Enlarge / SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellites launches from the Kennedy Space Center on October 6, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Signals from SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites can be used to pinpoint locations on Earth to within eight meters of accuracy, engineering researchers reported in a […]
Elon Musk and Grimes are done! The SpaceX founder confirmed the news to Page Six on Friday, but revealed that the former couple, who were together for three years, remain on “great terms. ” He explained: “We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms. ” Related: […]
Enlarge / Dr. Sian Proctor seems to have enjoyed three days in orbit. (credit: SpaceX) Four amateur astronauts returned from a three-day private spaceflight this weekend overflowing with enthusiasm about the experience. “Best ride of my life, ” said Dr. Sian Proctor , shortly after emerging from the Crew Dragon capsule. Future customers for such […]
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Booster 4 is lifted on to its orbital launch mount in South Texas. (credit: Elon Musk/Twitter ) The Federal Aviation Administration released a draft environmental review of SpaceX’s plans for orbital launches from South Texas on Friday, kicking off a 30-day public comment period. The particular long-awaited procedural step is the first […]
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Enlarge / Amazon UK warehouse at Leeds Distribution Park on May 27, 2021, in Leeds, England. (credit: Getty Images | Nathan Stirk ) On Thursday, SpaceX called Amazon’s latest protest against Starlink plans an irrelevant “diatribe” that should be ignored by the Federal Communications Commission. “Another week, another objection from Amazon against a competitor, yet […]
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of low Earth-orbit satellites like those launched by SpaceX and OneWeb. (credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / P. Marenfeld ) In the ongoing battle between the two companies, Amazon . com fired back at SpaceX today at the Federal Communications Commission, claiming that the Starlink operator refuses to obey the rules […]
Enlarge / Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos at the 32nd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 12, 2016. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Amazon’s attempt to block proposals for the next-generation Starlink system is a “delay tactic” and a continuation of Amazon’s strategy of “hinder[ing] competitors to compensate for Amazon’s failure […]
Enlarge (credit: SpaceX ) Amazon is urging US regulators to reject an update to SpaceX’s plan for a second-generation Starlink system. Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s satellite-broadband subsidiary, says that SpaceX broke Federal Communications Commission rules by “propos[ing] two different configurations for the nearly 30, 000 satellites of its Gen2 System, each of which arranges these satellites […]
Enlarge / Boca Chica Highway runs through SpaceX’s facilities in South Texas. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann ) As SpaceX has ramped up Starship testing and launch activities in South Texas in recent years, the company has more frequently sought the closure of the Boca Chica Highway. This two-lane road runs along the company’s rocket assembly and […]