Tag: Spacex
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SpaceX Hits 50th Mission Milestone Sending 22 More Starlink Satellites Into Space
SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink satellites on Falcone 9 Sunday marking the company’s 50th mission this year. Just last week, SpaceX hit another milestone and surpassed 5,000 active Starlink internet service satellites in low-earth orbit. The company has already launched over 5,000 satellites, but some had failed over the years. Both the 50th launch and…
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SpaceX Slams FAA’s Claims of Space Junk Dangers as ‘Preposterous’
After the Federal Aviation Administration released a scathing report on the dangers of space junk, specifically calling out SpaceX, the company sent a letter on October 9 disputing its claims Starlink satellites pose a deadly threat. SpaceX called the FAA report “preposterous, unjustified, and inaccurate.” The company claims The Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research…
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SpaceX Will Surpass 5,000 Active Starlink Satellites This Month
SpaceX’s Starlink internet service will pass a significant milestone this month, with the company’s constellation surpassing 5,000 active satellites in low-Earth orbit after the launch of two Falcon 9 rockets. The first Falcon 9 will launch from SLC-40 at CCSFS in Florida on October 28 at 7:13 p.m. ET. The rocket will bring 23 Starlink…
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SpaceX Hopes to Launch a Record Number of Rockets Into Space Next Year
SpaceX announced a very aggressive goal for rocket launches in 2024. The Elon Musk-owned company hopes to launch 144 rockets into space in 2024. That goal would more than double the 61 rockets it launched in 2022. It would also almost be exactly double what SpaceX has launched this year, with 74 rockets so far,…
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AT&T Wants to Delay SpaceX’s Plans to Offer Texts, Calls, and LTE Data From Space As It Asks For Changes
A year ago, T-Mobile and SpaceX unveiled a partnership to combine the former’s spectrum with the latter’s network of low-orbit satellites for more comprehensive wireless coverage, an initiative they coined “Coverage Above and Beyond.” But with SpaceX’s Starlink service getting ready to test sending and receiving calls and texts from space, AT&T and the Rural…
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Starlink To Offer Texting From Space Starting in 2024
SpaceX plans to enable direct-to-cell capabilities for its satellite internet provider, Starlink, starting with texting support next year. The company’s website also said voice and data will roll out in 2025 along with IOT. Starlink’s direct-to-cell will work with existing LTE phones “wherever you can see the sky” without extra hardware, software or special apps.…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Is Looking For Partners To Offer Texts, Calls, & LTE Data From Space
A year ago, T-Mobile and SpaceX unveiled a partnership to combine the former’s spectrum with the latter’s network of low orbit satellites for more comprehensive wireless coverage, an initiative they coined “Coverage Above and Beyond.” Now, SpaceX has launched a website looking for other mobile providers who want to use their network to offer texts,…
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SpaceX Urges FAA to Change “Deeply Flawed” Report on Space Debris Dangers
SpaceX is objecting to a Federal Aviation Administration report saying it’s to blame for a looming rise in space trash. The FAA last month published a study on the potentially deadly danger of falling space debris, attributing a large chunk of the risk to future deorbiting SpaceX satellites that could fall to the ground. SpaceX…
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Amazon’s Internet Service Will Send Its First Satellite Up Soon. Here’s How to Watch the Launch
Amazon’s Kuiper internet service will lift off later today. The online retailer’s first test satellite will hitch a ride aboard the Atlas V rocket and takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Interested in watching the feed of the launch? You can catch it on United Launch Alliance’s YouTube site here. United Launch Alliance…
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Starlink Is Available for Everyone After SpaceX Killed Its Waitlist
Interested U.S. customers can now purchase a Starlink satellite internet subscription without delay after SpaceX removed the waitlist. You can just enter your address on Starlink’s site and get started with an order. The company shared the news yesterday in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “Deployment of our second generation Starlink satellites, which have…