SpaceX’s Starlink service now has more than 3 million customers globally, the company announced this week. “Starlink is connecting more than 3M people with high-speed internet across nearly 100 countries, territories, and many other markets,” SpaceX said in a social media post on Tuesday that also included a short video showing Starlink satellite dishes set […]
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Elon Musk arrived in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation. The billionaire head of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of social platform X arrived by private jet on the idyllic “island of the gods,” which is renowned for […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch for the 21st time tonight (May 17), setting a new reusability record for the company. The Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a three-hour window that opens at 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 GMT on May 18), sending […]
May 17 (UPI) — SpaceX plans to send up another batch of nearly two dozen Starlink satellites from Florida Friday evening. The company is targeting a liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex. In what’s become a routine event a Falcon 9 rocket will put the 23 satellites into low-Earth orbit. […]
SpaceX launched 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company’s 50th orbital mission of 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft — 13 of which feature direct-to-cell capability — lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 2:39 p.m. EDT (1839 GMT; 11:39 a.m. local California time). The […]
SpaceX’s Starlink fleet survived solar storms over the weekend. Starlink broadband satellites, which number nearly 6,000 in orbit, all came through after intense solar activity sparked auroras and other signs of space weather across the world, including unusually far into the southern United States. “All Starlink satellites on-orbit weathered the geomagnetic storm and remain healthy,” […]
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink satellites on Sunday (May 12), adding to its huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:53 p.m. EDT (0053 GMT on May 13). Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and […]
After an initial delay of 42 minutes, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:53 p.m. Sunday night from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 . The bright night launch delighted onlookers. Rising into the Florida night sky, the rocket’s payload included the next batch of 23 Starlink satellites: Starlink 6-58. The Starlink satellites are […]
May 12 (UPI) — SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday night, bringing the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to just over 6,000. This was the 15th mission for the reusable booster rocket, which launches the spacecraft into orbit, largely under the power […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX will attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites bound for low-Earth orbit on Sunday evening. The launch is scheduled to take place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is set for 8:11 p.m. ET, with additional opportunities available […]
Elon Musk isn’t convinced that aliens have ever visited Earth. The SpaceX CEO and founder sat down for a panel titled “How to save the human race and other light topics” at the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference held in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 7). During the conversation, the institute’s chairman, financier Michael Milken, […]
SpaceX is set to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California tonight (May 9), including 13 with direct-to-cell capability. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Starlink craft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight, during a two-hour window that opens at 11:20 p.m. EDT (8:20 p.m. local California time; 0320 […]