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SpaceX mega rocket loses spacecraft just 15 minutes before completing test flight
Science | Mar 15, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTStarship reached an altitude of about 233 kilometres as it coasted across the Atlantic and South Africa, before approaching the Indian Ocean. But 49 minutes into the flight — with just 15 minutes remaining — all contact was lost and the spacecraft presumably broke apart.
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SpaceX successfully launches 46 Starlink Satellites in rapid double mission
Science | Mar 11, 2024, 02:34 PM ISTAbout 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth and made a vertical landing on the SpaceX drone ship "Just Read the Instructions," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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SpaceX launches the most advanced methane tracking satellite 'MethaneSAT' from California, US
News | Mar 05, 2024, 06:10 PM ISTSpaceX has recently launched a methane tracking satellite known as the 'MethaneSAT' from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Data from the satellite will enable companies and regulators to track emissions and give free access to the data
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SpaceX initiates eighth long-duration crew mission to International Space Station orbit
Science | Mar 05, 2024, 01:52 PM ISTA live NASA-SpaceX webcast showed the 25-story-tall rocketship ascending from the launch tower as its nine Merlin engines roared to life in billowing clouds of vapour and a reddish fireball that lit up the night sky. The rocket consumes 700,000 gallons of fuel per second during launch, SpaceX said.
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India eases process for FDI in space sector, allows 100 per cent in making satellite components
Business | Feb 22, 2024, 02:25 PM ISTIndia has unveiled significant reforms in its space sector to attract foreign investment, allowing 100% FDI in satellite system manufacturing without approval and easing regulations for launch vehicles. These reforms are expected to stimulate economic growth, foster private sector participation.
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Elon Musk announces SpaceX's relocation of incorporation from Delaware to Texas
Science | Feb 15, 2024, 04:51 PM ISTEarlier this month (February), the billionaire announced that Tesla would move immediately to hold a shareholder vote to change its legal home from the US state of Delaware to Texas.
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SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines' Lunar Lander: A historic moment
Science | Feb 15, 2024, 04:37 PM ISTIntuitive Machines, a private Houston-based company has launched its first lunar lander from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Turkey's first astronaut embarks on historic mission to International Space Station | WATCH
World | Jan 19, 2024, 04:19 PM ISTThe Axiom-3 mission also includes astronauts from Sweden and Italy and is expected to reach the International Space Station on Saturday. The mission was conducted in collaboration with SpaceX and NASA and seeks to bolster efforts to promote commercial activity in space.
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ISRO partners with SpaceX to launch GSAT-20 communication satellite | All you need to know
Science | Jan 03, 2024, 04:50 PM ISTGSAT-20, a satellite which weighs 4700 kg, has been equipped with Ka-Ka band high throughput capacity with 32 beams, offering Pan-India coverage- which includes remote and unconnected regions like Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.
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X Spaces to get add video feature soon - Elon Musk
Technology | Dec 12, 2023, 04:58 PM ISTAn engineer at X announced the feature via post, by writing that the new feature is available to iOS users (first) and will later be available for Android and web users.
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Astronaut Marcus Wandt Prepares For SpaceX Flight To ISS
News | Nov 26, 2023, 05:39 PM ISTSwedish astronaut Marcus Wandt is preparing for his trip to the International Space Station (ISS). Marcus Wandt will fly on third Axiom Space mission, planned for January 2024. Wandt's mission is named Muninn, after Norse mythology. It will be the first time a European Space Agency astronaut has hit
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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes eight minutes after launch
Science | Nov 18, 2023, 07:48 PM ISTSpaceX aimed for an altitude of 150 miles (240 kilometers), just high enough to send the bullet-shaped spacecraft around the globe before ditching into the Pacific near Hawaii about 1 1/2 hours after liftoff, short of a full orbit.
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Elon Musk applauds Jeff Bezos as Amazon's Kuiper Satellites soar successfully
Technology | Oct 08, 2023, 01:41 PM ISTJeff Bezos shared the triumph of X's successful launch, expressing a hopeful outlook for the future of economical satellite broadband. Elon Musk, who is already offering affordable internet services through SpaceX's Starlink, responded to Bezos's announcement with words of congratulations.
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NASA, SpaceX launch 4 astronauts from 4 countries including Russia to International Space Station
World | Aug 27, 2023, 10:59 AM ISTThe astronauts will reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule on Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March.
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US sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees, people seeking asylum
World | Aug 25, 2023, 07:25 AM ISTThe US is seeking “fair consideration and back pay” for those who were barred from or denied employment at SpaceX due to the company's alleged discrimination.
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Linda Yaccarino, new CEO of Twitter said - Building Twitter 2.0 Together
Technology | Jun 13, 2023, 01:57 PM ISTYaccarino took over the company as the new CEO last week, after a lot of speculations were made, in relation to her goals. This move has also freed Musk who can now focus on Tesla and SpaceX, as Twitter's US ad sales plunged 59 per cent in April and the month of May did not look bright either.
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Elon Musk lost the title of the richest person in the world
Technology | Jun 01, 2023, 05:52 PM ISTAccording to the latest Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, Bernard Arnault's net worth has climbed to $216 billion, surpassing Elon Musk's current wealth of $200 billion. Arnault took over as the world's wealthiest person from Musk in December of last year.
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SpaceX launches first Saudi astronauts to space station on 2nd private mission | WATCH
Science | May 22, 2023, 06:58 AM ISTThe crew, which includes Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Big blow to Elon Musk! SpaceX world’s biggest rocket explodes minutes after its launch | WATCH
World | Apr 21, 2023, 06:19 AM ISTSpaceX’s new rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, failed minutes after rising from the launch pad on its first test flight on Thursday (April 20).
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Twitter may exceed 1 billion users in 12-18 months, says Musk
Technology | Nov 27, 2022, 08:37 PM ISTTwitter’s new head- Elon Musk has stated that the microblogging platform is expected to exceed by one billion monthly users in the upcoming 12 to 18 months, down the line. Earlier this month, Twitter had told advertisers that its daily user growth has hit an "all-time high" after Musk's takeover