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Europe wants to build its own version of SpaceX's Starlink with a $7.3 billion constellation of internet satellites
Similarly to Elon Musk's Starlink, Europe's satellite constellation would offer internet service to…
Kate Duffy
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"Whoa it worked" — Elon Musk successfully sent the first tweet using Starlink satellite
The massive network of satellites, commonly referred to as a constellation, aims to provide seam…
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Elon Musk's 'bright' Starlink satellite train sparks regulation debate
Astronomers, on the other hand, are rallying against Elon Musk’s broadband enterprise launched…
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Here’s how you can spot Musk’s Starlink satellite train in the sky where you live
Even if you’re not looking for Starlink where you are, there’s a map to track the satellit…
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About 1 in 40 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed. That's not too bad, but across a 42,000-spacecraft constellation it could spark a crisis.
At this rate, SpaceX may leave more than 1,000 dead satellites in orbit, where they can crash into …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Chinese firm's answer to Elon Musk's Starlink just launched its first satellites for the thousands-strong network Beijing plans to build
The Thousand Sails Constellation is planned to bring 15,000 satellites into orbit, and is one of th…
Matthew Loh
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Amazon launches partnership with rival SpaceX to send competing satellites into orbit
Amazon and SpaceX have entered into a contract to conduct three Falcon 9 launches to support Amazon…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Here's why researchers are worried about Elon Musk wanting to launch another 30,000 satellites
Currently, there only 2,100 active satellites in orbit over the planet. Even if inactive satel…
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Satellite internet services like Elon Musk's Starlink won't make giant undersea cables extinct, experts say
Satellite internet constellations are a "game-changer" for rural communities but undersea cables wo…
Kate Duffy
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Amazon hired a former SpaceX exec to launch its satellite constellation plan after he was fired by Elon Musk
Badyal was reportedly fired in June 2018 after CEO Elon Musk became frustrated with the pace of dev…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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China takes on Elon Musk's Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites
A Chinese company plans to launch the first in a network of 300 very-low-earth-orbit satellites in …
Polly Thompson
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SpaceX may want to launch 42,000 internet satellites - about 5 times more spacecraft than humanity has ever flown
That's according to Caleb Henry at Space News, who on Tuesday wrote that SpaceX, founded by tech mo…
Dave Mosher
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A communications satellite the size of an apartment is so bright it can outshine stars, and astronomers are worried it could interfere with their research
AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 can shine as bright as the 16th brightest star in the night sky. Hun…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Tesla boss Elon Musk gets fierce competition as Amazon announces biggest rocket deal in commercial space history
Elon Musk is set to get fierce competition in the affordable satellite-based internet market as Ama…
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Rise in the number of satellites are threatening orbital space around Earth, say scientists
The rapid growth of the anthropogenic space object population, including satellite mega-constellati…