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3:47pm, 14th May, 2019

SpaceX kicks off its space-based internet service tomorrow with 60-satellite Starlink launch

As wild as it sounds, the race is on to build a functioning space internet — and SpaceX is taking its biggest step yet with the launch of 60 (!) satellites tomorrow that will form the first wave of its Starlink constellation. It’s a hugely important...

7:44pm, 26th April, 2019

Space

FCC approves SpaceX’s revised Starlink satellite plan; first wave gets set for liftoff

A simulation shows how a 4,425-satellite constellation could be deployed for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service. (Mark Handley / University College London) The Federal Communications Commission today approved SpaceX’s proposed revisions in...

Intelsat says satellite made by Boeing fails

5:32pm, 18th April, 2019

News

Intelsat says satellite made by Boeing fails

Satellite operator Intelsat S.A. said on Thursday one of its satellites made by Boeing Co has failed due to an anomaly related to its propulsion system.

BlackSky shares time-lapse satellite views

8:26pm, 10th April, 2019

Space

BlackSky shares time-lapse satellite views

BlackSky’s Earth-imaging satellites provided this view of Melbourne’s waterfront and central business district. Ships can be seen plying the waters of the Yarra River. (BlackSky Photo) Seattle-based says the first two Earth-imaging satellites in its...

Meow! Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a satellite copycat — and gets called out

12:58pm, 10th April, 2019

Space

Meow! Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a satellite copycat — and gets called out

The rivalry between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has surfaced on Twitter. Again. (Musk Photo: TED via YouTube; Bezos Photo: GeekWire / Kevin Lisota) The fur is flying in the broadband internet satellite race. It all started when we...

9:05pm, 7th April, 2019

Space

SpaceX Starlink satellite veterans join Amazon’s competing Project Kuiper team

SpaceX’s two prototype Starlink satellites are seen on either side of their carrier in advance of their launch last year. Industry sources say some of the engineers who were involved in developing those prototypes will be playing leadership roles in...

Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation

8:22am, 5th April, 2019

Space

Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, speaks at the Satellite 2017 conference in Washington, D.C. (Via Satellite Magazine via YouTube) Boy, that escalated quickly: Just hours after, code-named Project Kuiper, the company post...

Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236-satellite ‘Project Kuiper’ constellation

8:55am, 4th April, 2019

Space

Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236-satellite ‘Project Kuiper’ constellation

A composite photo from the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite shows North America at night. Broadband satellite constellations promise to knit the world even closer together. (NASA / NOAA Photo) Amazon is joining the race to provide...

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

7:21pm, 28th March, 2019

Space

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle rises from its New Zealand launch pad. (Rocket Lab via YouTube) Rocket Lab executed its first launch of the year from New Zealand today, sending an experimental satellite into orbit for the Pentagon’s Defense Adva...

Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite system

1:20pm, 18th March, 2019

Space

Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite system

An artist’s conception shows a OneWeb satellite in orbit. (OneWeb Illustration) The international says it’s raised another $1.25 billion in funding for its internet satellite constellation, ensuring a ramp-up in its production and launch campaign wit...

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SpaceX kicks off its space-based internet service tomorrow with 60-satellite Starlink launch

FCC approves SpaceX’s revised Starlink satellite plan; first wave gets set for liftoff

Intelsat says satellite made by Boeing fails

BlackSky shares time-lapse satellite views

Meow! Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a satellite copycat — and gets called out

SpaceX Starlink satellite veterans join Amazon’s competing Project Kuiper team

Amazon lists more than 70 jobs in Bellevue — not Seattle — for Project Kuiper satellite operation

Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236-satellite ‘Project Kuiper’ constellation

Rocket Lab launches DARPA’s R3D2 experimental satellite from New Zealand

Investors commit another $1.25 billion to fund OneWeb’s internet satellite system

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