By Alexandra Witze, Published by Nature, 11 January 2023 2022 was a record year for space with 180 successful rocket launches to orbit — the most ever, and 44 more than in 2021. The launches were dominated by rockets from US company SpaceX and from the Chinese government and businesses.
By Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo, Published by Tesmanian, 7 January 2023 The United Kingdom gave SpaceX approval to build more Starlink Gateways as the government works to provide internet access to countryside communities. SpaceX already has three operational Starlink Gateways in the country, which are ground stations with antennas that connect
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by The Eurasian Times, 30 January 2023 China’s ambitious ‘mega constellation’ of up to 13,000 satellites that would operate in low Earth orbit, akin to SpaceX Starlink, has raised snooping concerns, said a recent report of Daily Mail. The network is reported to be a part
By Turner Wright, Published by Cointelegraph, 3 January 2023 The addition to the satellite constellation was part of efforts to make space a “new battleground in the quest for bulletproof cryptography” by expanding computational power. The company behind a crypto-satellite module launched in May has announced that an additional piece
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 3 January 2023 WASHINGTON — After a record-setting year of launch activity in 2022, SpaceX kicked off the new year Jan. 3 with a Falcon 9 launch of more than 110 smallsats. The Falcon 9 lifted off on the Transporter-6 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission
By Sandra Erwin and Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 23 December 2022 Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine was the biggest story of 2022. Aside from reviving Cold War fears of nuclear war and playing havoc with energy markets, it’s been a black swan event for a space industry still adjusting
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 19 December 2022 TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX could start launching second-generation Starlink satellites in the coming weeks to add more capacity to its increasingly congested broadband network. In Dec. 16 regulatory filings with the Federal Communications Commission, SpaceX said it “anticipates that it will
By Courtney Albon, Published by DefenseNews, 5 December 2022 WASHINGTON — SpaceX is creating a new national security business unit called Starshield that will build on its launch and satellite communications offerings and introduce additional capabilities including Earth observation. The company, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, unveiled Starshield Dec. 2,
