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Team of rivals: Amazon makes a deal with SpaceX for three Kuiper satellite launches

Amazon’s Project Kuiper may be a competitor for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network, but business is business: Amazon says it… Read More

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Is Elon Musk calculated or crazed? Walter Isaacson discusses his new book on the GeekWire Podcast

You might not know it from his recent comments, but there was a time in the late-1990s when Elon Musk… Read More

Pension fund’s lawsuit questions Amazon’s decisions on Kuiper satellite launch deal

An Ohio-based pension fund has filed a lawsuit alleging that Amazon didn’t give due consideration to SpaceX as a potential… Read More

Blue Origin spacefliers in suborbital New Shepard capsule

Blue Origin will work with NASA on orbital transportation system for astronauts

NASA says it will collaborate with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on the development of new space transportation capabilities… Read More

SpaceX launch gives a big sendoff to Starfish Space’s satellite docking craft

A well-traveled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket today launched dozens of satellites, including an experimental docking craft created by a Seattle-area… Read More

Axiom Space crew on International Space Station

Axiom crew splashes down in a SpaceX capsule after doing space station science

The second crew to be sent into space as a profit-making proposition for Texas-based Axiom Space came back to Earth… Read More

SpaceX sends Axiom’s crew, including two Saudis, to do research on space station

SpaceX and Axiom Space teamed up today to send four spacefliers — including the first Saudi woman in orbit —… Read More

SpaceX employees cheering at Redmond satellite facility

‘Redmond Space District’ celebrates the Northwest’s hotspot for satellite industry

REDMOND, Wash. — This Seattle-area suburb has played a role in the space industry for more than a half-century, but… Read More

Illustration: Lynk Global satellite coverage footprint for Mongolia demostration

FCC plans to set up a new framework for connecting satellites with smartphones

The Federal Communications Commission plans to set up a new regulatory framework to facilitate hookups between satellite operators and wireless… Read More

Kymeta team with flat-panel antennas for OneWeb

Satellite plans move ahead for Kymeta and OneWeb — and for SpaceX and T-Mobile

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp. says it has completed its first shipment of electronically steered flat-panel antennas to OneWeb for that… Read More

Study highlights concerns over satellite interference with Hubble observations

An analysis of more than 100,000 images from the Hubble Space Telescope, conducted with the aid of artificial intelligence and… Read More

Starlink antenna and Azure Stack Edge device set up in forest

Microsoft Azure ramps up access to cloud computing via SpaceX’s Starlink satellites

With SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity. Today Microsoft announced… Read More

T-Mobile's Mike Sievert and SpaceX's Elon Musk at Starbase

T-Mobile’s coverage will get a big boost from SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, starting with texts

T-Mobile subscribers will be getting a satellite upgrade to their wireless service, thanks to a newly announced partnership that takes… Read More

T-Mobile and SpaceX get set to announce ‘something special’ for Starlink connectivity

FOLLOW-UP: T-Mobile’s coverage will get a big boost from SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, starting with texts The CEOs of SpaceX and… Read More

Liftoff! Pacific Northwest National Lab’s microbe study could blaze a trail for future farmers on Mars

An experiment that’s on its way to the International Space Station focuses on a subject that’s as common as dirt,… Read More

Starlink on the go? What a new FCC ruling means for SpaceX internet service on moving vehicles

A decision this week by the Federal Communications Commission cleared Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite internet service… Read More

SpaceX launches 59 payloads, including Spaceflight’s latest breed of orbital tug

A new type of controllable orbital transfer vehicle built by Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. made its debut today when SpaceX sent… Read More

T-Mobile reaches 1M home internet users a year after launch; overall Q1 revenue tops $20B

T-Mobile US added 338,000 home internet users in the first quarter, reaching 1 million customers a year after launching the… Read More

After blazing a trail in orbit, data engineer Chris Sembroski’s adventures just keep coming

KIRKLAND, Wash. — It’s been seven months since Chris Sembroski splashed down at the end of the world’s first all-civilian… Read More

NASA awards millions to SpaceX and Amazon’s Project Kuiper for satellite communications

Six satellite ventures — including SpaceX’s Starlink network and Amazon’s Project Kuiper — are due to receive a total of… Read More

Spaceflight Inc. hails a pair of successful launches as it deals with frictions in SpaceX relationship

Thanks to its role in handling pre-launch logistics, Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. can claim a share of the credit for two… Read More

Elon Musk, are you out there? SpaceX Starlink internet service gets more reliable, and portable

Note: Starlink has since introduced a portability feature for a $25 monthly premium. ORLAND, Calif. — Looking north into the… Read More

A year after Blue Origin’s big setback, NASA gets set to support a second commercial moon lander

NASA has laid out its plan for choosing a second commercial venture to build a landing system capable of carrying… Read More

Billionaire kicks off new orbital missions with SpaceX, featuring spacewalk and Starlink tests

Five months after billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman led a crew for a privately funded philanthropic space mission, he’s doing… Read More

SpaceX’s falling Starlink satellites highlight concerns about the future of orbital traffic

SpaceX says that most of the satellites it launched last week for its Starlink broadband internet constellation are doomed to… Read More

Starlink satellites with Venus and the Pleiades

Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks

The International Astronomical Union is heading up the creation of a new center to deal with the complications created by… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s Alexa is going to space, and more news from the final frontier

Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Amazon’s voice assistant hasn’t quite reached the level of HAL, the iconic AI from… Read More

Amazon to expand further in Seattle region with big new Redmond office lease, filing reveals

Amazon has leased another large office space in Redmond, Wash., according to a permit filing that names the tech giant… Read More

Year in Space: Jeff Bezos and his billionaire rivals finally usher in the age of commercial spaceflight

For 25 years, I’ve been recapping the top stories about space and looking forward to next year’s trends on the… Read More

Blue Origin loses lunar lander lawsuit; NASA says SpaceX work will resume ASAP

A federal judge today rejected Blue Origin’s challenge to a $2.9 billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building… Read More