Taking advantage of a weather delay for NASA’s next space station flight, SpaceX fired off another 23 Starlink internet satellites Thursday in a hazy leap day launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It was the California rocket builder’s 19th flight so far this year. Earlier in the day, NASA called off plans for […]
Argentina on Monday gave authorization for the deployment of Starlink, the satellite internet service of Elon Musk — a fan of the South American country’s self-styled new “anarcho-capitalist” President Javier Milei. In a decision published in the government gazette, Argentina’s Enacom communications authority authorized Starlink but also its new competitor from Amazon, Project Kuiper, which […]
After a one-day delay, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket by weekend’s end from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, lifting a series of 24 Starlink internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit. That’s one more than SpaceX’s typical 23-satellite-per-rocket Starlink payload. “This mission is carrying one additional @Starlink satellite from previous east coast missions thanks in part […]
SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Sunday (Feb. 25), on the company’s 18th mission of 2024 already. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday during a four-hour window that opens at 4:34 […]
Feb. 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Thursday evening from California’s west coast. The Falcon 9 rocket with 22 Starlink orbitals on board successfully launched at 8:11 p.m. PST from Space Launch Complex 4 East at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. The first-stage booster was on its record-tying […]
During an interview with Suspilne on Feb. 19, Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed that Ukraine is “working with SpaceX” to find a solution to disable Russia’s use of Starlink satellite terminals in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. “We found an algorithm, proposed it to SpaceX, and now we are in communication with them […]
Russia is using thousands of Starlink terminals bought on the “open market,” Ukraine’s spy chief said. Kyrylo Budanov told The Wall Street Journal that Russian companies are disguising purchases as personal use. Elon Musk has denied such claims, saying Starlink is inoperable in Russia and not sold there. Russian forces are using thousands of Elon […]
Russian forces in Ukraine are using thousands of Starlink satellite communications terminals made by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX, the Ukrainian military intelligence chief told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Feb. 15. Starlink, recognized for its superior security compared to cellular or radio signals, is deemed crucial for Ukrainian operations. Last year, the […]
SpaceX plans to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Feb. 15), after a one-day delay. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday during a four-hour window that opens at 4:34 p.m. EST (1:34 p.m. local California […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli government said on Wednesday it has approved the use of Starlink satellite services in a field hospital in the war-battered Gaza Strip, and in Israel for the first time. “The Israeli security authorities approved the provision of Starlink services at the UAE’s field hospital operating in Rafah,” the Communications Ministry said […]
Starlink internet service, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, will be provided to the UAE’s field hospital in southern Gaza for patients needing real-time video medical consultations, the UAE’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Communication services in Gaza have blacked out several times over the past four months, including for more than one week in January […]
The Israeli government reached an agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet company to use the technology in Israel and parts of the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials announced Wednesday. Starlink internet will serve as a backup system for Israeli government offices and critical infrastructure and for certain Israeli-approved uses in Gaza, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi […]