Tag: SpaceX

  • Pentagon Drone Tests Hit by Starlink Outage Shows DoD SpaceX Risk

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    Pentagon Drone Operations Face Critical Risk from SpaceX Dependency A recent Starlink service disruption directly impacted Pentagon drone testing operations, underscoring the Department of Defense’s deepening reliance on SpaceX’s commercial satellite network for critical military communications. The outage affected unmanned aerial vehicle trials that depend on Starlink’s satellite constellation for beyond-line-of-sight command and control links.…

  • Starship Super Heavy completes static fire with 33 Raptor engines

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    How many Raptor engines fired in SpaceX’s latest Super Heavy test? SpaceX completed a full-duration static fire test of its Super Heavy booster with all 33 Raptor engines igniting successfully on April 16, marking a critical milestone toward the next Starship integrated flight test. The test generated approximately 16.7 million pounds of thrust at sea…

  • SpaceX Version 3 Starship Static Fire Targets May Orbital Test

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    What’s New in SpaceX’s Version 3 Starship That Just Completed Static Fire Testing? SpaceX successfully completed a static fire test of its Version 3 Starship prototype on April 15, marking a critical milestone before the vehicle’s planned May orbital test flight. The test fired all six Raptor engines for approximately 8 seconds at the company’s…

  • Former NASA Executive Bets on Narrow-Beam LEO Broadband Against Starlink

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    Can narrow-beam technology challenge Starlink’s LEO dominance? A 63-year-old former NASA Branch Chief and Google executive is launching a narrow-beam satellite constellation strategy to compete against established mega-constellations like Starlink in an increasingly contested Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband market. The approach focuses on higher-frequency, precision-targeted beams rather than the wide-coverage architecture deployed by SpaceX’s…

  • New Glenn Third Flight Tests Booster Reuse Strategy

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    Will New Glenn’s booster reuse strategy match SpaceX’s economics? Blue Origin’s New Glenn is preparing for its third orbital mission this week using a previously flown first-stage booster, marking a critical test of the company’s reusability strategy against SpaceX’s proven Falcon 9 economics. The mission represents Blue Origin’s first attempt at operational booster reuse, coming…

  • SpaceX launches 11,000 lbs of ISS cargo on Cygnus NG-24 mission

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    How much cargo is SpaceX delivering to the ISS this weekend? SpaceX launched 11,000 pounds of critical supplies to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-24 spacecraft on Saturday, marking another successful cargo resupply mission that keeps the orbiting laboratory operational. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, delivering the automated…