SpaceX Ground Testing Starlink Satellite Pez Dispenser

Felix Schlang at What About It? and Ringwatchers have photos, diagrams and reporting that SpaceX has built and is ground testing the Starlink satellite pez dispenser system. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. …

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Amazon Bends the Knee to Buy SpaceX Launches for Kuiper Satellites

Amazon bought three rocket launches from SpaceX for itsA Project Kuiper internet satellites, announced on Friday. This is not a drill: Amazon bought SpaceX launches. Amazon's satellite internet network Project Kuiper aims to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink – and will fly on the latter's rockets to do so. Read more:https://t.co/FipIFAum6l — Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) …

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Russia Still Has Three Years of Tanks in Storage Based on Satellite Imagery

Youtuber Covert Cabal has updated his count of Russian Soviet era tanks in storage. He uses satellite images. Russia is now making about 200-250 new tanks each. They are losing about 1400 tanks each year in the Ukraine war. They have about 3500 tanks that are in suitable condition to be repaired and used in …

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SpaceX Independent Investment Guide

Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture has worked with Spaced Ventures to create the SpaceX: The Independent Investment Guide. It is designed to be a fairly exhaustive look into SpaceX’s technology, products, services, and finances, based on deep research and publicly available information. This is primarily a factual snapshot of the business as it stands today. We don’t …

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SpaceX Starlink Providing Remote and Mobile Coverage in Australia

Western Australia Police will spend $8.5 million in Starlink equipment and internet services to provide reliable connectivity for 550 police vehicles and 129 regional police stations across the state. WA Police have been running a 12-week trial using Starlink’s low orbit satellite technology in some of the most remote parts of the state — Balgo, …

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SpaceX Starlink Has Upgraded Satellite to Satellites 100 Gbps Laser Links

SpaceX has more than 8,000 space lasers across the Starlink constellation. Starlink satellites are able to connect thousands of kilometers apart, beyond the view of ground stations, and maintain pointing accuracy to enable data transfer up to 100 Gbps on each link. Starlink’s laser mesh network allows us to provide truly global coverage and serve …

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SpaceX Starlink Passes 2 Million Subscribers

SpaceX announced that Starlink passed the 2 million subscriber mark on Sept. 23, 2023. Starlink is available on all 7 continents, in over 60 countries and many more markets, connecting 2M+ active customers and counting with high-speed internet! Thank you to all of our customers around the world 🛰️🌎❤️ → https://t.co/D6L8BSisQq pic.twitter.com/jVfWTEfHkz — Starlink (@Starlink) …

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What Happened With Elon, Starlink and Ukraine Was an Unreasonable Request

Walter Isaacson explains how in the early stages of Russia’s war with Ukraine, Russia knocked out a lot of communications and internet access. Elon and SpaceX have provided 20,000 Starlink terminals which were vital for sustaining Ukraine’s economy and critical communication in the company. Lauren Dreyer, SpaceX’s director of Starlink operations, began sending Musk updates …

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China Will Launch 300 Ultra Low Orbit Communication and Spy Satellites

China has started to construct an ultra-low orbit satellite constellation of 300 satellites. These 300 will be for communications and remote-sensing satellites orbiting the globe, providing a global ultrafast response capability within 15 minutes. The first satellite in the constellation will be launched in December. The launch of a nine-satellite cluster for service verification is …

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