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Elon Musk seeks new investors for Twitter at the same price he paid

Musk, who also runs Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, has acknowledged in the past that he paid too much for Twitter but has expressed confidence in its prospects in the long run

SpaceX puts 40 OneWeb satellites into orbit from Kennedy Space Centre

This is OneWeb's 15th launch till date and second since it resumed its campaign with a launch from India in Oct

Start-ups line up for space glory, but still very far from 'SpaceX moment'

Roughly 70% of these start-ups were launched after 2020; of $245 mn that the sector has received in last seven years, $198 mn came after 2020

Vikram-S rocket launch shows what an Indian start-up can do: Skyroot exec

Company behind privately developed rocket is looking for investors, says its co-founder

Skyroot to signal India's SpaceX moment on Fri with Vikram-S rocket launch

The mission, named 'Prarambh', will be the first launch of a privately developed and operated launch vehicle from the country

SpaceX to seek permit from DoT for Starlink services in India: Report

Earlier this year, the Indian government asked Starlink to refund all its pre-orders until it received licences to operate in the country

SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has launched 54 more of its Starlink broadband satellites in orbit and landed a rocket on a ship at sea on Saturday night

SpaceX raises prices for rocket launches, Starlink satellite internet

The cost of the service, which had been $99 in the US, increased 11 per cent to $110

Space X satellites had 2 close encounters with China Space Station: Beijing

China in a note verbale to the UN has revealed that Space X satellites had two close encounters with China Space Station in the recent past, a media report said

Starlink to focus on 10 rural constituencies for broadband connectivity

Satellite company Starlink, led by world's one of the richest entrepreneurs Elon Musk, will focus on 10 rural Lok Sabha constituencies to provide internet services, according to a top company official. The company is also looking to hold virtual conversations with Members of Parliament, ministers and top government officials over the importance of broadband connectivity in changing lives in rural areas. The SpaceX's satellite broadband arm aims to start broadband service in India from December 2022, with 2 lakh active terminals subject to permission from the government. Starlink Country Director for India Sanjay Bhargava on Sunday said, "In October I am also keen to have 30-minute virtual conversations with MPs, ministers, secretaries to GOI (government of India), or principal secretaries to states to see if they think 100 per cent broadband would help improve lives. We will probably focus on ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies for 80 per cent of the Starlink terminals shipped to ...

SpaceX's low-flying satellites in US baffle residents, bug astronomers

The train of lights was actually a series of relatively low-flying satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet service earlier this week.

The sky to get more crowded

Tracking space debris is now an area of commercial interest as satellite launches go up

SpaceX delays simulated rocket failure test due to strong winds, rough seas

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

Private role in the space race

While space exploration is being largely led by government bodies, it appears private companies will guide its next phase - space travel - in the lure of extra-terrestrial real estate and resources

We need a new space law

If Musk succeeds in his plans to send humans to Mars and builds a station there later, would that patch on the red planet belong to all mankind or his SpaceX company

SpaceX customer Iridium Co blames Northrop Grumman for missing satellite

The satellite was presumed to have crashed into the ocean in the secretive mission code-named Zuma

SpaceX launches Taiwan's first home-built satellite to boost space research

The satellite, called FORMOSAT-5, weighs nearly 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms)