SpaceX gears up to launch sixty demo Starlink internet satellites on 15 May
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX gears up to launch sixty demo Starlink internet satellites on 15 May

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Saturday that sixty new satellites in the Starlink network will be launched into space on 15 May — the first in a series of thousands that SpaceX hopes to launch over the next few years for internet coverage from space. “This next batch of satellites will really be a demonstration set for us to see the deployment scheme and start putting our network together,” Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer, said at the Satellite 2019 conference in Washington DC, according to SpaceNews. “We start launching satellites for actual service later this year.” First 60 @SpaceX Starlink satellites loaded into Falcon fairing. pic.twitter.com/gZq8gHg9uK — Elon Musk May 12, 2019 SpaceX’s Starlink constellation is a massive planned network of 12,000 internet-providing satellites.

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Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan
2 days, 16 hours ago

Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon has revealed plans to provide high-speed broadband and mobile phone signal through …

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, boosting worldwide internet reach
1 month ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, boosting worldwide internet reach

Live Mint  

SpaceX achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday as its Falcon 9 rocket launched on its record-breaking 24th mission, carrying 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. This mission, designated Starlink-213 / Starlink 6-70, marks the continued expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation, designed to provide high-speed internet access globally. Starlink's growing global reach The launch also represents a major step forward …

SpaceX's workhorse Falcon-9 grounded, investigation begins
5 months, 3 weeks ago

SpaceX's workhorse Falcon-9 grounded, investigation begins

India Today  

SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket relied upon by the global space industry. "SpaceX has been forthcoming with information and is including NASA in the company's ongoing …

Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service to compete with SpaceX
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service to compete with SpaceX

The Hindu  

Amazon launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service on Friday as a rival to SpaceX’s broadband network. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket blasted off with the pair of test satellites, kicking off a programme that aims to improve global internet coverage with an eventual 3,236 satellites around Earth. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has a huge head start …

Amazon launches two satellites to compete with Musk’s Starlink
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon launches two satellites to compete with Musk’s Starlink

Live Mint  

With an aim to deliver the internet from space and compete with Elon Musk's Starlink service, Amazon launched two satellites on Friday. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos said that Project Kuiper will provide fast, and affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world with a constellation of more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit. Rajeev Badyal, Project Kuiper's …

Amazon takes on Starlink with Project Kuiper's inaugural satellite launch
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon takes on Starlink with Project Kuiper's inaugural satellite launch

India TV News  

Amazon is set to launch its initial two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on its "Protoflight" mission as part of Project Kuiper, the company's low Earth orbit satellite broadband venture aimed at competing with Elon Musk's Starlink. To rival Elon Musk's Starlink, which already has over 4,000 satellites in orbit for delivering affordable Internet, Amazon envisions deploying a constellation of …

Watch: SpaceX has launched more Starlink internet satellites into orbit
1 year, 11 months ago

Watch: SpaceX has launched more Starlink internet satellites into orbit

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch again as SpaceX launched more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit …

SpaceX launches 47 Starlink satellites, the better to aid Ukraine during war with Russian invaders
2 years, 10 months ago

SpaceX launches 47 Starlink satellites, the better to aid Ukraine during war with Russian invaders

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy SpaceX successfully launched another 47 Starlink satellites on Thursday, bringing the total number …

Starlink satellite internet by Elon Musk is now as fast as fiber broadband. Almost
3 years, 5 months ago

Starlink satellite internet by Elon Musk is now as fast as fiber broadband. Almost

India Today  

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite has matched up to the speed of the broadband, a speed test has found. A new report by Ookla speed test has revealed that the speed of the Starlink Internet has improved a lot, and it is now close to the speed offered by wired broadband. “Starlink was the only satellite internet provider in the United States …

Elon Musk-backed Starlink broadband may launch globally by September, hints company president
3 years, 6 months ago

Elon Musk-backed Starlink broadband may launch globally by September, hints company president

India Today  

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband will be available globally by September 2021, the company president Gwynne Shotwell said on Tuesday. Shotwell acknowledged that Starlink has unfinished regulatory work that the company needs to get approved to provide services in that country. "We've successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites and once all those satellites reach their operational orbit, we will have continuous …

SpaceX Starlink Has New Competition as Amazon May Launch Satellite Internet in India
3 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX Starlink Has New Competition as Amazon May Launch Satellite Internet in India

News 18  

Amazon is reported to begin steps for bringing high-speed satellite internet services to India soon, people familiar with the matter were quoted in an Economic Times report as saying. Amazon will soon approach the government to discuss the modalities, authorisations, permits, landing rights, and satellite bandwidth leasing costs, the ET report cited sources as saying. The sources told ET that …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Accepting Preorders For Starlink Satellite Broadband; Coming To India This Year?
3 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Accepting Preorders For Starlink Satellite Broadband; Coming To India This Year?

News 18  

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is extending the testing phase of the Starlink satellite broadband service is now accepting preorders from anyone who may want to get access. This is the second push for the Starlink satellite internet service, with the previous public beta testing invites sent out in October last year to sign up for the service. But there is good …

Amazon's Project Kuiper customer terminal delivers speeds up to 400 Mbps
4 years ago

Amazon's Project Kuiper customer terminal delivers speeds up to 400 Mbps

The Hindu  

Amazon has developed a small, low-cost customer terminal for ‘Project Kuiper’, its satellite-based internet service from low Earth orbit. The tech giant said the phased array antenna is based on a new architecture capable of delivering high-speed, low-latency broadband, and will allow customers to connect to satellites passing overhead. Amazon’s phased array antenna used “tiny antenna element structures to overlay …

SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service
4 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service

The Hindu  

SpaceX will continue beta testing its satellite-based broadband service Starlink into next year, the company said late Tuesday, indicating commercial service would not likely be offered in 2020 as previously planned. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, Elon Musk's private space exploration company, has launched nearly 900 Starlink satellites to orbit since 2019 with the goal of offering high-speed Internet to rural locations …

Amazon's Project Kuiper gets FCC approval; half of its 3,236 internet satellites to go up by 2026
4 years, 5 months ago

Amazon's Project Kuiper gets FCC approval; half of its 3,236 internet satellites to go up by 2026

Firstpost  

Project Kuiper is supposed to have gotten its names from the region of the Solar System called Kuiper belt. The US Federal Communications Commission has given Amazon unanimous approval to launch and operate a constellation of 3,236 internet-providing satellites as part of its ‘Project Kuiper’ – a codename that is said to be changed once the project begins commercial operations. …

Amazon wins FCC approval for Kuiper internet constellation
4 years, 5 months ago

Amazon wins FCC approval for Kuiper internet constellation

Daily Mail  

Amazon received approval from the Federal Communications to build a $10 billion internet constellation in low Earth orbit that would compete with Elon Musk's Starlink network. Amazon received approval from the Federal Communications to build a $10 billion internet constellation in low Earth orbit that would compete with Elon Musk's Starlink network Amazon first announced plans for the Kuiper System …

SpaceX reveals opportunity for enthusiasts to beta-test Starlink internet when launched
4 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX reveals opportunity for enthusiasts to beta-test Starlink internet when launched

Firstpost  

If you provided SpaceX with your zip code, ‘you will be notified via email if beta testing opportunities become available in your area.’ SpaceX is giving interested people an opportunity to beta-test its recently launched Starlink satellites. According to a report in ZDNet, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has said that the company needs about 400 Starlink satellites to …

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit
4 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Within days of sending two NASA astronauts to ISS on Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has now launched 60 new internet satellites into orbit using another Falcon 9. The company intends to launch 12,000 internet satellites into the lower orbit to provide reliable high speed broadband internet on Earth through space. Low flying satellites have large, flat antennas that …

SpaceX set to launch another 60 Starlink internet satellites tonight
4 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX set to launch another 60 Starlink internet satellites tonight

Daily Mail  

spacex will launch another 60 of its Starlink internet satellites into space tonight, bringing the total number in orbit around the Earth to 482. SpaceX is adding to the total of 422 Starlink satellites already in orbit since the last launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida in April. Featured is a picture of the firm's launch …

SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites amid pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites amid pandemic

CNN  

Austin, Texas CNN — SpaceX is racing against time — and now a pandemic — to build a satellite-internet business. One of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets fired 60 Starlink satellites into Earth’s orbit Wednesday, the sixth launch of its kind that Elon Musk’s company has sent up over the past year. The rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center inBrevard …

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation
4 years, 11 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX launched its fourth batch of internet-beaming satellites Wednesday as the company makes an unprecedented push to build a broadband internet business by deploying hundreds of satellites in one year. About 60 small satellites were fired into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. As many as …

SpaceX successfully deploys 60 starlink satellites, watch videos
5 years ago

SpaceX successfully deploys 60 starlink satellites, watch videos

India TV News  

Science and Technology giant SpaceX achieved a rare-feet on late Monday when it launched 60 mini internet satellites, this time testing a dark coating to appease stargazers. As the first-stage booster flew to a vertical landing on an ocean platform, the Starlink satellites continued hurtling toward orbit to join 120 similar spacecraft launched last year. His Starlink fleet now numbering …

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

SpaceX launch: 60 more Starlink satellites launched into space

CNN  

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 60 more internet satellites
5 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX sent another 60 satellites into orbit on Monday, one of many such launches the company hopes to conduct over the next year as it works to build a massive broadband-from-space business. SpaceX’s internet constellation, called Starlink, will require hundreds of satellites working in tandem to provide seamless internet connections on the ground. The 60 …

SpaceX’s Starlink internet is already connecting some devices. Here’s what you need to know
5 years, 2 months ago

SpaceX’s Starlink internet is already connecting some devices. Here’s what you need to know

CNN  

Washington CNN Business — SpaceX is on a mission to beam cheap, high-speed internet to consumers all over the globe. It’s part of early testing for the 60 broadband-beaming satellites and two demo devices that SpaceX has already launched into orbit. A batch of 60 satellites launched atop one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets in May, and the company has …

Elon Musk sent out first tweets via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
5 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk sent out first tweets via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet

Firstpost  

While SpaceX is preparing to successfully deploy its network of Starlink satellites to beam down broadband connectivity to the most remote areas on Earth, Elon Musk is having fun with the under-construction network. With the Starlink satellites, SpaceX aims to launch a constellation network to give internet coverage from space. — Elon Musk October 22, 2019 Once up and running, …

SpaceX seeks permission to quadruple the satellites numbers for its Starlink project
5 years, 2 months ago

SpaceX seeks permission to quadruple the satellites numbers for its Starlink project

Firstpost  

SpaceX said that it will take 24 launches to provide the rest of the world with an internet connection. SpaceX wants spectrum access for nearly four times as many satellites as originally planned for its high-speed internet constellation, the company and a UN agency confirmed Wednesday. On 7 October, the US Federal Communications Commission sent the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union …

SpaceX says most of its internet satellites are fully functional
5 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX says most of its internet satellites are fully functional

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The majority of SpaceX’s first 60 internet-beaming satellites have now reached their final destinations in Earth’s orbit. The company said Friday that it will test “latency and capacity by streaming videos and playing some high bandwidth video games.” SpaceX hopes its satellite internet project, called Starlink, will one day grow to include thousands of satellites …

SpaceX launches 60 little satellites, with many more to come
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 little satellites, with many more to come

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has launched 60 little satellites, the first of thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage. Musk said Friday all 60 flat-panel satellites were deployed and online a few hundred miles above Earth. Twelve launches of 60 satellites each will provide reliable and affordable internet coverage throughout the U.S., …

SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its internet network
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its internet network

Live Mint  

SpaceX on Thursday launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space and could one day number 12,000 satellites. Billionaire Elon Musk's firm, which is leading the private space race when it comes to rocket launches, is now looking to seize a chunk of the future space internet market. …

First wave of SpaceX's Starlink satellites liftoff in successful launch on 24 May
5 years, 7 months ago

First wave of SpaceX's Starlink satellites liftoff in successful launch on 24 May

Firstpost  

Starlink will be operational once 800 satellites have been activated, which is still a dozen or so launches away. To the delight of space enthusiasts everywhere, SpaceX successfully deployed all 60 satellites on Friday morning without hitch or glitch after two previous attempts to launch were called off within 30 minutes of liftoff due to bad winds and a necessary …

SpaceX creates history by launching 60 Starlink satellites
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX creates history by launching 60 Starlink satellites

India TV News  

SpaceX has taken a giant leap towards making global Internet coverage a reality as its fifth Falcon 9 rocket of the year took flight, sending 60 Internet-beaming Starlink satellites into space. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 10.30 p.m. on Thursday from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, following several delays: first a 24-hour …

SpaceX launches first batch of 60 internet satellites in landmark mission
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches first batch of 60 internet satellites in landmark mission

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX just vaulted a rocket full of 60 satellites into the sky, marking a huge leap forward on its mission to put up a megaconstellation that could beam cheap broadband all over the planet. It’s not year clear if all 60 satellites are fully functional, but tweets from Musk and SpaceX appeared to confirm everything …

Beaming cheap internet from space has bankrupted other companies. Here’s how SpaceX plans to survive
5 years, 7 months ago

Beaming cheap internet from space has bankrupted other companies. Here’s how SpaceX plans to survive

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Elon Musk has tepid optimism that his rocket company SpaceX will be the company that delivers cheap satellite-based internet to the masses — finally turning a longtime industry fantasy into reality. Here’s what is known: Musk said last week that SpaceX has “sufficient” funds to get Starlink off the ground -— “but of course if …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites pushed by days in second scrub this week
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites pushed by days in second scrub this week

Firstpost  

SpaceX’s tweeted that it wants to ‘update satellite software and triple-check everything again’ before launch. While the first delay from the 15 May launch window to 16 May was owing to bad winds, the latest delay comes from SpaceX’s engineering team wanting to “update satellite software and triple-check everything again”. — SpaceX May 17, 2019 The Starlink satellites were to …

SpaceX will launch its first 60 satellites to deliver internet from space
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX will launch its first 60 satellites to deliver internet from space

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX wants to beam cheap broadband internet all over the planet. Elon Musk’s rocket company will try to deliver a batch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit, the first for a megaconstellation of satellites that SpaceX is calling Starlink. And SpaceX said in a Thursday tweet that it would wait another week so the company …

Starlink: SpaceX to launch dozens more 'test' internet satellites on 15 May
5 years, 8 months ago

Starlink: SpaceX to launch dozens more 'test' internet satellites on 15 May

Firstpost  

The first of SpaceX’s satellites in the Starlink network were launched to orbit in February 2018. The first of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband internet satellites took wing to the orbit in February 2018, and they’ll soon be joined by dozens more as early as 15 May. “We start launching satellites for actual service later this year.” Satellite internet promises broader access …

FCC gives SpaceX green light to fly internet-beaming satellites in a lower orbit
5 years, 8 months ago

FCC gives SpaceX green light to fly internet-beaming satellites in a lower orbit

Firstpost  

SpaceX has already produced a bunch of Starlink satellites and is on track to start launching them in May. The US Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s plans to fly a fleet of internet-transmitting satellites, Starlink, at an orbit lower than originally planned. SpaceX reasoned that lower elevation would allow it to cut latency down to 15 milliseconds and cut …

Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to provide broadband access around the world
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to provide broadband access around the world

India Today  

Amazon is joining the space-race to provide internet accross the globe. The Seattle-headquartered tech company is planning to launch a network of 3,236 satellites in the lower Earth orbit in an ambitious attempt to provide broadband access to people around the globe. According to a GeekWire report, last month, Kuiper Systems LLC made three sets of filings with the International …

Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Amazon.com Inc on Thursday confirmed its plan to build a network of over 3,000 satellites through "Project Kuiper" to provide high speed internet. The project will launch a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to people globally who lack basic access to broadband internet, the company said. Amazon's satellite project faces stiff competition …

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