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Satellite constellations like Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink could hamper astronomers' ability to spot dangerous asteroids and supernovae, study warns

05/03/20 13:12

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) study examined the impact satellites from the likes of Amazon, SpaceX and OneWeb would have on astronomy. Some of these are visible in the sky and astronomers from the ESO say the worst affected telescopes will be those doing wide-field surveys of the night sky - hunting for asteroids and supernovae....read

Jackpot rock: Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch a NASA mission to an asteroid with enough precious metal to make everyone on Earth a billionaire
04/03/20 17:25
The $117 million (£93 million) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in July 2022 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and head for Psyche 16 which orbits between Jupiter and Mars.
SpaceX and Tesla are hit by hackers extorting one of their precision parts suppliers who have already leaked top-secret agreements at the Elon Musk-led firms
02/03/20 15:12
Documents from a precision parts maker that has contracts with Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla companies have been leaked online by hackers.
SpaceX Starship rocket EXPLODES again as it fails pressure test in a blow to Elon Musk's plans for manned mission to Mars
01/03/20 02:44
The prototype of SpaceX's next-generation Starship rocket failed to contain liquid nitrogen during testing on Friday night in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX gets approval to build research lab in LA where it will finish construction of its Starship craft designed to take humans to Mars
26/02/20 00:38
The Los Angeles City Council granted a permit for the facility, paving the way for Musk to proceed with an accelerated development of Starship which hopes to carry humans to Mars.
SpaceX to launch four private passengers into orbit around Earth by as soon as late 2021 after partnership with space tourism company
18/02/20 16:15
SpaceAdventures and SpaceX say they may launch the first private citizen-chartered flight around Earth come as soon as late 2021 or early 2022 thanks to a new partnership.
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SpaceX MISSED its booster landing after successfully delivering 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit
17/02/20 18:11
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster, which is designed to slowly ease itself back to Earth where it can be reused, failed to land safely on an autonomous ship and instead fell into the ocean.
SpaceX pushes back its fifth launch of Starlink satellites to Sunday due to poor weather in Florida
14/02/20 15:52
SpaceX is pushing back its fifth Starlink launch from Saturday to Sunday due to poor weather in Florida. If all goes well, this load of 60 satellites will bring the total Starlink constellation to 300.
SpaceX wants to 'buy up a Texas retirement village where it wants to build its Mars prototype' - but Elon Musk 'loses patience' as retirees refuse to sell their homes
12/02/20 21:43
SpaceX is trying to buy up Boca Chica Village, Texas and in January the company showed flexibility with offer prices in emails to residents who refuse to move out of the beach-side area where tax is low.
Elon Musk's SpaceX reveals plans to spin off its Starlink internet satellite business within a few years as astronomers claim the night sky will never be the same
06/02/20 20:02
Chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell revealed the California-based rocket company's plans at a private investor event hosted by JPMorgan Chase & Co in Miami on Thursday.
SpaceX successfully launches another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites after two days of weather delays, bringing the total number in orbit around the Earth to 180
29/01/20 13:33
The cluster of satellites was first set to be launched on Monday from Cape Canaveral but SpaceX postponed take-off due to 'strong upper level winds'.
Starlink launch is DELAYED: Next batch of 60 internet satellites will lift off from Florida tomorrow after strong winds force Elon Musk's SpaceX to 'stand down'
27/01/20 14:47
The cluster of satellites was set to be launched at 9:49 ET (14:49 GMT) from Cape Canaveral but SpaceX announced via Twitter it was standing down due to adverse weather conditions.
Catch landing: Elon Musk reveals that SpaceX will try to nab its Crew Dragon capsules in giant NETS as they come in from orbit
24/01/20 12:13
The US aerospace firm has already been trying to use the same principle to catch the protective nosecones of rockets which are jettisoned after launch.
Incredible moment that SpaceX launches and then destroys a rocket in successful test of astronaut escape system - opening the way for crewed missions to the International Space Station by March
19/01/20 15:51
SpaceX completed an abort system test on a Falcon 9 spacecraft on Sunday morning in Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX may send human's into space by March.
Elon Musk says SpaceX will build 100 Starships per year to put ONE MILLION humans on Mars by 2050 as he aims to make humans a 'multi-planetary species'
17/01/20 16:53
SpaceX's Elon Musk said on Twitter that he's planning to build 100 Starships per year to send about 100,000 people from Earth to Mars every 26 months and get 1 million there by 2050.
SpaceX to conduct final test on Crew Dragon spacecraft this weekend before capsule is approved to carry astronauts into space
13/01/20 22:01
According to a tweet from SpaceX, the Crew Dragon' capsule's last important safety test is slated for this weekend on January 18th and will analyze the capsule's launch escape system.
SpaceX successfully launches another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit - including one 'anti-reflective' craft to appease disgruntled astronomers moaning it is spoiling their view
06/01/20 21:34
The cluster of satellites separated successfully from a Falcon 9 rocket after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 9:19pm ET (0219 GMT Tuesday).
SpaceX will launch another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit TONIGHT as it pushes ahead with plans for a global internet despite complaints from disgruntled astronomers
06/01/20 09:42
Tonight's launch is scheduled for 9:19pm ET from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will take the total number of Starlink satellites to 180.
SpaceX simulation video shows how the first Crew Dragon mission will look when the capsule is 'physically ready' to launch to the International Space Station in 2020
30/12/19 22:11
The mission may not kickoff until next year, but SpaceX has shared a two-minute simulated video of the first crewed Falcon 9 flight's trip to the International Space Station.
Dozens of SpaceX Starlink satellites have been spotted over the Peak District forming a line of dozens of white dots in the night sky
30/12/19 18:41
A video showing the small satellites flying above the Peak District in Derbyshire was shared on Twitter by research scientist Tom Sparrow - the satellites are seen in a train like line crossing the sky.
SpaceX 'narrowly missed' catching a record number of pieces from its rocket nosecone despite successful satellite launch
17/12/19 23:14
Instead of landing the piece in giant netted boats named Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief, SpaceX's nosecone missed its landing and accidentally plunged both of its rocket fairings into the ocean.
SpaceX will attempt to break its own record by recovering both pieces of its nosecone as they fall from space
16/12/19 19:27
SpaceX will launch one of its Falcon 9 rockets for the third time out of its facility in Florida and attempt to catch several of the craft's parts as they fall from space using a net attached to a ship.
Was this mission personally approved by Elon Musk? SpaceX will include cannabis and coffee plants in its 20th cargo resupply trip to the ISS
11/12/19 17:41
A Colorado research lab has teamed up with SpaxeX to send coffee and hemp plants to the ISS in 2020. Tests will determine if the plants will mutate or genetically alter in a zero gravity environment.
'Mighty mice' and 120,000 pest-killing worms are delivered by SpaceX Dragon to the ISS for a muscle and bone experiment and a study in pest control
09/12/19 16:00
SpaceX's Dragon connected with the ISS on Sunday and delivered a 5,700lb payload that included 'mighty-mice' and 120,000 pest-killing worms - all of which will be tested in microgravity.
Take off! SpaceX successfully launches Dragon capsule for its 19th mission to ISS, carrying 5,700-pound payload that includes genetically-edited 'mighty mice'
05/12/19 18:58
SpaceX successfully launched its 'Dragon' capsule on top of Falcon 9 rocket from Florida today at 12:29PM on a mission to bring cargo and researcher experiments to the ISS.
Moment Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship prototype blows its top during a cryogenic pressure test in Texas
21/11/19 08:54
The Mk1 prototype was undergoing a cryogenic pressure test at SpaceX's facilities near the South Texas village of Boca Chica when the spacecraft blew its top
Thanks, Elon! Astronomers' fury as Musk's train of 19 SpaceX satellites wrecks the view of their telescopes
20/11/19 17:20
Astronomers at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile saw nearly 20 satellites operated as part of SpaceX's Starlink program stream across the sky, and disrupt their final images.
SpaceX successfully launches 60 MORE Starlink satellites into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket as it gears up to provide the US with internet access in 2020
11/11/19 17:03
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched into orbit to deliver 60 Starlink satellites. This was its fourth successful mission and the first time it had a reused nose cone attached to the front.
SpaceX will conduct 'critical' Crew Dragon test next week - the first since a catastrophic explosion earlier this year
25/10/19 15:47
SpaceX may conduct a static fire test as soon as next week - November 2 - out of NASA's Cap Canaveral station in Florida. This would be the first major test since in April explosion.
SpaceX says it will provide broadband internet via its Starlink satellites to US customers in 2020
23/10/19 19:00
Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has marked 2020 for when it will provide the US with high-speed internet access from its Starlink satellites. It first launch enough satellites into orbit and finish user terminals.
Starlink is a SUCCESS: Elon Musk sends first tweet using internet connection provided by SpaceX's satellites that he could provide the world with high-speed broadband
22/10/19 17:16
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a tweet to space using the firm's Starlink satellite' and then hours later, confirmed that 'it worked'. This is the first time the satellite's internet connection has been used.
Under construction! Drone footage shows Elon Musk's gaint stainless steel SpaceX Starship - which plans to take passengers and cargo to Mars - being built in the Florida sun
18/10/19 15:57
In aerial footage taken by videographer John Winkopp, the Starship craft's shimmering stainless steel body can be seen taking ship at the company's facility in Cocoa, Florida.
SpaceX files paperwork for 30,000 more Starlink satellites for high-speed internet - amid fears they will litter the night sky and make stargazing impossible
16/10/19 15:30
Elon Musk envisions Earth's orbit swarming with SpaceX's Starlink satellites. The California company has just filed paperwork with for the operation of 30,000 more small devices.
Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to send an extra 30 THOUSAND internet satellites into orbit for its Starlink superfast broadband amid fears they 'will surround Earth with space junk'
16/10/19 14:11
Billionaire CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk says his 'starlink' plan is hoped to provide reliable internet worldwide. The company has already launched 60 satellites and has approval for 1,200 more.

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