Elon Musk’s Starlink device aims to bring the internet to the world’s most remote areas, and it’s off to a great start so far. The satellite-based system has been lauded by Starlink beta users currently residing in rural areas in the United States, noting that it is superior to alternatives currently available on the market.…
According to recent Twitter comments from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, could be launched in a more portable form in the future. During a recent conversation on the social media platform, Musk acknowledged that the idea of a Starlink “Mini” that’s designed around portability would be a good idea. Spaceflight photographer…
Elon Musk says that “much higher download speeds” will be seen by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlink users as the company starts introducing “system updates.” The upgrade is a sign that Starlink consumers can see the dividends of infrastructure upgrades, just the latest of the many ways that SpaceX’s first consumer-facing offering continues to leapfrog stalwart,…
This coming October, four civilians will launch in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. 38-year-old Jared Isaacman, an experienced pilot and the founder and CEO of Shift4Payments, a credit card processing company, will command the mission. Three other civilians, the first of which was recently verified, will join the entrepreneur in…
A SpaceX Vice President and one of Elon Musk’s first hires says that Falcon boosters will soon achieve the long-standing goal of the CEO for rocket reusability, and could eventually beat it. Years before SpaceX started to regularly land and reuse Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital class boosters, Musk was reasonably clear in claiming…
Starship serial number 10 (SN10) has been approved for flight by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), cutting short any potential licensing drama awaiting SpaceX’s new high-altitude Starship launch efforts. After a boring week or so of opaque licensing “issues” only vaguely commented upon by the FAA, Starship serial number 9 (SN9) took off from…
Starlink may already be providing a variety of remote areas with quick web access today, but this year the satellite internet service is poised to get even better. Starlink’s speeds could double to about ~300 Mbps later this year, with latency falling to about ~20 ms, according to recent Twitter comments from SpaceX CEO Elon…
It appears that SpaceX is not only looking to transport mankind to Mars; the private space company of Elon Musk is also bent on keeping the wildlife as safe as possible at its Boca Chica location. This was recently highlighted by Elon Musk when he responded to an update about the situation of numerous sea…
Last week, SpaceX completed another massive equity funding round of $850 million, effectively bringing the valuation of the company to about $74 billion. The update was associated by a number of individuals reportedly familiar with the financing. The private space company of Elon Musk raised new funds at a rather interesting price of $419.99 per…
The month of Mars conquest by robots is upon us. The United States, China, and the United Arab Emirates launched missions to Mars seven months ago on a 300 million mile (480 million kilometer) journey. Two of the three missions arrived quietly last week and inserted themselves into Mars orbit. NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission,…