SpaceX is partnering with a Canadian tech startup, Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC), to launch a digital billboard into orbit. The satellites will have a screen on one side on which companies and people will bid to have their logos and advertisements displayed. The CubeSat, released in early 2022, will come...
SpaceX could soon be providing airline passengers in-flight Wi-Fi with Starlink. SpaceX VP Jonathan Hofeller announced that the company has held conversations with several airlines and will soon be finalizing its aviation product. Airlines currently provide in-flight Wi-Fi by working with satellite broadband companies such as Gogo and Viasat. Their...
SpaceX is building its first floating spaceport platform and plans to start hosting launches as early as next year. Dubbed Deimos, the ocean spaceport is one of two converted oil rigs that SpaceX purchased in 2020 with the aim to transform them into launch pads and landing sites for its...
Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX's satellite internet service, Starlink, will nearly double this year reaching 300 Mbps. The tweet was in response to a customer posting an at-home speed test result of their newly installed Starlink connection. Musk also added that the growing network of satellites will offer complete global...
The California-based space company Rocket Lab has announced a new reusable rocket called Neutron that can compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Standing at double the height (40 meters/131ft) of their Electron rocket, Neutron will be able to carry 8,000 kilograms to orbit. Only the rocket's first stage...
SpaceX's SN10 Starship prototype reached an altitude of about 6 miles and landed back upright for the first time, but then exploded 8 minutes after the touchdown in their latest test flight on Wednesday. Two previous Starship prototypes, the SN8 and SN9, exploded during their landing attempts following high-altitude flight...
