SpaceX reveals new Starlink satellite details 24 hours from launch
Less than 24 hours before SpaceX's first dedicated Starlink mission is scheduled to lift off, the company revealed a handful…
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SpaceX static fires Falcon 9 with satellites on board for the first time in years
SpaceX has successfully completed a Falcon 9 static fire ahead of Starlink's first dedicated launch, breaking a practice that dates…
5 years ago
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reveals radical Starlink redesign for 60-satellite launch
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has published the first official photo of the company's near-final Starlink design and confirmed that Falcon…
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SpaceX’s Starlink launch debut to orbit dozens of satellites later this month
SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell has revealed that the company's first dedicated Starlink launch is scheduled for May 15th…
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SpaceX’s first batch of Starlink satellites already in Florida for launch debut
According to an official statement, SpaceX's satellite mass production is "well underway" and the first batch of operational Starlink satellites…
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SpaceX preps second $500M fundraiser as Starlink & Starship make progress
According to regulatory documents seen by Prime Unicorn Index, SpaceX finished a $500M funding round begun in December 2018 and…
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SpaceX’s first dedicated Starlink launch announced as mass production begins
SpaceX has announced a launch target of May 2019 for the first batch of operational Starlink satellites in a sign…
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite lawyers refute latest “flawed” OneWeb critique
After years of relentless legal badgering from internet satellite constellation competitor OneWeb, SpaceX's regulatory and legal affairs team appears to…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch new Starlink satellites from Florida this spring
NASASpaceflight.com reports that SpaceX is tentatively on target for the dedicated launch debut of its first (relatively) operational Starlink satellites…
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SpaceX’s Starlink space internet gets new competitor with OneWeb satellite launch
The most viable competitor to SpaceX's Starlink Internet constellation has completed a demonstration launch, placing the first six OneWeb satellites…
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SpaceX hints at mystery Falcon 9 missions with record breaking launch target
Speaking at the 2019 Smallsat Symposium, SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales Jonathan Hofeller announced that the company will try…
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SpaceX lays off 10% of staff by email as Falcon Heavy, BFR, and Starlink ramp up
In an unusual move for a privately-held company that raised $500M-750M in the last six months alone and is the…
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SpaceX’s Starlink eyed by US military as co. raises $500-750M for development
In a reasonably predictable turn of events, SpaceX has been awarded a healthy $28.7M contract to study, develop, and test…
5 years ago
SpaceX job posts hint at building satellite constellations for US military
Published within the last week, unusual SpaceX job postings have begun to combine a range of topics unusual for the company,…
6 years ago
SpaceX kicks off $750M investment round as BFR and Starlink infrastructure needs grow
Reuters reports that SpaceX has moved forward with an effort to raise capital through a leveraged loan and is now…
6 years ago
SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation deemed ‘a license to print money’
According to a draft paper written by networking researcher and professor Mark Handley, SpaceX's Starlink internet satellite constellation has the…
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites “happy and healthy” as Elon Musk fires managers and VP
Reuters is reporting that SpaceX's Starlink internet satellite constellation project experienced significant organizational upheaval earlier this year, triggered by fundamental…
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SpaceX seeks $500M loan for major one-time Starlink and BFR investments
Bloomberg reports that SpaceX has approached Goldman Sachs in hopes of arranging a $500M leveraged loan, potentially opening up an…
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SpaceX board member says Starlink prototype satellites “are working wonderfully”
Speaking in a Satellite Innovation 2018 keynote, long-time SpaceX investor and board member Steve Jurvetson made a quiet but significant…
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites may use unique solar array deployment mechanism
Spotted on an official SpaceX T-shirt commemorating Starlink's first two prototype satellites and corroborated through analysis of limited public photos…
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