The European Union has signed a €10.6 billion contract with a consortium to develop a domestic rival to Elon Musk's Starlink by 2030.
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This week we will see two launches from SpaceX launching various satellites into orbit using the Falcon 9. Space One will also do the second launch of its KAIROS rocket.
ESA and ISRO are getting ready to launch the PROBA 3 mission this week which will see two satellites flying in formation to observe the corona around the Sun.
We have several rocket launches coming up this week but the most notable one will see China launch a cargo spacecraft to its space station.
We have a lot of missions coming up this week, but perhaps the most interesting will be SpaceX launching cargo to the ISS to restock astronauts living there.
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since 2022. It appears to be a closely held secret in government, a new WSJ report claims.
One of the space missions this week will see Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launch the Kirameki 3 satellite for Japan's Ministry of Defense.
SpaceX's Starship IFT-5 mission will attempt a controlled re-entry and landing in the Indian Ocean. The excitement builds as the launch window opens this Sunday.
The Europa Clipper mission aims to uncover life's potential on Jupiter's moon. It will perform multiple gravity assists to reach Jupiter by 2030.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket will undertake its second flight this Friday, featuring a mass simulator, experiments, and a double-engine Centaur upper stage.
Thanks to Starlink's satellites, T-Mobile users will soon receive emergency alerts on their phones even without cell service.
SpaceX launched a record-breaking civilian mission that takes the crew higher than anyone else since the Apollo era.
Starlink has reversed its decision not to block X in Brazil following a court order. It's not clear why it is now blocking the website, but it could be legal advice it got.
We have several missions This Week in Rocket Launches but the most interesting will be the launch of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission.
We have plenty of missions in This Week in Rocket Launches. The most interesting will be a crewed mission to orbit, where the first commercial spacewalk will take place, as well as the highest orbit.
We're finally back to normal This Week in Rocket Launches with a full launch schedule and recap segment. SpaceX will dominate the week with Falcon 9 launches carrying Starlink satellites.
SpaceX explained the issue that led to a failed flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, obtained early permission from the FAA, and launched another batch of Starlink satellites while it works on fixes.
Following a very quiet week in rocket launches, SpaceX and Rocket Lab will dominate the next week. SpaceX will be starting off on Sunday with back-to-back Falcon 9 launches with Starlink sats.
SpaceX posted the latest achievement of its space-powered internet and teased 8Gbps download speeds for a mobile gateway tech. It's exploring fiber-like speeds for offshore remote locations.
The super-reliable Falcon 9 rocket experienced a rare anomaly, breaking its near-perfect track record. Its upper stage lost the engine during the orbit insertion of SpaceX's own Starlink satellites.
We have three launches coming up this week, two will be from China and the other will be from New Zealand. Also, be sure to check out the recap section this week for the maiden Ariane 6 flight.
The new European rocket launcher Ariane 6 completed its inaugural mission despite an anomaly in the final phase. Previous delays and failures meant Europe had no operational rocket for a year.
We have lots of launches coming up this week. Most of them are from SpaceX, and most of those are Falcon 9 launches, but a Falcon Heavy will be in there too. Read on to learn what else is launching!
We don't have much in the way of upcoming missions but the recap section is great. China went to the Moon, ULA sent people to the ISS, and SpaceX launched its Starship rocket again.
We have quite a few missions coming up This Week in Rocket Launches. Notably, to start the week, there will be back-to-back Falcon 9 launches carrying Starlink internet satellites to space.
Amazon achieved 100% success with its Kuiper prototype satellites that are supposed to compete with SpaceX's Starlink. The test spacecraft will now lower its orbit and burn in the atmosphere.
We have a lot of missions coming up This Week in Rocket Launches but the most notable will be when United Launch Alliance sends two astronauts to the ISS in a test flight of the CST-100 Starliner.
SpaceX's Starlink service is estimated to generate billions in revenues and achieve profitability for the first time in 2024, just five years after launching the first batch of satellites.
This week, SpaceX will be using a Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites to a low Earth orbit and landing the first stage of the rocket for reuse. Strangely, it's the only mission due this week.
We have plenty of missions this week but the most interesting will see United Launch Alliance send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA's commercial crew program.
We have several launches coming up this week but the most notable is the Long March rocket carrying Shenzhou 18 which has three Chinese astronauts aboard who are heading to the Chinese Space Station.
We have lots of missions from SpaceX this week but the most interesting will come on Thursday when it launches Starship on its next test mission. Read on to learn more about the mission's objectives.
We have plenty of rocket launches coming up this week but the most interesting one will be Space One's KAIROS rocket launch. It'll be the it's first launch, taking off from a private space port.
Elon Musk's space company decided to kill roughly 100 Starlink satellites to prevent the unnecessary creation of space junk. SpaceX claims it is part of its commitment to space sustainability.
Ukrainian intelligence confirmed that Russians are using Starlink at the front line in Ukraine. SpaceX denies a possibility that the Russian military obtained its terminals legally.
We have a quiet week coming up for rocket launches. The only two we are expecting are Falcon 9 missions from SpaceX. One is a Starlink mission while the other will carry NASA's PACE satellite.
We have quite a lot of missions coming up this week. Possibly the most interesting is a Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station which will help sustain astronauts in space.
SpaceX is not the only company trying to enable regular phones to connect directly via satellites. Major U.S. tech and telecom companies now invest in Starlink competitor with the same technology.
We don't have much happening This Week in Rocket Launches, but among those that are happening, some interesting satellites are going to space that will track troublesome space debris.
Just six days after being launched into orbit, SpaceX has managed to execute the first text communication over its new Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability bypassing the user terminal.
