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Aerospace company SpaceX continues to expand the orbital satellite group Starlink. As part of the recent launch of the rocket, another batch of miniature satellites went into orbit. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with 53 Starlink satellites on board launched from the site of the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida on April 29 at 17:27 […]
On the morning of April 27, SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon-4 spacecraft with four astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). As always, the launch from the initial preparatory phase could be watched live on SpaceX and on NASA’s website. SpaceX Crew-4 is the seventh manned flight of Crew Dragon 2 and the […]
The American private space company Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to the company’s broadcast on Twitter. The launch took place at 13:51 on the US East Coast (20:51 Kyiv time) from the 40th launch complex at the Cape Canaveral spaceport […]
On April 8, SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon Endeavor manned spacecraft with private astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight is organized by Axiom Space, a startup that bookings from SpaceX and coordinates ISS flights with NASA for anyone who can afford it. The multinational crew of the Ax-1 mission is […]
The American private space company SpaceX will take a former NASA astronaut and three space tourists on a trip to the International Space Station. The mission called Ax-1 starts on April 8. The launch, which will take place a few days later than expected after the delay of the “wet rehearsal” of NASA Artemis 1, […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn SpaceX’s request to expand its launch complexes in Boca Chica, Texas, after the company failed to provide the requested environmental information. Elon Musk’s company was informed about this decision in March. The letter came after he threatened to move operations to Florida if Texas regulators did not […]
The head of the Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin took up his role again. This time, he is conveniently distorting reality to impress Chinese officials and persuade them to help Russia with its space program, which has largely lost international support since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with China’s state-run CGTN, Rogozin said […]
Vodafone Ukraine said it was able to reconnect in Irpіn and Romanivka with Starlink satellite equipment. For the first time in the history of Ukraine and one of the first in the world, the work of the mobile operator’s network is organized with the help of Starlink satellite technologies, the company says. Vodafone has launched […]
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine plans to build its own Starlink ground station from SpaceX in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Digital. “After the victory, together with Elon Musk, we plan to build our own Starlink ground station to improve the quality of satellite Internet for […]
The head of Vodafone Ukraine’s communications department Victoria Ruban said that in the cities of Irpin and Romanivka it was possible to restore part of the mobile operator’s network thanks to Starlink equipment. This is the first such case in the history of Ukraine. As Channel 24 reports with reference to Victoria Ruban, a base […]