Almost all of the Starlink internet satellites that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried beyond the atmosphere on February 3rd won’t reach their intended orbit. SpaceX has revealed that a geomagnetic storm that took place a day after the liftoff
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SpaceX’s Starlink will come out of beta next month, Elon Musk says
Enlarge / Screenshot from the Starlink order page, with the street address blotted out. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-broadband service will emerge from beta in October, CEO Elon Musk said last night. Musk provided the answer of “next month” in response to
SpaceX calls Amazon’s protest of Starlink plan an irrelevant “diatribe”
Enlarge / Amazon UK warehouse at Leeds Distribution Park on May 27, 2021, in Leeds, England. Getty Images | Nathan Stirk On Thursday, SpaceX called Amazon’s latest protest against Starlink plans an irrelevant “diatribe” that should be ignored by the
Amazon urges FCC to reject SpaceX proposals for next-generation Starlink
Amazon is urging US regulators to reject an update to SpaceX’s plan for a second-generation Starlink system. Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s satellite-broadband subsidiary, says that SpaceX broke Federal Communications Commission rules by “propos[ing] two different configurations for the nearly 30,000 satellites