Watch SpaceX’s most recent Starlink mission in just 60 seconds
SpaceX flights using its Falcon 9 booster are so routine now that these days most launches slip by with few people noticing. But it’s worth remembering how far the private…
Amazon’s First Internet Satellites Successfully Reach Orbit
The Atlas 5 booster stage. Photo: ULA Update: Tuesday, October 10, 9:12 a.m. ET: United Launch Alliance launched the first two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on an Atlas V…
Lawsuit Alleges SpaceX Underpays Women and Minorities
SpaceX’s Starship rocket at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.Photo: SpaceX In another discrimination accusation against SpaceX, the private space company is being sued by a former employee for alleged underpayment…
Watch Live as Amazon’s First Internet Satellites Launch to Orbit
The Atlas 5 booster stage. Photo: ULA Amazon is finally getting ready to launch its Project Kuiper prototype satellites following multiple delays and rocket troubles. Top 5 Shopping Tips for…
Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch
The Bezos-Musk rivalry intensifies this week as Amazon gears up for the launch of two demo internet satellites. This marks the beginning of the Amazon billionaire’s 3,236-satellite-strong megaconstellation that might…
Enormous Satellite Discovered to Outshine All but the 7 Brightest Stars
Late last year, a communications satellite unfurled its giant wings, stretching out a 693-square-foot (64-square-meter) antenna array in low Earth orbit. Once fully deployed, BlueWalker 3 became one of the…
Space Force Taps SpaceX for $70 Million Starshield Contract
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured a Pentagon contract for its military satellite network, Starshield. This news, first reported by Bloomberg, marks the Pentagon’s first confirmed Starshield contract with SpaceX. Tesla…
Annoyingly Oversized Satellite Facilitates First 5G Call to a Regular Cellphone
As part of its efforts to create a space-based cellular broadband network, AST SpaceMobile made the first ever 5G phone call between its prototype satellite and a Samsung Galaxy S22.…
Environmental Scrutiny May Push SpaceX’s Second Starship Launch to Next Year
SpaceX’s plans for a second launch of its Starship megarocket could face new delays, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) launches a review of environmental impacts and potential…
Senate Probe Wants to Know Exactly What Elon Musk Did in Ukraine
Last week, it was reported that Elon Musk shut off access to SpaceX’s Starlink in Crimea last year, but following an outcry of condemnation, the source of the story issued…