At the Black Hat Security Technology Conference recently held in Las Vegas, Lennert Wouters, a cybersecurity specialist from KU Leuven (Belgium), shared his experience of successfully hacking Starlink user equipment. True, this was not a classic software hack, since the researcher had to make a so-called “modchip”. The cost of...
SpaceX founder Elon Musk has published on his page a couple of new photos that show static fire tests of engines on the Starship B7 spacecraft. After successfully conducting the latest tests, Musk wrote: “We are going to try to run the engine for a long time to test the...
The US Space Force has approved the use of SpaceX Falcon Heavy rockets equipped with reusable boosters to launch top-secret reconnaissance satellites. This was reported by Bloomberg. In general, SpaceX has previously launched American spy satellites into orbit using the Falcon 9 rocket, but its capabilities are not enough to...
Elon Musk posted a video on his Twitter page in which SpaceX conducts static fire tests of engines on the Starship 24 spacecraft. The static fire test is part of preparations for the first orbital flight of the SpaceX Starship, which is the largest rocket (with a Super Heavy booster...
SpaceX’s strategy is to build its engines and rockets in one place and then ship them to another for bench testing. After completion of the tests, the rockets are sent back to the place of construction or to other areas, depending on their use. In the case of the new...
In the mountains of New South Wales (Australia) found the wreckage of a spaceship. The Australian Space Agency has already confirmed that they belong to the SpaceX rocket. Australian National University College of Science astrophysicist Brad Tucker said the debris could be Australia’s largest piece of space debris since parts...
SpaceX has unveiled an accessory designed to make it easier to carry the Starlink Satellite Internet Access Kit. The backpack stands out for its special shape. It is a hard case with a zipper, with shoulder straps and handles on the top and side. The creators claim that it is...
SpaceX announced two hours ago that it had successfully deployed 46 Starlink satellites into orbit, delivered by a Falcon 9 rocket. This is its 32nd mission this year – despite 31 launches in all of 2021. SpaceX turned the Falcon 9 into a true space shuttle that, on average, orbits...
The first Moldovan satellite, built by students of the Technical University of Moldova (TUM) with the support of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA, was launched into space. It turned out that the Moldovan satellite is included in the 2.6 tons of payloads of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 space...
The Georgian Communications Commission has granted authorization to Starlink to launch satellite internet in the country. “Today Starlink of SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, passed authorization in the communications commission in order to provide satellite Internet communications. The company applied for authorization to the Communications Commission on July 8, 2022....
The first orbital flight of the prototype Starship spacecraft may take place as early as August. Elon Musk announced this. “If the testing goes well, then next month”– the head of SpaceX wrote on Twitter in response to a question from one of the users of the social network about...
SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle carrying a new constellation of Starlink satellites. An online broadcast of the launch can be viewed on the company’s website. The missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This time, the Falcon 9 will launch 46 Starlink satellites into...
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has officially announced Starlink Maritime, low-latency, high-speed internet with up to 350 Mbps download speeds for maritime vehicles. In addition to being able to withstand extreme cold, heat, hail, sleet, heavy rain and gale-force winds, Starlink is tough enough to withstand rocket landings. Here...
The American corporation SpaceX is in full swing preparing for the first-ever orbital test flight of the SpaceX Starship transport system for deep space. Recall that SpaceX is developing Starship to transport people and cargo to Mars, the Moon and so on. The system consists of two elements, both of...
The American corporation SpaceX published two photos on Twitter, where they showed a huge “bundle” of Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocket and a Starship spacecraft. It is noteworthy that Elon Musk did not publish these photos. All enginesClose-upThe photo shows that some nozzles differ in color. Most likely,...
Today, Elon Musk turns 51, while the billionaire does not forget that his commercial space flights were previously criticized by Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan from NASA, and this criticism almost brought the head of SpaceX to tears. Even though NASA partnered with SpaceX, some astronauts weren’t happy with that...
