Space industry
Amazon will open up 172,000-sq.-foot Kuiper internet satellite manufacturing facility
Rendering of a United Launch Alliance’ Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon satellites. ULA/Amazon Amazon explained on Thursday it will open up a new plant in a Seattle suburb to make satellites for Venture Kuiper. Job Kuiper, unveiled in 2019, is Amazon’s program to build a community of 3,236 satellites in lower Earth orbit to deliver […]
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Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup takes on mass producing spacecraft
Co-founders Max Benassi, left, and Ian Cinnamon Apex Space A pair of heavy-hitter startup founders is turning their attention to what they see as a key bottleneck in the space industry, and has already won backing from high-profile venture capital. Los Angeles-based Apex Space, led by co-founders Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi, wants to better […]
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The major space players and diverging strategies in the race to connect your smartphone via satellites
The race to provide high-speed internet from satellites is well underway – but another, more ambitious competition, to connect directly from space to devices like smartphones, began in earnest earlier this year. The potential untapped market — which hinges on, but extends beyond, sending a text via space — is spurring a tale of two […]
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SpaceX rolls out Starlink aviation product for satellite internet to private jets
One of the company’s flat aviation-specific Starlink antennas is seen on top of an aircraft. SpaceX SpaceX rolled out aviation-specific Starlink satellite internet service on Tuesday, with Elon Musk’s company looking to expand further into the inflight WiFi market. The company is charging $150,000 for the hardware needed to connect a jet to Starlink, with […]
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX could spin off Starlink as general public company by 2025, analysts forecast
Elon Musk explained Friday that SpaceX are unable to proceed fund Starlink terminals in Ukraine “indefinitely” in light of the price tag. Nevertheless, Musk, who is also CEO of electric powered car or truck company Tesla, he claimed Saturday that SpaceX will retain funding the Ukrainian federal government “for absolutely free” even although Starlink is […]
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Relativity Space adds 150 acres at NASA’s Mississippi center to test its reusable rockets
A map of the company’s expansion plans at NASA’s Stennis space center in Mississippi. Relativity Space Relativity Space, which 3D-prints rockets, said Tuesday that it signed a deal to expand its presence at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and create one of the country’s largest rocket engine test facilities. Based in Long Beach, California, […]
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‘The hell with it’: Elon Musk tweets SpaceX will ‘keep funding Ukraine govt for free’ amid Starlink funding battle
A smartphone with the Starlink symbol exhibited on the display screen. Sopa Visuals | Lightrocket | Getty Visuals Elon Musk said in a tweet Saturday that his organization SpaceX would continue on to fund Starlink satellite world-wide-web terminals for the Ukrainian authorities as it battles invading Russian forces. “The hell with it,” the billionaire tweeted, “even […]
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Watch SpaceX splashdown the Crew-4 astronauts for NASA after a six-month stay at the space station
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] SpaceX is set to return its fourth operational crew mission from the International Space Station on Friday, with the quartet of astronauts due to splash down in the company’s capsule off the […]
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U.S. satellite giant Viasat’s $7.3 billion takeover of British isles rival Inmarsat faces in-depth competitors probe
The places of work of satellite operator Inmarsat in central London. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Photographs The U.K.’s opposition regulator released an in-depth probe into American satellite world wide web business Viasat’s $7.3 billion deal to purchase British rival Inmarsat. The Competitiveness and Markets Authority on Friday referred the takeover for a so-identified […]
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Musk says SpaceX can not fund Starlink in Ukraine ‘indefinitely’ immediately after report he questioned Pentagon to fork out
Elon Musk stated that his corporation SpaceX can not fund the Starlink service in Ukraine “indefinitely.” Michael Gonzalez | Getty Illustrations or photos Information | Getty Visuals Elon Musk stated Friday that SpaceX simply cannot continue fund Starlink terminals in Ukraine “indefinitely,” right after a report proposed his area exploration enterprise had requested the Pentagon […]
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