Satellites

• Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts - Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with cars and rockets — and once again he's taking on long odds. The world's richest man said he wants to put as many as a million satellites into orbit to form vast, solar
• How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
• Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofits Say - Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, organizations that work on tech issues said.
• Western intelligence suspects Russia is developing new weapon to target Musk's Starlink satellites - Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk's Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim of reining in Western space superiority t
• U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public - A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.