The scandalous story with the British company OneWeb turned out to be the loss of an important client for Roscosmos, while the North American competitor, SpaceX, on the contrary, is doing well: Elon Musk’s company has signed a new contract with NASA for three manned flights to the ISS. The contract value is $3.5 billion. […]
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SpaceX will send more Starlink terminals to Ukraine
Ukraine has already received assistance from SpaceX in the form of Starlink satellite Internet access service operating in the country and related terminals. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, even more Starlink terminals will be delivered to Ukraine in the near future. “I spoke with Elon Musk. I am grateful to him for supporting Ukraine […]
Elon Musk will not block Russian media in Starlink. Billionaire calls for immediate increase in oil and gas production
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has said he has no intention of blocking Russian news sources that are available via the Starlink satellite internet network. Some countries (but not Ukraine) demanded to block Russian news sources in Starlink. We won’t do it, except at gunpoint. Excuse me for being an absolutist of free […]
Elon Musk warned Ukrainians about the danger of Starlink
American billionaire Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, published a warning on his page on the social network Twitter about the danger of using the Starlink satellite Internet system in Ukraine. Important warning: Starlink is the only non-Russian communications system still operating in parts of Ukraine, so it is highly likely to be […]
The number of Starlink satellites in orbit increased by 185% in 18 months
SpaceX is constantly launching Starlink satellites into orbit, but it is not always clear how many of them are there at a particular moment, since the company most often voices only the number of devices on board the Falcon 9. An infographic published by Spacexstats allows you to understand how the orbital constellation has grown […]
Starlink is here. Thanks, Elon Musk.” Terminals for connection to Starlink satellite Internet were delivered to Ukraine
Earlier, we wrote that Starlink satellite Internet, deployed by SpaceX, was launched in Ukraine. The Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov asked Elon Musk about this, and the head of SpaceX quickly responded. Then Musk said that the terminals for connecting to Starlink were on their way. Only a few days passed, and […]
“Who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the territory of the United States or Europe?”. Dmitry Rogozin criticized the sanctions against the Russian space program, he was answered by Elon Musk
Dmitry Rogozin quite emotionally commented on the sanctions announced the day before by the United States against the Russian space program. The head of Roscosmos called these measures “ALZ-GEIMER SANCTIONS” and described in detail why he thinks so. In several tweets, Dmitry Rogozin raises various topics, and also asks the question “Who will save the […]
Elon Musk showed a new video of Starship and Mechazilla
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has released a new video that shows the 140-meter Launch and catch tower with robotic arms called Mehazilla from all sides. She holds the prototype Starship 20 spacecraft, which is taken off the Super Heavy Booster 4 launch vehicle. Recall that SpaceX has built the largest rocket in history. It will […]
Jared Eisakman plans to fund more than 3 private space missions
Jared Eisakman, an e-commerce tycoon who last year led the world’s first private spaceflight orbiting crew, said Monday that he plans to help fund more than three spaceflights independently with SpaceX. from NASA’s space mission program. Eisakman, co-founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments Inc., said his new partnership, called Polaris, with SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk […]
Elon Musk became an academic. He joined the US National Academy of Engineers
??The composition of the US National Academy of Engineers this week replenished with 133 new members: 111 of them are US residents, 22 are foreigners. Among these 133 three people was the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk. Election to the US National Academy of Engineers is one of the highest awards for an engineer. Its […]
