. Image: Shutterstock/Nasa By Ling Xin, Published by South China Morning Post, 30 September 2023 The project is backed by the Shanghai municipal government and will eventually comprise more than
Published by RT.com, 29 September 2023 The billionaire entrepreneur continues to insist that the Starlink network should not be a “participant to combat” SpaceX has signed its first contract with the Pentagon to provide satellite services as part of its new ‘Starshield’ program. CEO Elon Musk described the effort as
By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 29 September 2023 According to a statement given to CNBC, earlier this month the Space Force purchased services on SpaceX’s new Starshield constellation. This is the first contract SpaceX has gotten for its government focused service it has yet to share much about
