Space industry
SpaceX sets new rocket record with 96 successful launches in 2023
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 13, 2023. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk’s SpaceX smashed its previous annual record for orbital rocket launches, pulling off 96 successful missions in 2023 at a blistering average launch pace […]
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Amazon to connect Kuiper satellites with laser links to boost space internet network
A visualization of laser links connecting Kuiper satellites in orbit around the Earth. Amazon Amazon will include a key speed-boosting technology in its coming Project Kuiper internet satellites, the company announced Thursday. Amazon says it tested the laser link tech successfully during its recent Protoflight mission. Traditionally, satellites are limited to sending data between an […]
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SpaceX valuation climbs to $180 billion
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 18, 2023. Joe Skipper | Reuters The valuation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX hit $180 billion based on an ongoing secondary share sale, CNBC confirmed Wednesday. The company is discussing […]
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Blue Origin aims to launch initially New Shepard rocket in over a calendar year
A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six, such as Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of the very first American in place Alan Shepard, for whom the spacecraft is named, from Launch Web-site Just one in west Texas, U.S. December 11, 2021. Joe Skipper | Reuters The instant of the […]
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SpaceX plans key NASA demonstration for next Starship launch
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 15, 2023. Joe Skipper | Reuters SpaceX could attempt a key demonstration for NASA during the third test flight of its towering Starship rocket, according […]
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Virgin Galactic shares plunge in premarket immediately after Branson principles out further more expenditure
In this picture illustration, British billionaire Richard Branson is noticed on a fragment of a Virgin Galactic Unity 22 Spaceflight Livestream Youtube video clip shown on a smartphone with the Virgin Galactic logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Visuals Virgin Galactic shares plunged far more than 14% in premarket trade on […]
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Amazon buys SpaceX rocket launches for Kuiper satellite internet project
A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission on January 31, 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX Amazon bought three rocket launches from SpaceX for its Project Kuiper internet satellites, the tech giant announced on Friday. The move is a surprise from Amazon, given the company’s Kuiper system aims to compete with […]
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SpaceX launches 2nd Starship check flight
SpaceX released its next Starship rocket flight on Saturday, with the enterprise on the lookout to push the advancement of the mammoth automobile earlier new milestones. Liftoff came a number of minutes after 8 a.m. ET from its Starbase facility in the vicinity of Boca Chica, Texas. The company is webcasting the start in realtime […]
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Sierra Space lays off hundreds in push toward first Dream Chaser spaceplane launch
A rendering on a Dream Chaser spaceplane in orbit. Sierra Space Sierra Space, one of the sector’s most valuable private companies, laid off several hundred employees and contractors this week, CNBC has learned. A Sierra Space spokesperson confirmed the company let go of about 165 employees on Thursday, but declined to specify the number of […]
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Elon Musk calls antisemitic tweet ‘the real truth’
Tesla, SpaceX, and X Corp. leader Elon Musk issued a spate of arguably bigoted tweets on Wednesday that spurred a significant backlash online. 1st, Musk drew attention to and agreed with an antisemitic conspiracy principle, and then directly accused “Jewish communities,” the non-revenue Anti-Defamation League, and minorities of what he called “anti-white” messaging and sights, […]
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