SpaceX Satellite Launch

Starlink said on its website it will start its internet service in the country sometime during the second quarter of this year

Russian space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday that it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station's crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio arrived at the station in September on board a Soyuz MS-22 and planned to use the capsule to return to Earth. But it leaked coolant last month, resulting in higher cabin temperatures. After analysing the situation and discussing it with NASA, Roscosmos decided to launch a new Soyuz MS-23 capsule in crewless automatic mode on February 20 to take the trio back, Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov told reporters. In case of an emergency on the International Space Station that would require the evacuation of the entire crew before the new capsule arrives, space officials will consider whether the Soyuz MS-22 could be used safely, Borisov said. The leak from the Soyuz MS-22 was spotted in December when t

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has launched 88 satellites, as part of the firm's second in-house 'ride-share' mission from Florida

The test, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from U.S. soil, had been planned to take place on Saturday

A technology tester capable of spending years in orbit

The Intelsat 35e also marked the 10th of SpaceX's more than 20 launches planned this year