Starlink
Starlink and OneWeb Have Their First Avoidance Maneuver With Each Other’s Constellations
Two companies, OneWeb and SpaceX, are racing to put fleets of thousands of communication satellites into orbit. In March they…
One of the Terms of Service For Starlink is that You “Recognize Mars as a Free Planet”
In May of 2019, SpaceX began launching its Starlink constellation with the launch of its first 60 satellites. To date,…
How Will Starlink’s Packet Routing Work?
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite cluster has been receiving more and more headline space recently as it continues adding satellites at a…
Radio Astronomers are Worried About Mega-Constellations and the Square Kilometer Array
With all the satellite constellations heading to space in the near future, there are concerns they will interfere with radio…
SpaceX is Going to Hop Starship Again This Weekend
SpaceX has a busy weekend ahead with three missions scheduled for Sunday, including a 150 m hop test with the…
SpaceX Describes Exactly How They’re Planning to Make Starlink Satellites Less Visible From Earth
During the recent Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020, SpaceX shared its plans for mitigating light pollution with its…
Elon Musk says that SpaceX Has no Plans to Spin Off Starlink
At the recent Satellite 2020 Conference & Exhibition, Elon Musk declared that Starlink will not become its own company in…
Astronomers Have Some Serious Concerns About Starlink and Other Satellite Constellations
Picture the space around Earth filled with tens of thousands of communications satellites. That scenario is slowly coming into being,…
SpaceX is Thinking of Spinning Off Starlink and Taking it Public
SpaceX recently announced that it could be taking Starlink public, giving investors a chance to get a piece of this…
Here Comes the Next Satellite Constellation. OneWeb Launches 34 Satellites on Thursday
SpaceX has been garnering all the headlines when it comes to satellite constellations. Their Starlink system will eventually have thousands…