Tag: broadband
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Photos: Falcon 9 lifts off on fourth dedicated launch for Starlink network
The 80th flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered 60 more satellites to orbit for the company’s Starlink broadband network Wednesday after launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket fired up at 9:06:49 a.m. EST (1406:49 GMT) Wednesday and climbed away from from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch…
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SpaceX boosts 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit after weather delays
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 9:06:49 a.m. EST (1406:49 GMT) Wednesday with 60 Starlink Internet satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now After waiting more than a week for good weather, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday from Cape Canaveral with 60 more satellites for the company’s Starlink Internet network, continuing to…
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SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch due to winds aloft, will try again Wednesday
EDITOR’ S NOTE: Updated at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT) after SpaceX confirmed a launch delay to Wednesday, Jan. 29. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Monday before officials scrubbed the countdown due to strong upper level winds. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX called off a scheduled…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with more Starlink satellites
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s fourth batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the Falcon 9 rocket…
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Amazon asks FCC to give swift approval to Project Kuiper satellite network despite SpaceX opposition
Multiple mega-constellations of satellites could take root in low Earth orbit over the next few years. (European Space Agency Illustration) Amazon fired its latest volley today in a back-and-forth debate over whether the company can proceed in an expedited fashion with its 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper mega-constellation for broadband internet access. Today’s 24-page letter to the…
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Live coverage: Next SpaceX launch expected no earlier than Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s fourth batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical Monday on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket for next Starlink mission; launch date under review
Nine Merlin engines on the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired for several seconds at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) Monday during a prelaunch static fire test. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now Just one day after a mission from a nearby launch pad, SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Monday at…
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Photos: Ariane 5’s fiery climb to space from French Guiana
A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into a gloomy sky Thursday over French Guiana and streaked into space from the tropical launch base with 2.9 million pounds of thrust from two solid rocket boosters and a hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine. Imagery released by Arianespace and CNES — operator of the Ariane 5 rocket and…
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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket rolled out for first launch of 2020
A nearly 180-foot-tall (54.8-meter) Ariane 5 rocket rolled out of its integration hangar to the ELA-3 launch zone Wednesday at the Guiana Space Center in South America, moving into position for liftoff Thursday with two geostationary communications satellites. The Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT 30 satellites, owned by Paris-based Eutelsat and the Indian Space Research Organization,…
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Kuaizhou 1A rocket lofts Chinese broadband test satellite
A Kuaizhou 1A launcher lifts off Thursday from the Jiuquan space center in northwestern China. Credit: CASIC A solid-fueled Kuaizhou 1A launcher carried a commercial broadband communications satellite into orbit Thursday for GalaxySpace, a Chinese company that says it plans to launch up to 144 spacecraft for a space-based 5G network in the next few…