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  1. Jan

    Starlink increases prices by 10%, cites inflation

    Starlink hikes prices Satellite Internet service Starlink is hiking the prices of its equipment and monthly subscription fee. Starlink blamed excessive inflation for the price adjustments in an email sent to customers.
  3. Jan

    SpaceX to launch OneWeb satellites

    SpaceX will launch Starlink rival's satellites UK-based communications company OneWeb has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch its Internet-beaming satellites into orbit later this year. OneWeb and SpaceX's Starlink are competitors in the low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite Internet business.
    • Jan
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    • elon musk oneweb russia-ukraine conflict spacex starlink
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    Europe gunning for Starlink with its own R103-billion satellite Internet fleet

    Europe gunning for Starlink with its own R103-billion satellite Internet fleet The European Union revealed its most detailed plans yet for a low-earth orbit satellite system worth billions of euros aimed at delivering secure communications for the bloc. The project will cost an estimated 6...
  5. Jan

    Billionaire Jared Isaacman buys seats on three more SpaceX flights

    Billionaire from first SpaceX civilian flight buys three more trips The billionaire businessman who bought four seats on SpaceX's first civilian flight into space is funding three more spaceflights — including the first crewed flight of the Starship. Jared Isaacman, the founder of payment...
  6. Jan

    SpaceX building ground station in Fiji to offer Starlink in Tonga

    Starlink rolling out in Tonga after volcanic eruption cuts off Internet SpaceX is constructing a ground station in Fiji that will allow residents of Tonga to access the Internet via its Starlink satellites. That is according to Fijian Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, who recently thanked...
  7. Jan

    Geomagnetic storm takes down 40 Starlink satellites

    40 Starlink satellites destroyed in geomagnetic storm SpaceX's Starlink Internet service has suffered a costly setback, with most of the satellites it launched last week suspected to have been destroyed by a geomagnetic storm. The company said 40 out of the 49 satellites that were carried into...
    • Jan
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    • coronal mass ejection (cme) geomagnetic storm spacex starlink
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    Starlink Premium - up to 500Mbps for R7,600 a month with a R38,000 antenna

    Starlink Premium announced — up to 500Mbps for R7,600 a month Elon Musk announced that SpaceX's Starlink Internet service would be adding a new high-performance option known as Starlink Premium. The Premium service includes a high-performance antenna, and as per Starlink's description of the...
  9. Jan

    Elon Musk offering satellite Internet to tsunami-stricken Tonga

    Elon Musk offers Starlink Internet to volcano-racked Tonga Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is offering to send Starlink internet terminals to Tonga after an underwater volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami cut off communication links. Musk was...
  10. Jan

    South Africa's MDASat-1 launching aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow

    South Africa launching three nanosatellites in R27 million project Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, Blade Nzimande announced that South Africa is gearing up to launch three locally produced nanosatellites on Thursday, 13 January 2022. The three nanosatellites (MDASat-1)...
    • Jan
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    • blade nzimande cape peninsula university of technology (cput) department of science and innovation (dsi) maritime domain awareness satellite (mdasat) mdasat-1 national research foundation (nrf) spacex
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    The biggest feats in tech in 2021

    The biggest feats in tech in 2021 Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was a year of innovation in technologies such as GPS, artificial intelligence, and green hydrogen. In space travel, SpaceX launched the first civilian crew into space this year, and in collaboration with NASA, launched the...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    SpaceX begins test of Starlink Internet on aircraft

    SpaceX begins test of Starlink Internet on aircraft SpaceX’s Starlink unit is testing its space-based internet service with several aircraft and wants to offer in-flight connection to airlines "as soon as possible," a company vice president said. Starlink is in talks with several airlines...
  13. Jan

    Nasa and SpaceX's DART mission set to launch today

    Nasa and SpaceX's Dart launch — Watch it live Nasa and SpaceX's collaboration mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid is scheduled to launch at approximately 8:21 am today. A Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with the Double Asteroid...
    • Jan
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    • double asteroid redirection test (dart) national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) spacex
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Natural Sciences
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Space debris from Russian missile test threatens Starlink satellites

    Space debris from Russian missile test threatens Starlink satellites The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris just as companies such as SpaceX and Boeing Co. make plans to launch as many as 65,000 commercial spacecraft into...
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    First Starship orbital flight expected in early 2022

    First Starship orbital flight expected in early 2022 SpaceX will fly the first orbital test of its massive Starship rocket early next year and expects a dozen or more launches in 2022, founder Elon Musk said. The chance of success on the first flight into Earth orbit is relatively low, Musk...
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    Starlink could help keep an eye on the Amazon rainforest

    Starlink could help keep an eye on the Amazon rainforest The world’s richest person and Brazil’s government are discussing a partnership to monitor the Amazon rainforest via satellite. Elon Musk met Monday with the Minister of Communications for President Jair Bolsonaro’s government in Austin...
  17. Jan

    SpaceX Inspiration4 flight lands

    First all-civilian SpaceX flight returns to Earth The first all-civilian crew to orbit the Earth splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, culminating a three-day journey aboard a SpaceX capsule that inaugurated a new era of privately financed space travel for non-professional...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: News and Current Affairs
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    SpaceX sends four civilians into space

    SpaceX sends four civilians into space SpaceX launched four civilians on a three-day orbital excursion that many see as a harbinger of a new era in human spaceflight. The flight, dubbed Inspiration4, took off at 8:02 p.m. local time Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a...
  19. Jan

    Bitcoin surges on Amazon speculation and as shorts liquidate

    Bitcoin booms Bitcoin soared on Monday to approach $40,000, a rally some attributed to traders exiting bets on declines as well as ongoing speculation over Amazon.com Inc.’s potential involvement in the cryptocurrency sector.
    • Jan
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    • amazon ark investment management bitcoin cathie wood dogecoin elon musk ethereum spacex tesla
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
  20. Jan

    Starlink set to launch in August, says Elon

    Elon Musk ready to launch Starlink in August Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink is on track to beam broadband internet everywhere in the world except polar regions by August, he said on Tuesday. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has launched more than 1,500 satellites so far and has...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    SpaceX confirms Starlink must get regulatory approval in South Africa

    SpaceX confirms Starlink must get regulatory approval in South Africa SpaceX's Starlink satellite Internet service will be subject to regulatory approval before it can be rolled out in South Africa in 2022. This is based on a new disclaimer added to the Starlink pre-order page, which was...
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