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China fears the expansion of the Starlink satellite Internet, which is already available in dozens of countries. The Chinese authorities want to create their own analog. Earlier in 2023, it was announced that the project was called Guowang. Last week, the first Internet satellite was sent into space. China’s Long March 2D launch vehicle was […]
SpaceX launched 23 more Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from Florida on the morning of November 22, Space reports. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 09:47 Kyiv time. The rocket’s first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas automatic platform in the Atlantic Ocean in about […]
On October 29, 2023, SpaceX launched 22 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Complex in California, Space reports. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched at 11:00 a.m. Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch on the automatic platform Of Course I […]
The United Launch Alliance space company has launched the first of 3,200 satellites in the Project Kuiper constellation, which Amazon plans to launch and connect over the next six years. The mission was successful. The two satellites are now online and ready to start working as prototypes to test the technologies of the future Kuiper […]
As previously reported, SpaceX is authorized to launch 12,000 satellites and has applied for permission to launch another 30,000 Starlink satellites. This is a huge number. SpaceX launches satellites into space in batches of 56 and 22 satellites at a time, depending on the version of the satellite. Starlink v1.5 is much smaller than Starlink […]
China launched a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on July 20 at 6:20 a.m. Kyiv time to deliver four new satellites belonging to the Tianmu-1 meteorological group in Earth orbit, English.News reports. The satellites are designed to provide commercial meteorological data transmission services. The first launch of the Kuaizhou-1A rocket took place […]
American weapons to suppress Chinese and Russian satellites will be ready for combat by 2024. Currently, China alone has more than 700 spy satellites in Earth orbit. L3Harris has finally solved some technical problems with the modernization of the Meadowlands space-based electronic warfare system, and next year the system will be ready to jam Chinese […]
SpaceX has completed its 23rd successful launch since the beginning of 2023. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intelsat40e satellite from Maxar Technologies into orbit. The launch took place on April 7 at 07:30 (EET). This was the fourth launch for the first stage, which returned to Earth and landed in the Atlantic Ocean. The […]
Meteorologists are very concerned about the pace at which Elon Musk is expanding his Starlink satellite network. The network, with new users, disrupts satellite measurements every day, which are indispensable for accurate weather forecasting. Starlink consists of more than 4,000 satellites that provide fast wireless Internet connectivity anywhere on Earth. Satellites hover at an altitude […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 40 OneWeb satellites into orbit. It is a competitor to the Starlink network created by SpaceX. The Falcon 9 launch took place on January 9 at 23:50 EST (6:50 January 10 Kyiv time) from the Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/xYOwyBucPi — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 10, 2023 The Falcon […]