The world’s largest commercial communications satellite was successfully launched into orbit high above Earth by SpaceX’s most powerful operational rocket. Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s three-body Falcon Heavy took off with a massive payload at 11:04 p.m. local time on Friday from the company’s launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite was put into use about three and a half hours after liftoff. Weighing more than nine tons and roughly the size of a bus, the Jupiter 3 satellite provides wireless Internet access in North and South…

According to a prominent space nonprofit, the global space economy experienced an 8% growth, reaching $546 billion in 2022. Furthermore, it is anticipated to witness a significant surge of 41% in the next five years. The industry is expected to show resilience in the coming years, despite global economic uncertainty and the recent slowdown in space investment. Companies are seeing continued revenue growth from commercial space assets, and governments around the world are increasing spending, according to a report by the Space Foundation, a Colorado Springs, Colorado-based spaceflight organization. The…

On Saturday, a European space telescope embarked on a mission to investigate the enigmatic and imperceptible domain referred to as the dark universe. SpaceX launched the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope toward its final destination 1.5 million kilometers away in the neighborhood of the Webb Space Telescope. It will take a month to get there and another two months before it begins its ambitious six-year study this fall. Air traffic controllers in Germany announced their success nearly an hour into the flight, clapping and shouting “Yes!” when the telescope called…

On Monday, Indonesia and SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Elon Musk, successfully launched the country’s biggest telecommunication satellite from the US. The $540 million initiative aims to connect remote areas of the archipelago to the internet. About two-thirds of Indonesia’s 280 million people already use the Internet, but connections are limited in the Southeast Asian country’s remote, underdeveloped eastern islands. “Satellite technology will accelerate internet access to villages in areas where fiber cannot reach in the next 10 years,” said Indonesia’s senior minister Mahfud MD in a statement ahead…

On Monday, SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, executed another impressive space launch as the Falcon-9 booster successfully launched the Transporter-8 mission, marking the 8th dedicated smallsat rideshare programme mission. The launch took place at 2:35 p.m. PT from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Notably, this was also the ninth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 stage booster. These earlier missions consisted of NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT and four Starlink missions. SpaceX also reached another milestone, as this was its 200th rocket launch.…