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From December 1, 2022, to May 21, 2023, Starlink satellites were forced to perform more than 25,000 maneuvers in a crowded orbit to avoid accidents. According to the data provided by SpaceX to the Federal Communications Commission, the company uses a “stricter” maneuvering threshold than industry standards: Starlink satellites change movement when the probability of […]
A SpaceX rocket delivered 22 SpaceX Starlink “V2 Mini” satellites into orbit. The Falcon 9 launched from the Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday at 8 a.m. Kyiv time. 8.5 minutes after launch, the booster successfully landed on the deck of a ship in the Atlantic Ocean for the sixteenth time, […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will set a new record for re-launches tonight (July 9-10). You can watch the rocket launch live on SpaceX’s YouTube channel or in the video below the article. The Falcon 9 rocket, equipped with 22 next-generation Starlink satellites, is scheduled to launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida […]
The Japanese army starts testing satellite internet. Starlink became its provider. The introduction of the new technology in the country’s armed forces is scheduled for the next fiscal year. Apparently, Elon Musk has decided to expand Starlink’s audience at the expense of the military. According to Reuters, the Japanese army has access to satellites in […]
On June 12, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket. As part of the Transporter-8 mission, it successfully launched 72 satellites provided by various customers. But this event was notable not for its payload but for its round number. The fact is that this is the 200th time SpaceX has landed an orbital rocket stage within […]
Today, May 13, SpaceX launched and returned its Falcon 9 rocket to Earth for the two hundredth time. As a result of the flight, 72 small satellites were launched into Earth orbit, including cubesats, microsats, a re-entry capsule, and orbital vehicles carrying spacecraft. The launch took place at 00:35 Kyiv time from Vandenberg Space Force […]
SpaceX has finally sent a Cargo Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission was supposed to take place last week. The postponement is due to bad weather. The ship was sent into space using a Falcon 9 rocket, which was launched from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After about […]
Last week, the second crew of private space tourists from Axiom Space (Ax-2) on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-day vacation. This morning, the crew returned to Earth. But staying in microgravity was not very pleasant for some space tourists. NASA hinted that the crew had difficulties […]
The four astronauts who participated in the private space mission Ax-2 returned to Earth from the ISS today at 06:04 Kyiv time (03:04 GMT), completing a ten-day trip that included eight days on the space station. The capsule, named Freedom, was floated in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The mission was […]
The American company SpaceX plans to launch three more batches of mini-satellites into orbit by the end of May to replenish the orbital grouping of the global Internet coverage network Starlink. This follows from the data of the specialized publication Spaceflight Now. In May, SpaceX has already launched two Starlink Internet satellites. The last one […]