TOKYO—Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed on Friday that K-pop star T.O.P. and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets. Maezawa bought every seat on the maiden lunar…
Japanese Billionaire Maezawa Picks K-pop Star T.O.P, DJ Steve Aoki to Join SpaceX Moon Trip
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Developing Military Version of Starlink Satellites
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced that it would expand its Starlink satellite system into the military sphere with a new national security line called Starshield. The new program, unveiled on Dec. 2, will build on its launch and satellite communications technology and provide additional capabilities to provide a secured satellite network for government entities. “Starlink is designed for…
SpaceX Gets US Approval to Deploy up to 7,500 Satellites
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it approved SpaceX’s bid to deploy up to 7,500 satellites, but put on hold some other decisions. SpaceX’s Starlink, a fast-growing network of more than 3,500 satellites in low-Earth orbit, has tens of thousands of users in the United States so far, with consumers paying at…
SpaceX Delivers Tomato Seeds, Other Supplies to Space Station
SpaceX on Saturday launched its 26th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida and was delivering more than 7,700 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and equipment. It was also carrying a pair of solar arrays that will increase power for space station research…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Ad Campaign on Twitter for Starlink
SpaceX has bought an advertising package on Twitter for its satellite internet service Starlink, said Elon Musk, who owns the rocket company and the social media platform. “SpaceX Starlink bought a tiny—not large—ad package to test effectiveness of Twitter advertising in Australia & Spain. Did same for FB/Insta/Google,” Musk wrote on Twitter on Monday. Twitter,…
White House Says ‘Not True’ There Is National Security Review of Elon Musk
October 25, 2022
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WASHINGTON—Reports that the United States was discussing launching a national security review of some of Elon Musk’s ventures were “not true,” said the White House on Monday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment on the Biden administration’s relationship with Musk or his business dealings with other countries. Asked about a Bloomberg News…
SpaceX Rolls out Starlink Internet Service for Private Jets
WASHINGTON—Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its satellite internet unit’s foray into in-flight WiFi services with the rollout on Wednesday of Starlink Aviation, offering customers a $150,000 airplane antenna amid mounting competition for airborne connectivity. Starlink, SpaceX’s growing network of thousands of internet satellites, will charge customers seeking broadband internet on private jets between $12,500–$25,000 a…
Musk Says SpaceX Losing $20 Million a Month on Starlink Internet in Ukraine
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said that SpaceX is losing around $20 million a month on providing its Starlink satellite internet to Ukraine, while the Pentagon confirmed it has not paid the company any money for the service. Musk said in an Oct. 19 post on Twitter that his rocket company is losing approximately $20…
Musk: SpaceX Might Keep Funding Satellite Service in Ukraine
October 16, 2022
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NEW YORK—Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a Saturday tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk’s tone and wording also raised the possibility that the Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. Musk frequently posted on Twitter jokes and sometimes goes on unusual tangents, such…
SpaceX Ferries Astronauts Back to Earth After Half-Year Away
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday, ending their nearly six-month space station mission with a splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida. Wet and windy weather across Florida delayed their homecoming. SpaceX and NASA finally gave the all-clear on Friday, and the three Americans and one Italian departed the International…
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