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Amazon launches test satellites for internet service to compete with SpaceX

Amazon launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service on Friday as a rival to SpaceX's broadband network. United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket blasted off with the pair of test satellites, kicking off a programme that aims to improve global internet coverage with an eventual 3,236 satellites around Earth. Amazon plans to begin offering service by the end of next year. Elon Musk's SpaceX has a huge head start over Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos, who has his own rocket company, Blue Origin. SpaceX flew its first test Starlink satellites in 2018 and the first operational satellites in 2019. It has since launched more than 5,000 Starlinks from Florida and California, using its own Falcon rockets. Europe's Eutelsat OneWeb also is launching internet satellites, with around 600 in orbit. Amazon originally agreed to put the satellites on the debut launch of ULA's Vulcan rocket. But with the Vulcan grounded by problems until at least the end of this year, Amazon

Amazon poised to launch long delayed satellites in race with SpaceX

It'll be the first in-flight test of Amazon's ambitious Project Kuiper initiative, on which it's pledged to spend more than $10 billion

Starlink to get licence to offer satellite internet by next month

After getting the license, Starlink will become eligible for spectrum allocation, after which it can start providing satellite broadband services

OpenAI plans sale of existing shares at $80-$90 billion valuation

It would make OpenAI one of the world's most valuable private companies

Govt asks SpaceX-owned Starlink to share info on data storage and transfer

The Home Ministry is also evaluating the application for security-related checks, and a meeting has been scheduled this week, which is expected to see the participation of Starlink executives

Elon Musk's denial of Ukraine's Starlink request prompts senate probe

Chairman Jack Reed said in a statement Thursday the reports on the use of Starlink exposed "serious national-security liability issues and the committee is engaged on this issue"

DoT to take call on Starlink's India license next week: Officials

Officials say application is in order; two other players have received license

Musk's refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine's attack raises questions

SpaceX founder Elon Musk's refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions as to whether the US military needs to be more explicit in future contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Monday. Excerpts of a new biography of Musk published by The Washington Post last week revealed that the Ukrainians in September 2022 had asked for the Starlink support to attack Russian naval vessels based at the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Musk had refused due to concerns that Russia would launch a nuclear attack in response. Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and claims it as its territory. Musk was not on a military contract when he refused the Crimea request; he'd been providing terminals to Ukraine for free in response to Russia's February 2022 invasion. However, in the months since, the US military has funded and ...

Elon Musk's Starship launch halted after FAA cites 63 regulatory fixes

The test flight of Starship in April ended in a mid-flight explosion within four minutes of its take off

SpaceX can't launch its giant rocket again until fixes are made: FAA

SpaceX must take a series of steps before it can launch its mega rocket again after its debut ended in an explosion, federal regulators said Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said it closed its investigation into SpaceX's failed debut of Starship, the world's biggest rocket. The agency is requiring SpaceX to take 63 corrective actions and to apply for a modified FAA license before launching again. FAA official said multiple problems led to the April launch explosion, which sent pieces of concrete and metal hurtling for thousands of feet (meters) and created a plume of pulverized concrete that spread for miles (kilometers) around. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said in the accident's aftermath that he improved the 394-foot (120-meter) rocket and strengthened the launch pad. A new Starship is on the redesigned pad, awaiting liftoff. It will fly empty, as before. During the initial test flight, the rocketship had to be destroyed after it tumbled out of control shortly after liftof

4 astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX capsule to wrap up 6-month mission

Four astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Returning were NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Woody Hoburg, Russia's Andrei Fedyaev and the United Arab Emirates' Sultan al-Neyadi, t he first person from the Arab world to spend an extended time in orbit. Before departing the space station, they said they were craving hot showers, steaming cups of coffee and the ocean air since arriving in March. Their homecoming was delayed a day because of poor weather at the splashdown locations. SpaceX launched their replacements over a week ago. Another crew switch will occur later this month with the long-awaited homecoming of two Russians and one American who have been up there an entire year. Their stay was doubled after their Soyuz capsule leaked all of its coolant and a new craft had to be launched. Between crew swaps, the space station is home to se

Nasa sends SpaceX Crew-7 to International Space Station for exploration

The crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations preparing for missions to the moon, mars and beyond, says Nasa administrator

SpaceX Crew-7 with Nasa astronauts launches to International Space Station

The agency's SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for Nasa

SpaceX launches latest crew to space station after fixing valve issue

SpaceX also opted to replace some of the valves on multiple Dragon spacecraft - including some of the valves on Crew-7's Dragon

Crypto wrap: Global macro uncertainties pull market deep in the red

The uncertainty around Chinese economy, where real estate crisis has touched a new high after Evergrande filed for bankruptcy protection in New York, has also contributed to sell-off in the markets

SpaceX rocket lifts off with world's largest commercial satellite

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s three-fuselage Falcon Heavy ferried the massive payload into orbit at 11:04 p.m. local time from the company's launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

World's largest private satellite Jupiter-3 to be launched by Falcon Heavy

The Maxar Technologies-owned communication satellite, named JUPITER-3, is the largest commercial communications satellite ever built and will provide internet to North and South America

With Zhuque-2, China blasts off world's first methane-powered rocket

The successful launch of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 puts China ahead of rivals such as Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin

Starlink a step closer to launching its satellite-based internet in India

As Starlink goes ahead with its plan, it will have rivals like Bharti Group company OneWeb, Amazon, and Reliance Jio's satcom waiting for it

Karnataka minister invites Musk to set up business units in the state

The Karnataka commerce minister invites Elon Musk to make investments in the state. Karnataka is the ideal destination for Tesla's expansions in India, he said.