SpaceX is significantly upping the ante on its Starship test flight program, with the upcoming rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time. The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in size and weight to the next-generation satellites that SpaceX plans to use Starship to deploy […]
SpaceX received an eight-launch contract worth $733 million from the U.S. Space Force on Friday, as part of an ongoing program aimed at fostering competition among launch providers. The award includes seven launches for the Space Development Agency and one for the National Reconnaissance Office, all of which are expected to use Falcon 9 and
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For the first time, SpaceX not only launched its gigantic Starship, but also returned the booster to the launch site and caught it with a pair of oversized “chopsticks.” This test flight, the fifth in the Starship development program, took place Sunday morning at the company’s Starbase site in southeast Texas. The nearly 400-foot-tall Starship
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SpaceX may be working too hard on its Falcon 9 rocket. The normally reliable launch vehicle suffered another breakdown and was grounded for the second time in a month. Falcon 9 launched the Crew-9 mission on Saturday, September 28, carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov to the International Space Station aboard
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from SpaceX The Starlink satellite internet network is expected to hit a new customer milestone this week, company President Gwynne Shotwell told Texas lawmakers on Tuesday. “This week, by the way, we will surpass 4 million Starlink customers, which is pretty exciting,” he said while testifying before a meeting of the state House Appropriations Committee.
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The company behind the successful game Cards against humanity filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Texas for alleged illegal intrusion, according to a website created by the companyAccording to the lawsuit, SpaceX has been using the property as if it were its own, clearing vegetation, moving dirt and placing construction equipment. Cards Against
