The Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo is seen during the 4th annual Latin American Business and Technology Congress of América Digital in Santiago de Chile, September 5, 2018. Ivan Alvarado | Reuters Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing arm of the e-commerce giant, is further expanding its services in the …
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A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites floats in orbit above Earth. Source: SpaceX To finance its Martian ambitions, SpaceX intends to transform Earth, covering the planet with ubiquitous Internet coverage transmitted from a tight mesh of thousands of satellites. CEO Elon Musk hopes that this “Starlink” service will eventually …
Read More »Virgin Galactic SPCE completes second glide test, upcoming rocket-powered flights
The Virgin Galactic spacecraft, Unity, lands during a glide test flight on May 1, 2020. galactic virgin Virgin Galactic successfully completed its second glide flight test in New Mexico on Thursday, a milestone that should prepare the company to begin space flight next. The company said that after completing “an …
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A Terran 1 rocket takes off from the Relativity launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in this artistic rendition. Relativity Relativity Space, a growing startup targeting near-complete 3D printing of rockets, announced Wednesday that it reached another major launch agreement, as well as an agreement with the …
Read More »China completes rival with US-owned GPS system
On November 5, 2019, a March 3 carrier rocket launched a Beidou navigation satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, southwest China. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | fake pictures China sent the latest satellite into space on Tuesday to complete its global navigation system that will help …
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