SpaceX's Falcon 9 has beaten its record becoming the most flown rocket of Elon Musk's spaceflight company. If all goes as planned, the company could be launching 31 missions this year as there are two more scheduled flights on the calendar.
SpaceX will launch 52 Starlink satellites today aboard the Falcon 9 rocket. Remains will be recovered by the autonomous ship 'Of Course I Still Love You.'
Following the Indian government's warning, Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet company has said that it will seek for a commercial license early next year.
SpaceX's Starlink is expanding from rural homes to airlines as Elon Musk's company races to open the broadband commercially soon, making them a competitor to OneWeb and others.
This week, SpaceX launched its second rocket, This time, they delivered a slew of Starlink satellites into orbit before landing a booster at sea in a hazy flight.
SpaceX announced it has postponed its latest Starlink launch on Friday, November 12, due to unfavorable weather and instead move it to its backup launch date on Saturday morning, November 13.
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, urged the public to sign up early to secure a spot on Starlink as the satellite internet system will end its beta phase next month.
SpaceX said that they prefer using Starship rockets for the revised Starlink Gen2 to allow satellites to enter service within weeks rather than months.
Starlink, SpaceX's internet connection service, promises high speed and low latency connection to all its users in the US and around the world. The company is ramping up its rollout to increase its area of coverage.
SpaceLink just received funding to demonstrate its relay satellite that could give the International Space Station (ISS) faster communications. It will pick up where the NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) left off.
A U.K. government agency is concerned that SpaceX's Starlink, OneWeb, and other LEO satellite-broadband systems may interfere with one another's communications.