CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX is aiming for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sunday evening. WFLA will livestream the liftoff, which is expected to be at 8:10 p.m. ET. Pilot on Florida-bound Frontier flight performs ‘go around’ to avoid another plane on runway This will […]
SpaceX is poised to launch 22 Starlink internet satellites on Friday (Jan. 19) on the company’s second mission in as many days. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is set to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California during a three-and-a-half-hour window that opens at 9:15 p.m. EST (6:15 p.m. California […]
SpaceX has reported that the number of close encounters between its satellites and other orbital objects has not increased in the past six months despite the constellation’s growth. Space sustainability experts say the development is good news but warn the decrease in avoidance maneuvers is likely just a deviation from what has been a longer-term […]
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its broadband satellites to orbit from Florida on Sunday (Jan. 14). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight during a four-hour-long window that opens at 7:27 p.m. EST (0027 GMT on Jan. 15). The launch was […]
SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (Jan. 10) during a nearly 2.5-hour window that opens at 12:06 a.m. EST (0506 GMT; 9:06 p.m. local time […]
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Sunday (Jan. 7). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:35 p.m. EST (2235 GMT). Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and track it in the night sky a black and […]
SpaceX is launching its latest batch of satellites today (Dec. 28) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and you can watch it live for free. The 23 Starlink broadband proving spacecraft will be carried to low Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket with a launch window commencing at 11:01 p.m. EST Thursday (0401 GMT […]
The space business and public markets are not, perhaps, a match made in heaven. Consider the much-anticipated Starlink IPO. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the most valuable private company in the U.S., and its largest revenue driver by far is Starlink, which offers broadband connections around the globe via a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites. But […]
India’s parliament has passed a telecommunications bill that replaces its century-old rules as the country, with over 1.17 billion telephone connections and 881 million internet subscribers, aims to modernize connectivity and embrace new services including satellite broadband, just months before general elections. On Thursday, the upper house of the Indian parliament approved the Telecommunications Bill, […]
It’s launch day! However, the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron only predicts a 40% chance of “go for launch” weather — citing liftoff winds, upper-level wind shear and rough waves interfering with the SpaceX Falcon 9’s first-stage booster landing atop a drone ship. SpaceX is targeting a window from 11 p.m. EST overnight to 3:31 […]
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Friday morning (Dec. 15), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 21 Starlink craft is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday during a roughly 3.5-hour window that opens at 12:04 a.m. EST […]