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Elon Musk rejects ‘wild accusations’ SpaceX paid $250,000 to flight attendant over sexual misconduct claim May 20, 2022 Elon Musk has rejected “wild accusations” his SpaceX firm paid $250K to settle a claim of alleged sexual misconduct by a former flight attendant. The Tesla owner responded to a story first reported by Business Insider, which said that a claim was made in 2018 against him, by someone who previously worked for SpaceX. The [...]
We have lift off: UK and US pen landmark partnership to drive space growth May 13, 2022 Future spaceflight is set to be made easier and cheaper, following a landmark partnership with the US to help cut red tape and boost opportunities in the UK, signed by the Transport Secretary this week in Washington.
Business of Space: Not only doing the hard things, but the ‘right thing’ April 2, 2022 This week Blue Origin creates six more astronauts SpaceX teams up with OneWeb Seraphim Space piles into Pixxel Blue Origin: Space tourists aplenty Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully completed its fourth tourist flight to space on Thursday, marking the increasing accessibility of space – to the few that can afford it. Bezos, who made his [...]
SpaceX’s Starlink to branch out into Asia, says Filipino trade secretary March 31, 2022 Starlink, the satellite broadband service founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has branched out into the Philippines, according to the country’s trade secretary today. Starlink, part of Musk’s SpaceX, is currently scouting out locations for where its ground terminals will be based, while its business permit application is being processed, trade minister Ramon Lopez said. [...]
When Musk met OneWeb: UK satellite firm teams up with SpaceX March 21, 2022 Taxpayer backed OneWeb has announced it will be teaming up Elon Musk's SpaceX to move forward with satellite launches.
Trials and tribulations: SpaceX loses majority of satellites one day post-launch February 9, 2022 SpaceX is expected to lose up to 40 satellites, due to a geomagnetic storm in space that hit just one day after they launched. After sending off 49 Starlink satellites on Thursday via its Falcon 9, Elon Musk’s space venture has confirmed that it will suffer a major loss as a result of the storm [...]
Musk urges there is room for ‘billions’ of satellites in Earth’s orbit, following SpaceX backlash December 30, 2021 Elon Musk has urged that there is room for “tens of billions” of satellites in Earth’s orbit, amid concerns that SpaceX is hoarding space for its own. The European Space Agency suggested that Musk was blocking out smaller rivals in space. It is not the first time the billionaire has drawn criticism from the agency, [...]
Collision risk: China files official UN complaint against US’ space etiquette December 28, 2021 China has filed an official complaint with the United Nations regarding the US’ space etiquette. Two near collisions involving SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services and the China Space Station on July 1 and October 21 prompted the filing. China’s foreign minister urged the US to act responsibly, after it accused it of ignoring its obligations to [...]
Rideshare for satellites: Exolaunch inks multi-million-dollar deal with SpaceX November 16, 2021 Launch services and in-space logistics firm Exolaunch has inked a multi-million-dollar deal with tech-billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a satellite rideshare service. The deal, which covers two years worth of transporter missions, will see Exolaunch’s customer satellites ferried into space by SpaceX rockets. Over 95 per cent of Exolaunch’s 3,000kg capacity on the SpaceX missions [...]
Ofcom targets Musk’s SpaceX and Oneweb with satellite rule revamp July 26, 2021 Ofcom has outlined proposals for tighter rules on the satellite broadband sector in a move that would impact Elon Musk’s SpaceX and British rival Oneweb. Space X and Oneweb are racing to launch constellations of low-orbit satellites that will provide high-speed broadband services to remote rural locations worldwide. While the systems can bring faster speeds [...]