SpaceX’s to launch a Boeing-built sattelite, bringing rivals together
5 years, 5 months ago

SpaceX’s to launch a Boeing-built sattelite, bringing rivals together

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New York CNN Business — SpaceX and Boeing are arch-rivals: They’re both gunning for the glory of returning human spaceflight to US soil for the first time in a decade. A rocket launch on Tuesday evening marked one such occasion: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a $161 million satellite built by Boeing, took off from Cape Canaveral at about 7:20 pm ET. A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with the Israeli-owned Amos 17 commercial communications satellite lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. SpaceX and the commercial rocket revolution The primary reason a satellite company might choose SpaceX’s rockets over ULA: The rockets built by ULA’s co-owners, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, are not intended for the commercial market. Satellites built by Boeing do launch on ULA rockets, but they’re also compatible with SpaceX’s cheaper Falcon 9 and rockets built by European competitor Arianespace.

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites
3 years, 9 months ago

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites

CNN  

CNN — The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched Sunday morning, sending 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. “Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, completing the ninth flight of that booster,” SpaceX tweeted. It is described by SpaceX as the “first orbital class rocket capable of reflight.” The 60 Starlink satellites were …

SpaceX launch: 60 more Starlink satellites launched into space
5 years ago

SpaceX launch: 60 more Starlink satellites launched into space

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New York CNN Business — SpaceX launched its third batch of internet-beaming satellites Monday evening, kicking off what is expected to be a remarkably busy year for the company as it readies its new broadband business. And — if all goes as planned —there will be 23 more launches by the end of this year, growing SpaceX’s Starlink constellation to …

SpaceX launches first satellites for Musk’s Starlink internet service
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches first satellites for Musk’s Starlink internet service

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High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Thursday on a mission to carry the first batch of five dozen small satellites into low-Earth orbit for his new Starlink internet service. The rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 10:30 p.m. local time, marking a milestone in a global enterprise …

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