Residents of Musk’s Texas space city rip billionaire for destroying quiet beach town
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Residents of Musk’s Texas space city rip billionaire for destroying quiet beach town

Residents of Elon Musk’s “space city” in southeastern Texas blasted the SpaceX CEO’s treatment of them as he transformed their quiet beach town into his grand Starbase vision, a report said. Boca Chica was a small, seaside village at the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Mexican border with…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Faces $175,000 Fine for Failing to Submit Starlink Safety Data

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Faces $175,000 Fine for Failing to Submit Starlink Safety Data

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday proposed a $175,000 (nearly Rs. 1.45 crore) civil penalty against SpaceX for failing to submit some safety data to the agency prior to an August 2022 launch of Starlink satellites. The FAA said SpaceX was required to submit the information, known as launch…

SpaceX launches 9,000-pound satellite into orbit from Florida
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SpaceX launches 9,000-pound satellite into orbit from Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a 9,000-pound satellite into orbit on Monday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The reusable rocket’s first stage landed back on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean roughly eight minutes after takeoff, marking SpaceX’s 170th recovery of an…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Advertising Package for Starlink on Twitter

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Advertising Package for Starlink on Twitter

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 that is seeing an exodus of advertisers. “SpaceX Starlink bought a tiny – not large – ad package to test effectiveness of Twitter…

Elon Musk Is Twitter’s New CEO, Becomes Company’s Sole Director After Takeover, Securities Filings Show

Elon Musk Is Twitter’s New CEO, Becomes Company’s Sole Director After Takeover, Securities Filings Show

Tesla boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,63,700 crore), a move that Wall Street analysts have said could stretch the billionaire thin. Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip…

Government Unveils Satcom Reforms for Faster 5G Deployment; Jio, OneWeb Get License Clearance

Government Unveils Satcom Reforms for Faster 5G Deployment; Jio, OneWeb Get License Clearance

The government on Wednesday unveiled new policy reforms for satellite communications services to ease procedures and streamline clearance processes and nudged the telecom industry to substantially speed up the deployment of 5G towers. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the current pace of tower deployment at only 2,500 per week…

White House Said to Be in Talks With Elon Musk to Set Up Starlink in Iran, Circumvent Internet Restrictions

White House Said to Be in Talks With Elon Musk to Set Up Starlink in Iran, Circumvent Internet Restrictions

The White House is in talks with billionaire Elon Musk about setting up SpaceX’s satellite Internet service Starlink in Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing officials familiar with the matter. The satellite-based broadband service could help Iranians circumvent the regime’s restrictions on accessing the Internet and certain social media platforms….

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Commission Two ESA Launches to Fill Gap Left by Russia

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Commission Two ESA Launches to Fill Gap Left by Russia

Europe will commission two rocket launches from Elon Musk’s SpaceX after the Ukraine conflict barred access to Russia’s Soyuz, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on Thursday. The launches include the Euclid space telescope and the Hera probe, a follow-up mission to NASA‘s DART spacecraft which last month succeeded in…

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Cannot Indefinitely Fund Starlink Internet Service in Ukraine

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Cannot Indefinitely Fund Starlink Internet Service in Ukraine

Elon Musk said on Friday SpaceX cannot “indefinitely” fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine and send it several thousand more terminals after a report suggested that his rocket company had asked the Pentagon to pay for the donations. Musk‘s comment on the question of support for the internet service…

Elon Musk Deploys Starlink Service in Iran Amid Country-Wide Internet Restrictions

Elon Musk Deploys Starlink Service in Iran Amid Country-Wide Internet Restrictions

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has deployed his satellite-based Starlink service in Iran amid widespread protests in the country following which authorities had restricted internet access. This Iranian government had cut off internet access for many of its citizens on Wednesday amid widespread protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman,…