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Today, the National Reconnaissance Office successfully deployed an undisclosed quantity of advanced surveillance satellites into space.The NROL-146 mission was initiated by launching a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday morning. This mission marks the initial phase of establishing a forthcoming constellation of intelligence …

National space agencies have always been solely responsible for Mars exploration, but NASA is attempting to change that by giving private companies a dozen research assignments in advance of future commercial support for trips to the Red Planet.This is the second time in a month that the agency has expressed …

According to a recent story by Reuters, SpaceX, the space business owned by Elon Musk, is now engaged in a secret project for the United States Government. In 2021, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company, which operates the internet-providing satellite network Starlink, had entered into a confidential deal …

SpaceX and Northrop Grumman are collaborating to transport over 8,000 pounds of cargo, including fresh food and scientific experiments, to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The NG-20 resupply mission is scheduled to launch from the Space Force’s Cape Canaveral in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at …

Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will add video to Spaces, its live audio chat feature. Musk claimed X will launch the feature by year’s end, “certainly by early next year.” Musk said SpaceX is adding video as a feature. It’ll be easy to turn the video on or off.” If …

An Israeli official said Tuesday that Israel is in talks with SpaceX to provide Starlink internet services, especially to conflict zones. Starlink has never been offered in Israel, so this would be the first time. That official said it is considering halting cell and internet communications in Gaza to boost …

SpaceX received its first U.S. Space Force contract for Starshield, its defense-focused Starlink satellite internet service. The one-year contract can reach $70 million, a U.S. Air Force representative told Bloomberg. “The contract provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management and other related …

The U.S. government has already come to rely heavily on SpaceX’s launch services, but the company is now diving headfirst into a pool it had previously only dabbled in. A brand-new division of SpaceX called Starshield will offer customized satellite designs and secure communications to “government entities” (think three-letter agencies). …

On November 1 at 9:41 am local time, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket has launched for the first time since June 2019 at this time. And it did so as part of a covert mission for the US Space System …

By the end of the next week, Elon Musk is anticipated to assume control of Twitter after a tumultuous period marked by legal disputes, online disputes, and difficult talks. Regardless of who controls the platform, the social media giant seems to be planning some significant staff reductions. That’s according to …