Elon Musk’s rocket company looks to raise additional $250m as it builds satellite broadband network, NASA orbital vehicle and Mars transporter
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OneWeb Launches Another 34 Broadband Satellites
SpaceX challenger OneWeb this week launched another 34 satellites to bring its total to 40 in orbit, as its rivalry with SpaceX hots up
Elon Musk Marks Tesla Success With Dance Music Track
Release of ‘Don’t Doubt Ur Vibe’ follows strong orders for Cybertruck and share price rise that values Tesla second in the world after Toyota
SpaceX Adds To Growing Satellite Broadband Constellation
Another 60 Starlink broadband satellites launched by SpaceX, as part of its planned 12,000 strong constellation
Apple ‘Working On Secret Satellite Data Project’
iPhone maker hiring engineers to develop satellite data tech, potentially allowing it to link iPhones direclty to satellite data services
SpaceX’s Starlink Satellite Broadband Tested By US Military
The US Air Force has tested ultra-fast broadband in a plane’s cockpit, thanks to Space X’s growing satellite network
SpaceX Shows ‘Starship’ Mars Rocket Prototype
Giant stainless-steel space vehicle is set to begin tests in the coming weeks, as SpaceX system for delivering crew to orbit remains ‘years behind schedule’
SpaceX Plans 24 Starlink Launches Next Year
SpaceX executive confirms low earth orbit-based broadband project will see 24 Starlink launches in 2020
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches Experimental Satellites
The payloads included a NASA atomic clock and a solar sail project for the Planetary Society
Bezos Admits Amazon Broadband Satellite Network Will Cost Billions
Amazon boss opens up about satellite plan, as animal rights protester interrupts him on stage
SpaceX Raises $1bn To Fund Satellite Broadband Constellation
SpaceX hopes to use the satellite broadband service to fund manned missions to Mars – but first it must fend off intense competition
SpaceX Launches 60 Broadband Satellites Into Low Earth Orbit
SpaceX begins rollout of its Starlink satellite-based broadband network, with the first of 12,000 satellites
SpaceX Set To Launch First ‘Production’ Broadband Satellites
The launch planned for this week follows that of two demonstration satellites in 2018
Start-Up OneWeb Seals Funding For Massive Broadband Satellite Launch
OneWeb has now raised some £2.6bn toward its plans for a global satellite-based broadband network, with a major launch campaign set for later this year
SpaceX Starts Construction Of Mars Rocket Prototype
The company also launched its first navigation satellite for the US military, in a win against Boeing and Lockheed-Martin
A Tesla Roadster Flying To Mars Is Only The Beginning
ANALYSIS: The SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s successful launch into orbit marshals in a new era of practical space operations for private industry.
Elon Musk, SpaceX, Artificial Intelligence And Iain M Banks
BLOG: The story behind Musk’s intriguing names for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 landing drone ships
Samsung Proposes 4,600 Micro-Satellite Space Internet
Samsung nestles in with Branson, Musk in race for low-orbit web-spewing satellites
Microsoft Loses Two HoloLens Headsets After SpaceX Rocket Failure
“Space is hard…” says Satya Nadella as SpaceX’s CRS-7 unmanned resupply mission breaks apart just after launch
Microsoft’s HoloLens Will Be Used By NASA In Space
WATCH: International Space Station reveals video showing astronauts training with HoloLens in parabolic flight
SpaceX Files Satellite Broadband Application
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to the FCC for a trial of two satellites that will beam down broadband to Earth