By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 9 June 2022 The payloads are scheduled to lift off in 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced June 8 it delivered the first of two military communications payloads that will launch
By Alan Macleod, Published by MintpressNews, 31 May 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in the Tesla CEO’s track record suggests
By Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo, Published by Tesmanian, 31 May 2022 AstroForge aims to become the first-ever asteroid-mining company. The California startup was founded by Matt Gialich and Jose Acain in January 2022 and already raised $13 million in funding in just a few months, with investments from: Initialized Capital, Soma, Earth
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 28 May 2022 WASHINGTON — NASA is starting a study to reexamine the viability of space-based solar power, a long-touted solution to providing power from space that may be getting new interest thanks to technological advances and pushes for clean energy. In a presentation
By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2022 Paving the way for secure blockchain cryptography from space. The world's first "crypto satellite" is now in orbit. SpaceX launched its fifth smallsat rideshare mission, Transporter-5, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida yesterday, May
By Ashish Dangwal, Published by The EurAsian Times, 25 May 2022 Chinese military researchers are reportedly working on methods to disrupt or eliminate SpaceX’s Starlink satellites if they threaten national security. China must acquire the capability to track, monitor, and, if required, kill all Starlink satellites in orbit around the
By Aman Azhar, Published by Inside Climate News, 23 May 2022 Elon Musk’s private space company has evolved into a sprawling industrial complex. But concerns are increasing about beach closures, noise and potential harm to threatened species. One day last month, Juan Mancias, the chief of the Carrizo Comecrudo tribe
By Vilius Petkauskas, Published by Cybernews, 21 May 2022 Safety measures that make the Starlink satellite constellation safe against attacks from the Kremlin's and other adversaries might be short-lived. The use of Starlink satellites in Ukraine ruffled some feathers in Russia, placing a red dot on SpaceX as a potential
