Elon Musk’s space venture SpaceX lost dozens of satellites to a storm, destroying the bulk of a recently launched fleet as they fell back toward Earth.

As many 40 of the 49 Starlink low-orbit satellites launched Feb. 3 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida were hit by a geomagnetic storm the next day, SpaceX said on its website.

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India is muscling in on the increasingly lucrative business of space, taking advantage of the geopolitical isolation of #China & #Russia to pitch itself as a reliable alternative to #SpaceX.

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#SpaceX founder #ElonMusk has congratulated the Indian space agency for the successful launch of #PSLVC55 and placing two Singaporean satellites for Earth observation into the intended orbit.

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#SpaceX founder #ElonMusk has congratulated the Indian space agency for the successful launch of #PSLVC55 and placing two Singaporean satellites for Earth observation into the intended orbit.

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The CEO of #Tesla and #SpaceX, whose net worth is $178.2 billion revealed he has never received anything inheritance, not even a large financial gift.

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Two years after awarding #ElonMusk's #SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, #NASA on Friday announced it had chosen #BlueOrigin, a rival space company founded by billionaire #JeffBezos, to build a second lunar lander.

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#ElonMusk's #Starlink has applied to the IN-SPACe for clearances to set up earth stations.

Last year, #SpaceX had applied to the DoT for a GMPCS licence to launch broadband-from-space services in India under its Starlink brand.

Read here: https://www.livemint.com/science/starlink-applies-to-in-space-seeks-to-get-clearance-for-setting-up-earth-station-report-11689040428252.html

Billionaire #ElonMusk withdrew a loan of $1 billion from his two-decade-old company ‘#SpaceX’ around the same time he was acquiring Twitter (now called X) for $44 billion.

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#SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space minutes after lifting off on Saturday during its second test, after its first attempt ended in an explosion.

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#Tesla and #SpaceX CEO #ElonMusk visited Indonesia on Sunday to launch the #Starlink satellite internet service in the island nation.

His recent visit to the archipelago will likely pave the way for a trip to #SriLanka, as the tech billionaire was spotted exploring opportunities for Starlink services with Sri Lanka's President #RanilWickremesinghe.

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