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SpaceX to Launch 22 Starlink Satellites from California on March 30: All Details
30Mar By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX to Launch 22 Starlink Satellites from California on March 30: All Details

[ad_1] SpaceX is gearing up for another exciting launch as it prepares to send 22 more Starlink satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 30. Originally slated for March 28, the launch was rescheduled, with liftoff now targeted for Saturday night.Live Coverage DetailsThe Falcon 9 rocket will carry the payload of Starlink spacecraft, aiming to deploy them into low Earth orbit (LEO). The launch is set to take place at 10:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 p.m. Pacific time or 0230 GMT on March 31). Viewers can catch the live coverage via SpaceX's account on X, beginning just before liftoff, reported space.com . Also read: Sam Altman reacts to Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot and it is simply awesome Once the Falcon 9 takes off, its first stage will return to Earth for a vertica...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches ‘direct to cell phones’ Starlink satellites; know what this means for users
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches ‘direct to cell phones’ Starlink satellites; know what this means for users

[ad_1] Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX has kicked off 2024 by undertaking yet another endeavour. Aboard the Falcon 9 spacecraft, the first batch of Starlink internet satellites took to the skies on Tuesday, January 2, at 10:44 p.m. EST. These Starlink satellites promise direct-to-cell capabilities, meaning that you could potentially get satellite broadband directly on your smartphone. In theory, this could eliminate the problems caused by geographical features in providing internet facilities.'Direct to cell phones' Starlink satellites: What this meansThe launch featured 21 Starlink satellites lift-off to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It also included the first six Starlink satellites with Direct to Ce...
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SpaceX launched its giant new rocket Starship but explosions end the 2nd test flight
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX launched its giant new rocket Starship but explosions end the 2nd test flight

[ad_1] SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions minutes into Saturday's test flight.The rocketship reached space following liftoff from South Texas before communication suddenly was lost. SpaceX officials said it appears the ship's self-destruct system blew it up over the Gulf of Mexico. Minutes earlier, the separated booster had exploded over the gulf. By then, though, its job was done. Saturday's demo lasted eight or so minutes, about twice as long as the first test in April, which also ended in an explosion. The latest flight came to an end as the ship's six engines were almost done firing to put it on an around-the-world path.At nearly 400 feet (121 meters), Starship is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever bui...
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SpaceX has few alternatives if lawsuit upends Musk’s Texas launch plans
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SpaceX has few alternatives if lawsuit upends Musk’s Texas launch plans

[ad_1] Elon Musk-led SpaceX has few alternative options for test-launching its giant Starship spacecraft in the near term if a newly-filed lawsuit disrupts the breakneck speed of development at its remote Texas launch site, legal and industry experts say. Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday for approving SpaceX's rocket operations without conducting a deeper review of its environmental impact on land surrounding the Boca Chica, Texas, launchpad. That lawsuit was filed 11 days after the debut Starship flight toward space showered sand and debris miles from the Texas launchpad, and hurled chunks of reinforced concrete and metal shrapnel thousands of feet from the site, adjacent to a national wildlife refuge. Starship is SpaceX's next-generation r...
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SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for International Space Station
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SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for International Space Station

[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday to the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 12:34 am (0534 GMT) Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a livestream of the launch showed. The launch had been scrubbed on Monday just minutes before liftoff because of a clog in a filter that supplies ignition fluid to start the rocket engines. "Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams for another history-making mission to the International Space Station!" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. The Dragon crew capsule, dubbed Endeavour, is scheduled to dock with the ISS at 1:17 am (0617 GMT) on F...
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SpaceX Conducts Dress Rehearsal for Starship Rocket System
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SpaceX Conducts Dress Rehearsal for Starship Rocket System

[ad_1] SpaceX filled its Starship rocket and massive booster with extremely cold propellant for the first time stacked together, a crucial test of its new deep-space launch system. SpaceX filled its Starship rocket and massive booster with extremely cold propellant for the first time stacked together, a crucial test of its new deep-space launch system ahead of its first orbital launch attempt. The procedure, conducted Monday at the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, is known as a wet dress rehearsal and is meant to run through all the major steps that engineers will need to perform on launch day — everything but launch itself. Starship is SpaceX's next-generation launch vehicle, designed to take cargo and people to deep space destinations like the moon and Mars. NA...
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Historic! SpaceX rocket sends first-ever Earth water survey mission to space
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Historic! SpaceX rocket sends first-ever Earth water survey mission to space

[ad_1] SpaceX made history after sending a rocket to space carrying the first-ever satellite tasked with conducting a global survey of Earth’s surface waters. A SpaceX rocket has launched a U.S.-French satellite to conduct a first-of-its-kind global survey of Earth's surface waters. The mission is designed to highlight the consequences of climate change on large water bodies. The booster rocket, called Falcon 9, is owned and operated by Elon Musk's commercial rocket company SpaceX. The Falcon 9 booster carrying the satellite reached Earth's orbit in just 9 minutes. The mission's payload, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite (SWOT) was released to its starting orbit about 530 miles (850 km) above the planet less than an hour after launch. The centerpiece of the satel...
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SpaceX Tender Offer Is Said to Value Company at $140 Billion
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SpaceX Tender Offer Is Said to Value Company at $140 Billion

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s SpaceX is offering to sell insider shares at a price that would raise the closely held company’s valuation to about $140 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Elon Musk's SpaceX is offering to sell insider shares at a price that would raise the closely held company's valuation to about $140 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., as the company is formally called, is offering the shares for $77 apiece, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information wasn't public. The $140 billion figure compares with a $127 billion valuation in July, according to data provider PitchBook. In recent weeks, SpaceX had held conversations for a range of prices but ultimately settled on $14...
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SpaceX postpones mission to put Japanese lander on Moon
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX postpones mission to put Japanese lander on Moon

[ad_1] SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private and Japanese lander to the Moon. SpaceX on Wednesday postponed by one day a mission to launch the first private -- and Japanese -- lander to the Moon. A Falcon 9 rocket is now scheduled to blast off at 3:37 am (0837 GMT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX said on Twitter that the delay was to carry out more pre-flight checks. Until now, only the United States, Russia and China have managed to put a robot on the lunar surface. The mission, by Japanese company ispace, is the first of a program called Hakuto-R. The lander would touch down around April 2023 on the visible side of the Moon, in the Atlas crater, according to a company statement. Measuring just over 2 by 2.5 meters, it c...
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Elon Musk Finds Time to Attend a Ceremony for Space Force
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Elon Musk Finds Time to Attend a Ceremony for Space Force

[ad_1] Elon Musk, who’s been busy taking over Twitter Inc., took a break Wednesday to attend a Pentagon ceremony. Elon Musk, who's been busy taking over Twitter Inc., took a break Wednesday to attend a Pentagon ceremony. The event was a change-of-command ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base outside of Washington. It marked the retirement of General John Raymond, the first head of US Space Force, who singled out Musk by name for showing up. It reflects one of the billionaire's other interests as co-founder and chief executive of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. which he turned into a major contractor for the Defense Department's national security satellite launches. Raymond invited Musk and other executives of companies involved in space programs to the event, according to a P...
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