By Alex Marquardt, Published by CNN, 7 November 2022 Washington CNN — Ukraine’s fears that its troops may lose access to Elon Musk’s crucial Starlink internet service deepened in the past week after 1,300 of the military’s satellite units went offline, according to two sources familiar with the outage. The small,
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 November - REUTERS/Steve Nesius By Leah Crane, Published by New Scientist, 1 November 2022 After a long hiatus, SpaceX’s enormous Falcon Heavy rocket has launched for the fourth time, carrying two secretive satellites from the US Space Force
By Stephen Chen, Published by Business Insider, 28 October 2022 A nuclear blast in near space could create a radioactive cloud over an area as big as New York state, crippling or destroying satellites in near-Earth orbit, according to a new computer simulation conducted by a team of Chinese military
By Brandon Vigliarolo, Published by The Register, 28 October 2022 Urges peace in space, while also threatening to shoot western war zone internet out of the sky Russia has warned the United Nations that commercial space systems – like Starlink – risk becoming legitimate military targets if they continue to
By Amiah Taylor, Published by Discover Magazine, 21 October 2022 Gone are the days of traffic jams solely being a problem for drivers on their way to work: we now have to consider satellite congestion in outer space, too. As it turns out, a growing number of active satellites is
Published by the BBC, 15 October 2022 Elon Musk says his rocket firm SpaceX will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. "The hell with it... Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting
By Matthew Ceith, Published by GiantFreakinRobot, 13 September 2022 A newly launched SpaceX satellite named Blue Walker 3 is likely going to be visibly brighter than any star in the sky. As the 21st Century space race between billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, as well as the United
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 10 September 2022 Sierra Space signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Transportation Command WASHINGTON — Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice has previously hinted about possible military applications for the company’s Dream Chaser space plane. On Sept. 8, Sierra Space announced
