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SpaceX postpones launch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites
SpaceX’s ultimate goal is to put nearly 11,000 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit between now and the mid-2020s,
SpaceX Falcon Heavy set to launch for Air Force on June 22
The mission is known as STP-2 will carry a broad range of science and technology experiments and demonstrations
SpaceX’s unmanned Crew Dragon to launch on March 2 to ISS: NASA
Washington: After much delays, NASA has given the green light to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to launch its first unmanned test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 2, the US space agency said. The flight, called Demonstration Mission-1 or DM-1, will be launched at 2.48 a.m.[Read More…]
SpaceX to lay off 10% of workers due to ‘difficult challenges’
New York, As SpaceX attempts to get two expensive projects off the ground, the US-based private spaceflight company said it would lay off 10 per cent of its roughly 6,000-person workforce. “To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based Internet, SpaceX[Read More…]
Japanese billionaire to be first tourist to Moon: SpaceX
US private space firm SpaceX has announced that the company’s first private passenger to the Moon will be Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. “The first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) is fashion innovator and globally recognized art curator Yusaku Maezawa,” SpaceX tweeted on Monday.[Read More…]
Elon Musk proposes taking Tesla private at $420 per share
In a surprise move, Elon Musk has announced to take his electric car maker company Tesla private at $420 per share. A final decision has not yet been made, but the reason for doing this is all about creating the environment for Tesla to operate best. “As a public company, we[Read More…]
NASA’s next planet-hunting mission starts next week
Washington: NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or Tess aimed at detecting planets outside our solar system, is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on April 16. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier around 4.02 a.m. on April 17 (India time) from Cape Canaveral Air[Read More…]
SpaceX launches rocket carrying 10 communication satellites
Washington: American aerospace company SpaceX on Friday successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 telecommunications satellites from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California. The Iridium-NEXT satellites were launched Friday morning for McLean, Virginia-based satellite operator Iridium Communications, Efe reported. The Iridium-5 NEXT Mission marked the fifth set[Read More…]