A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Gary Fuller, Published by The Guardian, 1 November 2024 It is easy to understand how the flame and power of rocket launches could cause air pollution. Less obvious is the air pollution caused by
Image: Jumpeestudio By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 22 October 2024 The Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite services program, launched in 2023, has already used $660 million of its allocated $900 million budget in just over a year WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is likely to expand its
By Darren Orf, Published by Popular Mechanics, 22 March 2024 SpaceX has been hard at work creating a satellite reconnaissance system for the U.S. government. This collaboration was first reported back in 2021, when Reuters revealed new details about the $1.8 billion Starshield project, saying that SpaceX was creating a
The space company will reportedly build hundreds of satellites bearing Earth-imaging capabilities that can operate as a swarm in low orbits Credit: Cheney Orr/ReutersPublished by The Telegraph, 16 March 2024 SpaceX is reportedly building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a US intelligence agency
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the Ziyuan-1 02E satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan launch site in central China on 3rd April 2021 Photo: Xinhua By Thomas Corbett, Matt Bruzzese and Peter W. Singer, Published by Defense One, 26 February 2024 A recent rocket launch lofted satellites for a
By Michael Kan, Published by PC Magazine, 13 October 2023 The International Telecommunication Union filing may be an effort to seize more radio spectrum ahead of a future Starlink upgrade. SpaceX has made a mysterious new regulatory filing for 29,888 satellites, possibly in an attempt to secure more radio spectrum
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
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
