SpaceX won't list Starlink in 2024
SpaceX will not pursue an initial public offering of its Starlink unit this year, according to Bret Johnsen, the company’s chief financial officer.
“It’d be more in the years to come,” Johnsen said Tuesday at an industry conference. The unit became profitable...
Starship launch 3 planned for Thursday
Elon Musk’s SpaceX received the go-ahead to launch its giant Starship rocket a third time, four months after its last test ended in an explosion prematurely.
The Federal Aviation Administration reinstated SpaceX’s launch license, the agency said in a...
FAA serves SpaceX with 17 corrective actions on Starship before 3rd launch
US air safety regulators concluded a mishap investigation into SpaceX’s most recent Starship explosion in November, laying out the issues the Elon Musk-led company must address before it can attempt to launch the rocket...
Starlink stealing satellite Internet customers in South Africa
SpaceX's Starlink broadband service is already impacting at least one established satellite provider despite not being officially available locally.
Satellite broadband services have been beaming Internet connectivity to South...
Starlink's Direct-to-Cell customers could go live this year
T-Mobile US Inc. may offer space-connected mobile devices to customers this year as its partnership with SpaceX bears fruit, the carrier’s leader said Thursday.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX in early January launched the initial batch of...
Nasa says it has no evidence of drug use at SpaceX
Elon Musk’s SpaceX isn’t in violation of workplace rules on alcohol and drugs that could jeopardise the rocket launch and satellite service provider’s government contracts as far as Nasa is aware, according to the space agency.
“The agency...
Starlink tested in the Kruger National Park
MyBroadband tested SpaceX's uncapped satellite broadband service Starlink in the Kruger National Park over the December holidays and found it delivered excellent speeds.
The Kruger is South Africa's biggest national park and one of the most...
Secretive X-37B space plane launched into orbit by SpaceX
SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket lofted a secretive space plane for the US Space Force on Thursday evening from Florida, the first time the rocket was used to send the Boeing Co.-built experimental spacecraft to orbit.
The launch...
South Korea sends first spy satellite into orbit using SpaceX rocket
One of Elon Musk’s rockets carried a South Korean spy satellite into orbit as the rivalry between the two Koreas expands beyond Earth.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying Seoul’s first domestically made reconnaissance satellite...
SpaceX hiring manager to boost Starlink growth in Africa
SpaceX is advertising a position for growth manager of its Starlink Internet service in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The role — first reported by Space in Africa — is open for applications on the Greenhouse recruitment website.
SpaceX gets approval for second Starship launch
SpaceX received approval for the second launch of its groundbreaking Starship rocket, ending an almost seven-month hiatus and inching Elon Musk closer to his goal of sending humans to the moon and beyond.
The US Federal Aviation Administration...
Astronomer reveals how Starlink satellites are "leaking" radio signals
When I was a child in the 1970s, seeing a satellite pass overhead in the night sky was a rare event. Now it is commonplace: sit outside for a few minutes after dark, and you can’t miss them.
Thousands of satellites have...
Starlink has reached cash breakeven — Elon Musk
SpaceX’s Starlink service has reached breakeven cash flow, according to chief executive officer Elon Musk, a milestone for the space-based internet provider.
Musk disclosed the achievement in a post Thursday on his social media platform, X...
Starship environmental review kicks off — next launch could be 4 months away
The US Fish and Wildlife Service initiated a formal review of the upgrades SpaceX has made to its Starship launch system, one of the final regulatory steps before flights can resume following its explosive April debut...
NASA launches massive spacecraft to asteroid using SpaceX
NASA’s massive Psyche spacecraft launched Friday atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on an unprecedented journey to probe a metal-rich asteroid for insight into Earth’s own rocky core.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, one of the world’s most...
Jumia partners with Starlink on African rollout
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will partner with e-commerce firm Jumia Technologies AG to expand its satellite broadband services in Africa.
Jumia, which counts Pernod Ricard SA and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as...
SpaceX settles with employee after stifling free speech
Elon Musk’s SpaceX agreed to settle a claim by the US labour board that the company illegally tried to stifle an employee’s speech with a warning not to discuss job conditions with co-workers.
A regional director of the US National Labour...
FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk
A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk.
The US Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday released a proposal to limit the uncontrolled reentry of a launch vehicle’s upper stage — the part of a...
SpaceX expanding offices to Europe
SpaceX is set to open an office in Dublin in what would mark the first physical presence of the Elon Musk-founded space company in Europe, the British Sunday Times reported.
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What Starlink must do to launch in SA
SpaceX can officially launch Starlink in South Africa without giving up 30% of its company to historically disadvantaged groups (HDGs).
That is according to the Internet Service Providers Association of South Africa (ISPA).