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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is partnering with Cloudflare to improve the performance of its Starlink satellite Internet service, The Information reports, citing a person with direct knowledge of the project. Shares of Cloudflare, which provides content delivery services, jumped 7.2%. The companies are working to expand Starlink’s network of mini-data centers around the world, which could […]
According to journalists, US Defense Department spokesman Colin Kahl learned last October that the billionaire had held talks with the Kremlin chief. In a telephone conversation with Pentagon officials about providing satellite internet to the Ukrainian army, entrepreneur Elon Musk mentioned that he had personally spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is reported by […]
On the morning of Tuesday, August 8, SpaceX launched 15 of its Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit, Space.com reports. At 6:57 a.m. Kyiv time (almost midnight in the United States), a Falcon 9 cargo rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base […]
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 […]
This morning (05:41 Kyiv time), SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink Internet satellites and landed a rocket on an unmanned ship at sea This was reported by Space. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the next batch of Starlink spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 22:41 Eastern Time (02:41 GMT on August 7). The […]
Starlink, as well as electronic warfare, obeys the laws of physics and is not about analog network technologies, while the solution to the problem is extremely trivial The information that Russia has begun jamming Starlink satellite terminals, which has been widely publicized in recent days, is not new. Because the first attempts of racists to […]
The US Department of Defense has approved an agreement with SpaceX to purchase Starlink terminals and services for Ukraine, which company founder Elon Musk will not be able to disable at will. This is stated in an article by The New York Times. As noted, in June 2023, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin approved the Pentagon’s […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 15 Starlink satellites into orbit on July 20 and landed safely on a ship at sea, Space reports. The Falcon 9 was originally scheduled to launch on July 19, but was canceled five seconds before launch after receiving a signal from the upper stage of the rocket. However, on July […]
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 […]
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 […]