News about space
Starlink is expanding the use of satellite internet as a tool for reliable connectivity: the service will be used to provide backup connectivity for emergency services in Puerto Rico, while simultaneously entering the passenger aviation market through a partnership with Iberia.
Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX, xAI, Tesla, and the social media platform X, has surpassed $1 trillion in net worth. He has thus become the world’s first trillionaire.
Indian authorities have postponed the final approval of the commercial launch of the Starlink satellite internet service. The reason for this was additional checks by security agencies amid reports of the company’s terminals being used in areas of armed conflict, which raised concerns in New Delhi about control over satellite communications.
Billionaire Ilon Musk has ingeniously raised the degree of discussion around his company SpaceX and its role not only in the American (and global) economy, but also in the lives of ordinary Americans.
Banks overseeing the deal have given notice to exclude clients from Hong Kong and China from the offering due to regulatory risks and compliance difficulties. Sources close to the situation said the underwriters involved in SpaceX’s $75 billion initial public offering have been advised not to accept orders from Hong Kong and Chinese investors. The decision was made because of U.S. restrictions on the export of critical technologies.
SpaceX continues to ramp up the deployment of its Starlink satellite network. On May 31, it performed the 50th launch of a Starlink mission since the beginning of 2026, and 1,375 satellites have already been launched into space since January.
The U.S. Space Force said Friday it has struck a $4.16 billion deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a program to build satellites designed to track and defeat aerial threats.
During testing on May 28, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad – days before a planned launch of Internet satellites for Amazon. The incident was another major blow to Jeff Bezos’ space program.
The New Glenn rocket of Blue Origin, owned by US billionaire Jeff Bezos, exploded during a firing test of the engines on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida.
American Airlines announced May 26 that it will install Starlink-based Wi-Fi on more than 500 narrowbody aircraft beginning in the first quarter of 2027.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos published on April 20 in the network X video of the successful landing of the reusable booster rocket New Glenn. This is the company’s key project in the segment of heavy launches.
Today, April 12, marks the 65th anniversary of the first human space flight. On this day in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the Vostok-1 spacecraft made a historic 108-minute flight, opening the era of space exploration. Today, anyone can conquer space for a certain amount of money, and it is much lower.
Ilon Musk has been perceived for many years as a guru of markets, technologies and trends. His posts in social networks serve as a signal to many people – what to buy, what to pay attention to, where to invest.
Ilon Musk’s planned initial public offering of SpaceX shares has long been stirring the markets. On Monday, at a meeting with bankers, the billionaire shocked the business world again. He said he intends to reserve a significant portion of shares for private investors and hold a major event for 1,500 of them in June after the launch of the IPO roadshow.
The U.S.-Canadian crew of the spacecraft Artemis II has reached the farthest distance ever traveled by man – 252,752 miles from Earth.
China’s first ever formally commercial launch of a rocket carrying cargo into Earth orbit was successful, and the launch cost was more than 10 percent lower than SpaceX’s Falcon 9, according to Logos Press.
On Wednesday, four astronauts set off on a mission to the moon. It is the first manned lunar mission in more than 50 years. The journey will last about 10 days and is designed to pave the way for a lunar landing in 2028.
NASA head Jared Isaacman announced the launch of a project to build a permanent base on the surface of the moon, according to Logos Press.
The U.S. will launch a nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft for the first time in history, according to Logos Press.
Bureau 1440, a private Russian aerospace company, made the first batch launch of 16 spacecraft on March 23 evening. This is the first step towards the creation of the company’s low-orbit constellation to provide communications with global coverage – analogous to Russia’s Starlink.
