Tag: starlink
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Elon Musk’s Starlink files FCC application for user terminal with smaller antenna
Elon Musk’s rapidly-growing satellite internet service seems poised for some updates, with SpaceX recently filing an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for testing a new iteration of its Starlink user terminal. The application was filed with the FCC’s Office of Experimental Testing (OET), and it reveals some interesting specifications with regards to the…
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SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket for fifth Starlink launch in four weeks
SpaceX appears to have successfully static-fired a flight-proven Falcon 9 booster for what should be the rocket’s fifth Starlink launch in four weeks. Set to be the company’s 28th operational launch of Starlink v1.0 satellites and 30th Starlink launch overall, the mission – known as Starlink L28 or Starlink-28 – is scheduled to launch no…
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SpaceX schedules Falcon 9’s fourth Starlink launch and landing in two weeks
On the insides of a two-week April hiatus since SpaceX switched its attention to a vital astronaut launch, the company has started churning via an unending backlog of Starlink missions. Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 became the first crewed space capsule and liquid rocket booster to start astronauts double on April 23rd, acing NASA’s Crew-2…
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SpaceX Starlink competitor OneWeb misled the FCC, media with false “near-miss” narrative
In the latest trials and tribulations of a SpaceX Starlink competitor that went bankrupt after spending $3 billion to launch just 74 small internet satellites, it appears that OneWeb knowingly misled both media and US regulators over a claimed “near-miss” with a Starlink satellite. Back on April 9th, OneWeb went public with claims that SpaceX…
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SpaceX rocket booster aces 9th launch and landing for the first time
In a new rocket reusability first, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster has successfully completed its ninth orbital-class launch and landing, leaving the company just one mission away from a target that’s been front and center for years. Known as Starlink V1 L21 or Starlink-21, today’s launch also set no less than three more records on…
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Starlink’s ease of use and speed impresses cybersecurity analyst
Nicholas Underwood, a 25-year-old cybersecurity analyst, is well-versed in tech, but before getting his Starlink kit, he was facing a rather tricky situation. Since moving to his new home in Stevens Point, WI, seven months ago, Underwood has had to deal with extremely slow internet speeds. So slow, in fact, that on good days, his local…
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SpaceX gears up for two jam-packed months of Starlink, Dragon, and satellite launches
After taking a roughly two-week break to concentrate on Crew Dragon’s astronaut launch, SpaceX is prepared to return to its regular programming of rapid-fire Starlink, Cargo Dragon, also commercial satellite launches. Kicking off what is setting up to be a jam-packed fourteen days of releases, a six-flight Falcon 9 booster, expendable upper stage, and also…
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Starlink to power efforts to bring high-speed web access to Australia’s rural students
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite net program is poised to cultivate a positive change among students in rural Australia. According to a recent press release, Starlink will be powering Project Halo, a program from Australian telecom provider NetVault and noticed applications manufacturer Cisco aimed at offering a regional school with a AU$100,000 grant towards the buildout…
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SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 for second Starlink launch this month
SpaceX is on track to launch its second Starlink mission this month after successfully completing an increasingly rare Falcon 9 static fire test at the launch pad. B1058, the flight-proven Falcon 9 booster assigned to the mission, famously became the first privately-developed rocket to launch astronauts back in May 2020 and has completed another four…
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SpaceX returns to flight with smooth Starlink launch weeks after Falcon 9 landing failure
SpaceX has returned to flight less than three months after suffering its original Falcon shooting collapse in almost a year, successfully putting the next 60 Starlink satellites in orbit and recovering Falcon 9 booster B1049 for the eighth time. Maybe the single most tortured SpaceX mission , now ’s Starlink V1 L17 (Starlink-17) mission suffered…