https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacex-starlink/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 08 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacex-starlink/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/fcc-allocates-9-2-billion-to-rural-broadband-885-million-to-spacex/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28884&preview=true&preview_id=28884 https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/spacex-completes-100th-falcon-launch-with-another-starlink-mission/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27629&preview=true&preview_id=27629 SpaceX completes 100th Falcon launch with another Starlink mission]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/spacex-valuation-morgan-stanley-100-billion/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27586&preview=true&preview_id=27586 Morgan Stanley doubles value estimate for SpaceX to $100 billion]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/microsoft-partners-with-starlink-for-its-cloud-computing-azure-platform/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27507&preview=true&preview_id=27507 Microsoft partners with Starlink for its cloud computing Azure platform]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/new-blacksky-satellites-deliver-first-images-within-58-hours-of-launch/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25308&preview=true&preview_id=25308 BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced it has completed initial system checkouts and has begun delivering imagery from its fifth and sixth satellites 58 hours after launch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/planets-skysat-constellation-complete-skysats-19-21-successfully-launched/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25347&preview=true&preview_id=25347 The world’s largest fleet of high-resolution imaging satellites at Planet just welcomed three new satellites to the family. On August 18, 2020, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched SkySats 19, 20 and 21 on yet another successful Starlink rideshare mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-reality-check/ Wed, 06 May 2020 13:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22238 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacex-successfully-launches-seventh-batch-of-starlink-satellites/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21883 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/oneweb-in-trouble-despite-successful-launch-of-another-34-satellites/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20807 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatchgl-on-the-road-satellite-2020-a-fitting-start-to-the-decade/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20736 Let’s face it—the 2020s have thus far been weird. Small sample size, various black swan events, cell phones are driving us crazy, these are all true, but it still feels like 2020 is just a little bit weirder than normal, and perhaps more importantly, some of the weirdness is starting to feel like it will not be temporary weirdness.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/uks-oneweb-receives-permission-to-operate-in-armenia/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20239 British-headquartered satellite communications company OneWeb has received permission to operate in the South Caucasus country of Armenia, according to the company’s CEO Adrián Steckel in a 1 March 2020 interview with Russian newspaper Vedomosti.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/chinas-geely-announces-us326-million-satellite-investment-for-mobility-revolution-connectivity/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20196 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/spacex-makes-fifth-starlink-launch-but-loses-reusable-falcon-9-booster/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19599 On Monday, 17 February 2020, at 10:05 am EST, or 15:05 UTC, SpaceX launched its fifth Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/spacewatchgl-op-ed-the-railroad-to-space/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19245 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/uks-oneweb-schedules-launch-of-second-batch-of-34-satellites-from-baikonur/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19138 OneWeb, the UK-headquartered global satellite communications company, is scheduled to launch its second batch of 34 satellites on 6-7 February 2020 on board a Soyuz 2.1B satellite launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/spacex-falcon-9-launches-60-starlink-communications-satellites/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18986 SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 satellite launch vehicle carrying its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The launch took place at 9:06 a.m. local time on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-forging-relationship-with-republic-of-georgia/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18923 British-headquartered satellite communications company OneWeb is courting the Republic of Georgia with the aim of establishing a ground station in the country and providing its satellite services to bridge the digital divide in the South Caucasus, according to a report from the Azerbaijani Trend News Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/euroconsult-projects-four-fold-increase-in-satellite-demand-over-next-decade/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18592 In its latest analysis of satellite manufacturing and launch services, Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2028, Euroconsult projects that the satellite market will experience a radical transformation in the quantity, value and mass of the satellites to be built and launched with a four-fold increase in the number of satellites at a yearly average of 990 satellites to be launched, compared to a yearly average of 230 satellites in the previous decade.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-awarded-satellite-communications-landing-rights-in-nigeria/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18484 The Nigerian Communicatons Commission (NCC) has released a list of 55 authorised space stations and the licensees allowed to provide satellite communications services across Nigerian sovereign territory, with the UK’s OneWeb being the only megaconstellation provider listed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/ksenia-review/ Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18173&preview=true&preview_id=18173 These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Ksenia Synkova of SpaceWatch.Global.]]>