Category Archives: Spacex

Photo: Red Huber (Getty Images ) A new study from the University of Southern California published last week found that SpaceXs Starlink satellites could be depleting the Earths ozone layer. Researchers estimated the potential damage caused by the internet services satellites burning up in the atmosphere and releasing aluminum oxides. With its growing artificial constellation, SpaceX could spew over 1,000 tons of aluminum oxide every year, a 646-percent increase relative to natural levels. Continue reading →

Image: SpaceX Six months into the year and SpaceX has launched 62 rockets, two Starships and the rest Falcon 9s. So far, the company has yet to launch its biggest operational rocket, the Falcon Heavy. In one week that will change with the launch of NASA/NOAAs GOES-U spacecraft on June 25 Continue reading →

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has shared ambitious plans for Starshipss fifth launch. The mega-rocket is slated to complete its next test launch sometime in July, following a successful fourth launch earlier this month Continue reading →

Official documentation from SpaceX shows the upcoming Starlink Mini dish wont include an external Wi-Fi router. Instead, the company has managed to build the router inside the dish itself. The information comes from an official spec sheet and setup guide for the Mini dish that the company quietly posted to Starlink.com. Continue reading →

SpaceX continues gearing up for the fourth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which could be just around the corner. Continue reading →

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 21st time tonight (May 17), setting a new reusability record for the company. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:32 p.m. EDT (0032 GMT on May 18), sending 23 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites toward orbit. Continue reading →

Photo: Johannes P. Christo ( Reuters ) Starlink, the satellite internet company thats a subsidiary of Elon Musks SpaceX, is bringing internet access to the 17,000 islands of Indonesia Continue reading →

For a liquid-fueled rocket engine to work, you need to pump the fuel and oxidizer into the combustion chamber at the right quantity, pressure, and ratio. Handling this task is a turbopump, which requires a lot of power.In a modern staged combustion engine, this power is generated by what's called a pre-burner. Take the BE-4 engine, for example:It has a single pre-burner mounted on a shaft that drives both the oxidizer and the fuel pumps Continue reading →

The world experienced an unusual asteroid impact on January 21, with pieces of a meteorite falling near Berlin. The extraordinary thing was that, at 1:32 a.m Continue reading →

While inspecting his canola field, farmer Barry Sawchuk and his son came upon something unusual: a charred piece of heavy metal. Sawchuks farm is near Ituna, a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada.The metal object is space debris, most likely from a SpaceX capsule. Continue reading →