SpaceX is preparing for a two-to-two launch just nine hours apart on Sunday, the shortest period between Florida’s orbit-class flights since 1966. The launch is a dramatic bid to put 60 more Starlink Internet relay stations into orbit. Remote Sensing Satellite of Argentina. The planned launch follows Last-Second “Hot-Fire Absolute” …
Read More »SpaceX will attempt the historic historic back-to-back Falcon 9 flights
SpaceX is preparing for a two-to-two launch just nine hours apart on Sunday, the shortest period between Florida’s orbit-class flights since 1966. The launch is a dramatic bid to put 60 more Starlink Internet relay stations into orbit. Remote Sensing Satellite of Argentina. The planned launch follows Last-Second “Hot-Fire Absolute” …
Read More »SpaceX’s Starlink satellites could seriously affect the ability of scientists to explore space
The American satellite SpaceX Starlink 5 will be seen in the night past in the sky above Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark, on April 21, 2020.Photo: MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP (Getty Images) Elon Musk’s dream of an earth surrounded by cooperating clouds of satellites with a …
Read More »SpaceX has just launched 57 new Starlink satellites with controversial sunshades
After a gap of two months, SpaceX has returned the batches of dozens of satellites in its gambit to allow Earth high-speed Internet access. The satellites are a new “VisorSat” variety to make them less luminous for the ground and especially for the telescopes of astronomers. But researchers say the …
Read More »Yes, Starlink totally photographed a beautiful image of Comet Neowise.
Elon Musk’s growing constellation of Internet satellites has been sending brilliant rays of light across the night skies across the globe. Even the largest comet that passed Earth in 25 years was not spared. A striking photo showing Comet Neowise behind those streaks of light shows how easily satellites can …
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