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Saturday, May 4

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Starlink on Mars? NASA Is Paying SpaceX to Look Into the Idea

NASA has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to work out a plan to adapt its Starlink broadband internet satellites for use in a Martian communication network. The idea is one of a dozen proposals that have won NASA funding for concept studies…

Friday, May 3

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Starliner: Boeing prepares to launch its first crewed spacecraft as it chases after SpaceX

theconversation.com

Starliner is only the second vehicle to launch astronauts from US soil since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011.

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WATCH IT AGAIN: SpaceX launches yet another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX successfully launched another Starlink mission from Florida’s Space Coast on Thursday night.

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SpaceX completes bicoastal launches, adding to Starlink's megaconstellation

www.spacedaily.com

SpaceX launched another group of 23 satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday night via a Falcon 9 rocket, adding to the Starlink megacluster of Internet satellites now in low-Earth orbit.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Moves to New Port, Makes Room for Boeing Starliner at Space Station

scitechdaily.com

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crew members aboard the International Space Station relocated the Dragon spacecraft on May 2, to make room for Boeing Starliner’s upcoming visit....

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SpaceX successfully launches Maxar Intelligence next-gen satellites

www.spacedaily.com

SpaceX successfully launched the Maxar 1 mission carrying two next-generation WorldView Legion satellites Thursday in California.

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SpaceX bicoastal launches Thursday, adding to satellite megaconstellation

www.upi.com

SpaceX launched another group of 23 satellites from Kennedy Space Center on Thursday night via a Falcon 9 rocket, adding to the Starlink megacluster of Internet satellites now in low Earth orbit.

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Some hear a sonic boom as SpaceX launches latest rocket from Vandenberg

www.ocregister.com

At 11:45 a.m., Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth and landed successfully on SpaceX's Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.

SpaceX launches two next-generation Earth observation satellites

www.teslarati.com

SpaceX successfully launched two next-generation Earth observation satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:36 am PT. These two satellites, built by Maxar Technologies, are the first of…

Thursday, May 2

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

spaceflightnow.com

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

www.upi.com

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

spacenews.com

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

gizmodo.com

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)

www.space.com

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

spaceflightnow.com

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

www.space.com

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…