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SpaceX reportedly files with the FCC to offer Web access worldwide via satellite

Posted in Hardware on 12th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller

SpaceXs tests will determine if its antenna technology can deliver high-speed internet access to devices on the ground.

SpaceX Gets Certified For National Security Launches

Posted in Science on 30th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

SpaceX has certification from Space and Missile Systems Center. This is important for the launch industry, Pentagon, Air Force and the Intelligence Community.

Software problem 'pauses' LightSail mission

Posted in Software on 29th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

The Planetary Society says that its LightSail solar sail mission has been 'paused' due to a software glitch, which has frozen the onboard computer.

Sudden onset of ice loss in Antarctica so large it affects Earth's gravity field

Posted in Science on 23rd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists have observed a sudden increase of ice loss in a previously stable region of Antarctica.

Solar sail mission launches with X-37B spaceplane

Posted in Science on 22nd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

The light-propelled LightSail is a CubeSat about the size of a loaf of bread, built by the Planetary Society as a technology demonstrator for a non-rocket propulsion system.