If Thursday’s launch goes well, then Shotwell estimates that SpaceX could pull off between two and six other Starlink-related launches this year. Assuming Starlink launches bats 1.000 — a big if, to be sure — then SpaceX could have the early beginnings of a working Starlink array by the...
Here are updated Falcon 9 stats through through this morning's Florida launch: Total Falcon 9 launches to date: 367 Total Falcon Heavy launches to date: 10 Total Super Heavy/Starship launches to date: 4 Falcon 9/Heavy launches this year: 83 (82 F9s, 1 FH) In-flight Falcon 9/Heavy ...
it may not be compatible – or at least kosher – with current industry standards. All prior reusability milestones have been tested on commercial launches after some sort of private agreement with
For unknown reasons, those uninterrupted onboard views may have still been unusual but were substantially less rare a few years ago. Over the last several-dozen SpaceX Falcon launches, they’ve effectively faded into a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence. Regardless, Falcon 9 B1058 has become the...
The launch was the seventh Falcon 9 mission this year, keeping the company on a pace for approximately 50 launches this year. This was the fourth Starlink launch this year, with the other launches carrying the CSG-2 radar imaging satellite for Italy, the Transporter-3 rideshare mission and a...
In photos:SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands on May 24, 2019, just one day after SpaceX launched 60 of the St...
Starlink launches first “cellphone towers in space” for use with LTE phones T-Mobile field tests begin soon—texting to be available before voice and data. Jon Brodkin – Jan 3, 2024 12:09 pm | 144 Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability. Credit: SpaceX ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches 'direct to cell phones' Starlink satellites; know what this means for users Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's Starlink on Tuesday launched direct-to-cell satellites, potentially allowing smartphones to directly receive s...
So far, SpaceX has launched more than 5,300 Starlink satellites with new launches scheduled quite frequently. These satellites will continue to help cover the continental U.S., Canada and the U.K. At the same time, NASA and SpaceX have come to an information-sharing agreement to help avo...
But the reverse is also true: SpaceX’s reusability quest depends on Starlink. The company’s ability demonstrate rapid reuse of boosters requires a demand for launches of them that has come primarily from Starlink. Last year, when SpaceX performed 96 Falcon launches, 63 of them were devoted...