News Archive / Tagged: Starlink
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3 SkySat, 58 Starlink satellites fly during first SpaceX Rideshare launch
Cullen DesforgesJune 13th, 2020At 5:21 a.m. EDT, SpaceX’s ninth set of Starlink satellites departed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, flying with three SkySat satellites, part of the company’s first commercial ride share arrangement.
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SpaceX to test sun visors on Starlink satellites
Matt HaskellMay 19th, 2020SpaceX will test sun visors on one of their Starlink satellites on their next launch, currently planned for early June.
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45th Space Wing preparing for back to back launches
Matt HaskellMay 14th, 2020This weekend, the 45th Space wing at cape Canaveral Air Force Station is poised for a modern era record turnaround in launches, as it prepares to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V with the USSF-7 X-37B from LC-41 on Saturday, and a SpaceX Falcon 9 with Starlink satellites from LC-40 on Sunday.
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SpaceX set to launch its seventh Starlink mission
Cullen DesforgesApril 21st, 2020SpaceX will launch 60 Starlink satellites from LC-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
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OneWeb announces layoffs, files for bankruptcy following latest launch
Matt HaskellMarch 30th, 2020In a surprising recent development, satellite broadband internet provider OneWeb filed for bankruptcy just one week following the successful launch of 34 satellites atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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SpaceX successfully launches the sixth Starlink mission.
Patrick AttwellMarch 18th, 2020SpaceX successfully launched its sixth batch of satellites for its Starlink constellation.
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Sun is rising on launch day for SpaceX Starlink-5 mission
Sean CostelloMarch 15th, 2020It’s launch day! With under an hour to go before the scheduled liftoff of SpaceX’s sixth batch of 60 Starlink satellites, SpaceFlight Insider correspondent Theresa Cross is stationed along the river’s edge at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s (KSCVC) Saturn V viewing site.
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KSCVC to temporarily close due to COVID-19 concerns, launches currently set to continue
Sean CostelloMarch 14th, 2020On March 16, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) will join the growing list of major central-Florida entertainment and amusement properties which have temporarily closed in consideration of the health risks associated with COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
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SpaceX successfully launches fourth batch of Starlink satellites
Theresa CrossJanuary 29th, 2020CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched their fourth batch of approximately 60 satellites for the Starlink broadband network at 9:06am EDT, January 29, after carefully “evaluating extreme weather in the recovery area,” according to SpaceX.
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SpaceX starts 2020 with Starlink launch
Patrick AttwellJanuary 6th, 2020SpaceX's Starlink constellation just got a major boost.
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SpaceX prepares for first of many Starlink launches in 2020
Jim SiegelDecember 31st, 20192020 looks to be a big year for space. The next twelve months could see the U.S. regain a long-lost capability and another rover should be sent on its way to the Red Planet. SpaceX is planning to kick off 2020 with the launch of the next batch of Starlink satellites.
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Scientists, SpaceX debate Starlink satellites’ impact on night sky
Laurel KornfeldJune 4th, 2019SpaceX's launch its first 60 Starlink satellites is generating controversy about their potential impact on night sky observation and radio astronomy.
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Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 25, 2019
Derek RichardsonMay 25th, 2019This week, SpaceX launched its first Starlink internet satellites and NASA awarded a contract to build the first piece of the agency’s Lunar Gateway.
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Gallery: SpaceX begins launching its Starlink constellation
Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2019In the black of night, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink spacecraft to begin its satellite internet mega constellation.
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SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites
Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2019CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history again by launching the first 60 satellites of its Starlink satellite internet mega constellation.
