SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today, marking a new milestone in the company’s reusability mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:14 a.m. EDT (1114 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Aboard the rocket was a batch of 23 […]
SpaceX just announced a new version of its Starlink satellite internet antenna that’s small enough to fit in a backpack. The Starlink Mini is a portable kit designed to provide access to the company’s satellite internet service for users on the go. SpaceX is offering a “limited number” of the Starlink Mini antennas for $599 […]
SpaceX pulled off another spaceflight doubleheader on Sunday (June 23). The company launched two batches of its Starlink internet satellites Sunday, sending them aloft atop Falcon 9 rockets from both U.S. coasts. The first leg kicked off at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT), when a Falcon 9 topped with 22 Starlink craft lifted off from […]
June 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched a pair of Falcon 9 rockets carrying a combined 42 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The first rocket with its 22 orbitals launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday. The reusable first-stage booster returned to the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the […]
SpaceX’s Starlink 10-2 mission finally rocketed into the Florida afternoon sky on Sunday. The 230-foot rocket bolted into the white clouds over the Space Coast, getting off the ground before another storm system had the chance to move in. Liftoff came right on schedule, as weather had improved to 70 percent favorable. However, a storm […]
It’s launch day for SpaceX’s Starlink 10-2 mission, which experienced a rare T-0 abort more than a week ago. SpaceX is targeting liftoff for 1:15 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, yet backup opportunities exist until 5:01 p.m. if needed. The mission has been on hold since the T-0 abort on June 14, leading […]
SpaceX has started offering some users a new Starlink kit that’s small enough to fit in a backpack, so users can take it wherever they want to and get access to the company’s satellite internet service. The Starlink Mini will cost users $599 up front, according to the emails SpaceX has sent out. That’s $100 […]
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites from California on Tuesday night (June 18), ending a 10-day spaceflight drought for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday at 11:40 p.m. EDT (8:40 p.m. local California […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Conditions were right for Bakersfield residents to catch a glimpse of the latest SpaceX mission. A Falcon 9 rocket took off just after 8:30 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base. This mission put 20 Starlink internet service satellites into orbit, the company said. Viewer video sent to 17 News of Tuesday’s […]
June 18 (UPI) — SpaceX on Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket topped with another batch of 20 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch occurred at 8:40 p.m. PDT from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The batch of orbitals included a baker’s dozen with Direct-to-Cell capabilities, which enable constant access to texting, […]
After rocket trouble scrubbed Friday’s Starlink launch right at launch time, following multiple earlier weather-related scrubs, SpaceX decided to remove that Falcon 9 off the pad to make room for the next launch with a different rocket: an Astra/SES communication satellite. According to an FAA advisory, Astra 1P/SES-24, which will provide satellite TV service for […]
A SpaceX rocket suffered a last-second abort during the attempted launch of 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Friday afternoon (June 14). The SpaceX booster, a workhorse Falcon 9 rocket that has flown 15 times before, aborted its liftoff while igniting its nine first-stage engines at 5:07 p.m. EDT (2107 GMT) atop the Space […]