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In a Win for SpaceX, FCC May Loosen Power Limits for Starlink
The FCC has voted to review its decades-old spectrum sharing rules for satellites, following a request from SpaceX, which could lead to faster Starlink speeds.
AST SpaceMobile Makes Deal to Curb Its Huge Satellites' Astronomy Interference
The company's 693-square-foot BlueBird satellites can appear as bright stars in the night sky, according to astronomers, and the company has plans for even bigger ones.
Report: Russian Nuclear-Linked Satellite 'Spinning Uncontrollably'
Senior US military figures claim the satellite is a 'counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit.'
SpaceX Tries to Poke Holes in Rival AST SpaceMobile's Next-Gen Satellite Plans
If the FCC entertains SpaceX's complaints, it could delay AST SpaceMobile's plans to launch and test its second-generation BlueBird satellite.
Amazon Reschedules First Project Kuiper Satellite Launch: Will It Finally Happen?
After bad weather forced Amazon to scrub an April 9 launch, it's found an opening in the busy Florida space launch schedule and will try again before the end of the month.
Apple Partner Globalstar Is Worried About Chinese Satellite Interference
Radio interference from China's BeiDou-3 system could affect Globalstar's efforts to provide satellite messaging for iPhones in Asia.
Amazon Wants to Build 'Tens of Millions' of Kuiper Dishes to Compete With Starlink
As Project Kuiper prepares to send up its first production satellites this week, Amazon posts a video with an inside look at the company's efforts to build a Starlink competitor.
New Design Means SpaceX Can Launch More Starlink Satellites at a Time
The company's new 'V2 Mini Optimized' satellite is 22% lighter than the earlier model, enabling the Falcon 9 rocket to carry more Starlink sats into orbit.
FCC to Weigh Loosening Power Limit Rules for Starlink
SpaceX has been urging the FCC to revise the 'equivalent power flux density' rules, calling them outdated and a barrier to delivering better Starlink service.
First Batch of Satellites for Amazon's Starlink Rival Finally Get a Launch Date
Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to send 27 satellites into low-Earth orbit next week on a United Launch Alliance rocket.
SpaceX Urges FCC to Greenlight Gigabit Starlink Upgrades, Fires Back at Critics
This comes after several SpaceX competitors—including EchoStar, Viasat, and Globalstar—told the FCC that the proposed upgrades threaten the satellite industry as a whole.
Starlink Rival AST SpaceMobile Tips New Satellite Prototype
The company wants to launch a single large BlueBird Block 2 satellite known as 'FM1' as a technical demo.
SpaceX Preps New Starlink Dishes, Including One for Gigabit Speeds
The company is also developing a dish to follow the Starlink Mini.
Verizon Opens Non-Emergency Satellite Messaging to Galaxy S25, Pixel 9 Users
Extending Skylo’s satellite connectivity also benefits Spectrum and Xfinity mobile customers. T-Mobile Pixel 9 users may be next in line.
US General: China Using Satellites to Practice 'Dogfighting in Space'
The US has 'observed five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity,' says General Michael Guetlein. China views Starlink as a potential threat.
Scientists Question Microsoft's Quantum Computing 'Breakthrough'
Several physicists say the lack of a peer-reviewed, detailed paper on Microsoft's work undermines its claims. The tech community is also skeptical.
FCC Grants SpaceX a Key Waiver to Boost Cellular Starlink Network
The move promises to unleash more powerful capabilities for SpaceX's Starlink system for phones.
Skylo's Satellite-to-Phone Plan: Texting Now, Calls and 'Constrained' Data Later
As Skylo CEO Parthsarthi Trivedi explains at MWC, the satellite-messaging service has started small with emergency messaging on Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 phones.
Intuitive Machines' Moon Lander Runs Out of Energy After Botched Touchdown
A photo confirms that Athena landed on its side and meets the same fate as Odysseus, which also failed to land correctly on the Moon and ran out of energy.
Another SpaceX Starship Explodes, Debris Prompts Ground Stops at Fla. Airports
The eighth flight test for SpaceX's massive rocket follows the pattern of the seventh: a successful booster catch but a failed upper-stage burn.
