As if we don’t have enough to worry about these days, apparently you need to remember to look up while you’re outside, too. Why? Well, because pieces of broken-up satellites just might be headed right for you. Specifically, falling Starlink satellites. SpaceX’s satellites are stationed in low-Earth orbit, and are intended only to last around … Read more
Getty Image / NBC When Ronan Farrow decides to bury himself in a subject, this usually doesn’t signal that positive news is on the way. Sure enough, Farrow’s latest investigative report has surfaced for The New Yorker, and it’s all about Elon Musk’s hands not only being in many pots but also in many U.S. … Read more
If you’re looking for one more reason to dislike Elon Musk, never fear – I don’t think we’re going to run out of them anytime soon. That said, I’m not sure anyone had aiding and abetting Brazilian criminals on their BINGO card, either. Musk’s satellite-powered internet Starlink allows people all over the world – even … Read more
Vladymir Fedorov never wanted praise when he joined Ukraine’s military. When he fought alongside Azov residents or worked in clean-up areas in Kharkiv, he wasn’t thinking about social media. But in the two months since his unit in the Donetsk region received internet access, he has become a recognizable face for his followers on TikTok, … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been flooded with complaints from conspiracy theorists and religious zealots who believe satellites owned by Starlink may be causing them harm or angering God. The complaints, obtained by the Daily Dot via FOIA request, span from early March 2020 through late September 2022 and detail accusations surrounding the company’s … Read more
Getty Image For a brief moment it seemed like Elon Musk had a reasonable request for continuing to provide Starlink satellite internet terminals to Ukraine, so of course, he ruined it all by tweeting. According to a new report from CNN, SpaceX informed the Pentagon in September that it can no longer afford to provide … Read more
SpaceX filed for a review after the Federal Communications Commission rejected its bid for $855.5 million in rural broadband funding, saying the decision stranded rural Americans “on the wrong side of the digital divide indefinitely.” SpaceX was originally slated to receive funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), a fund created under the Trump … Read more
When Russia invaded his country in late February, Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov knew what role he had to play. He was going to rally support from all the international tech companies he could get a hold of—from Apple and Google to PayPal and even Netflix—to shut Russia out of the global internet. … Read more
Starlink Mission On December 18 at 4:41 a.m. PST, Falcon 9 launched 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, completing the first eleventh launch and landing of an orbital class rocket booster. The Falcon 9 first stage booster has launched Dragon’s first … Read more
Starlink Mission SpaceX is targeting Saturday, November 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 7:19 a.m. EST, or 12:19 UTC. The booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-11, … Read more