SpaceX launched a big batch of OneWeb internet satellites into orbit Thursday evening (December 8) in a mission supporting a megaconstellation competitor after OneWeb’s own launch plans were derailed by the invasion of the Ukraine by Russia. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 40 OneWeb satellites launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at …
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SpaceX’s launch services have already become an invaluable resource for the US government, but the company is now leaping to the depths of the pool in which it had hitherto only splashed. Starshield, a new vertical within SpaceX, will provide “government entities” (think three-letter agencies) with secure communications and bespoke satellite designs. The new brand …
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Starshield will leverage the Starlink internet constellation to develop new products for the military market WASHINGTON — SpaceX on Dec. 2 unveiled a new commercial segment called Starshield for U.S. government national security agencies. This segment of SpaceX intends to leverage the Starlink internet constellation in low Earth orbit to develop products and services – …
More than two and a half years after SpaceX began the process of obtaining regulatory approval for its next-generation Starlink constellation, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finally granted the company a license – but only after drastically reducing its range. In May 2020, SpaceX filed its first FCC license application for Starlink Gen2, …
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Elon Musk was sleeping at the office. He fired employees and executives at will. And he lamented that his business was on the verge of bankruptcy. It was 2018 and the company was Tesla, as Mr Musk’s electric carmaker struggled to build its mainstream vehicle, the Model 3. “It was excruciating,” he told The New …
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CNN — Eight former SpaceX employees have filed labor law complaints, alleging Elon Musk’s space company unlawfully fired workers after he wrote a letter to company management asking them to publicly condemn the behavior. detrimental” from Musk on social media. The former workers allege that SpaceX terminated their employment for engaging in “concerted protected activities.” …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Several SpaceX employees who were fired after circulating an open letter decrying CEO Elon Musk’s behavior have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of violating labor laws. The complaint, filed Wednesday with the National Labor Relations Board, details the consequences of what allegedly happened inside SpaceX after employees circulated the letter …
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