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Thursday, May 2

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SpaceX launches 30th Starlink mission of 2024 on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral

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Prior to launch, SpaceX sent 656 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit so far this year. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-55 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:37 p.m. EDT (0237 UTC).

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SpaceX successfully launches Maxar Intelligence next-gen satellites

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SpaceX successfully launched the Maxar 1 mission carrying two next-gen WorldView Legion satellites Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceX launches Maxar’s first WorldView Legion imaging satellites

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The Maxar-1 mission carried two high-resolution imaging satellites for Maxar Intelligence, the U.S. government’s primary provider of commercial electro-optical imagery

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SpaceX's Starlink Internet Is Working in Places It's Not Supposed To

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Starlink satellite internet terminals are reportedly still operating in unlicensed places, despite the company’s warning last month that the service would be shut down by May 1 in those areas.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)

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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (May 2), on the second half of a planned spaceflight doubleheader.

Watch: SpaceX crew move Dragon capsule to make way for Boeing Starliner on ISS

Watch as Nasa's SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon capsule Endeavour was relocated to a different port at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, 2 May, to make room for Boeing's Starliner capsule.

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SpaceX launches Maxar’s first WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base

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The mission launched the first two of six Earth observation satellites built by Maxar Space Systems. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 11:36 a.m. PDT (2:36 p.m. EDT, 1836 UTC).

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight today

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch two Maxar Earth-observation satellites today (May 2). It will be the record-tying 20th mission for this rocket's first stage.

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Starlink users in some unauthorized regions can seemingly still use the internet, despite SpaceX telling users the service would be unavailable to them by May 1 (Bloomberg)

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Starlink users in some unauthorized regions can seemingly still use the internet, despite SpaceX telling users the service would be unavailable to them by May 1 — - Company told users it would crack down in unlicensed areas — A March…

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon returns from International Space Station after 36-day stay

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After 36 days docked to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida. In all, the Cargo Dragon, C209, spent 39 days in space after launching from…

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SpaceX launch set for Thursday morning from Vandenberg

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Start the countdown — Hawthorne-based SpaceX will launch the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, May 2, with a 14-minute window for the launch opening at 11:36…

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SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner

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The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission moved their Dragon capsule to a different port at the ISS on Thursday morning (May 2).

Wednesday, May 1

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2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon

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Boeing's Starliner will make its first crewed launch as soon as May 6, about four years after SpaceX's. Having two private astronaut taxis will provide redundancy for ISS operations and more.

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SpaceX swells Starlink’s sales softly

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News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, techfocus24, https://newsghana.com.gh/spacex-swells-starlinks-sales-softly/SpaceX is continuing its retail push by expanding Starlink sales to Target. A listing for SpaceX’s newest…

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Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon take one of its shortest journeys on Thursday

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is about to take a very short journey at the International Space Station and you can watch a live stream of the maneuver.

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SpaceX launches 12th mission of the month

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SpaceX launched its 12th mission of the month on Sunday, sending 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. The 23 Starlink satellites started their journey to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6…

Tuesday, Apr 30

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SpaceX vet's startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode

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Portal has developed a new satellite bus called Supernova that the company says will allow unprecedented mobility in Earth orbit and beyond.

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SpaceX's Starship could help this start-up beam clean energy from space. Here's how (video)

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SpaceX's Starship will make space-based solar power cheaper than nuclear, gas and coal-based electricity generation, start-up Virtus Solis believes.