SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says the company is planning a much more significant Starship test, an attempt to send the SN8 prototype nearly 11 miles into the sky. SpaceX has conducted similar tests in recent months, conducting short hops of about 150 meters with a controlled landing. Musk tweeted that the SN8 prototype will… Continue reading SpaceX Planning 11-Mile Hop for Starship
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SpaceX Releases Video of SN6 Test Flight
A new video from SpaceX offers a great view of its recent Starship test hop. Friday, the SN6 prototype for SpaceX’s Starship program climbed to 150 meters above the company’s Boca Chica, Texas launch complex. The new video shows the barrel shaped rocket launching from afar, as well as video from the rocket itself. When… Continue reading SpaceX Releases Video of SN6 Test Flight
SpaceX SN6 Prototype Conducts Successful Test Hop
SpaceX advanced its Starship program Thursday, conducting a successful test hop of the SN6 prototype. The vehicle, powered by SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor engine, climbed to about 150 meters above the company’s complex in Boca Chica, Texas before landing safely. SpaceX conducted a similar test last month of the SN5 prototype. Chief Executive Elon Musk has… Continue reading SpaceX SN6 Prototype Conducts Successful Test Hop
SpaceX Grows Starlink Constellation to Over 700 Satellites
SpaceX conducted a successful mission Thursday morning, sending another load of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center, marking the 12th launch of Starlink satellites. SpaceX hopes to build a constellation of thousands of satellites that can beam internet service back to the U.S. Including Thursday’s addition, SpaceX… Continue reading SpaceX Grows Starlink Constellation to Over 700 Satellites
SpaceX Sends Falcon 9 South for Polar Orbit
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 Sunday, the first flight for the company to launch to the south instead of the east. The SAOCOM 1B mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station sent the rocket in a polar orbit, meaning a path that runs between the Earth’s poles. This mission marked SpaceX’s first launch to a… Continue reading SpaceX Sends Falcon 9 South for Polar Orbit
SpaceX Banks $2 Billion Investment
SpaceX has closed a funding round of nearly $2 billion on the back of its 100th successful mission and its first crewed commercial flight. The funding round became public this week in a Securities and Exchange filing. Bloomberg reported that the funding, SpaceX’s largest to date, boosted the company’s valuation to $46 billion. As SpaceX… Continue reading SpaceX Banks $2 Billion Investment
SpaceX Starlink Mission Sets Flight Record
SpaceX added 58 internet-beaming satellites to its Starlink constellation with a record-breaking flight for a Falcon 9 booster. The Falcon 9 used on the mission has been used on three previous Starlink missions and two commercial satellite missions. Tuesday’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was the booster’s sixth flight, a new record for SpaceX. The… Continue reading SpaceX Starlink Mission Sets Flight Record
SpaceX May Build Resort at Texas Facility
Before SpaceX starts hosting people on Mars, the company may host them at a resort located at its Texas Gulf Coast spaceport. SpaceX is advertising for a Resort Development Manager that would be responsible for building the resort in Boca Chica, Texas. “SpaceX is committed to developing this town into a 21st century Spaceport,” the… Continue reading SpaceX May Build Resort at Texas Facility
SpaceX Delivers 57 Satellites for Starlink Broadband Program
SpaceX’s Starlink constellation added Friday 57 satellites that bring the total in orbit to 595. The company aims to use the satellites to beam internet service around the world. A Falcon 9 launched at 1:12 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, with the first stage booster successfully landing eight minutes later on SpaceX’s “Of Course I Still Love… Continue reading SpaceX Delivers 57 Satellites for Starlink Broadband Program
SpaceX’s Starship Conducts 150 Meter Launch and Land
SpaceX’s next-generation rocket had a successful hop Tuesday, traveling 150 meters (~500 feet) into the sky before landing down at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The prototype of SpaceX’s Starship advances the design of the vehicle that will transport humans to the Moon and Mars. Tuesday’s experiment used the largest version of the… Continue reading SpaceX’s Starship Conducts 150 Meter Launch and Land