Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its third fight test of its Starship rocket on early Thursday, after receiving clearance from the FAA yesterday. Starship is the biggest rocket ever made and consists of the Starship spacecraft itself with six Raptor engines and its Super Heavy rocket booster. This reusable transportation system is built to reach the...
SpaceX announced on Sunday its successful use of the Starlink satellite internet technology to post directly from a smartphone to a Direct to Cell satellite, testing out the data feature of the latter, reports Tesla North. This achievement, detailed in a post on X, involved sending a photo from a location in the Santa Cruz...
In the rural Whitbourne area in Newfoundland and Labrador, Mike Mullins faced a significant challenge when he built a high-tech smart home for his retirement: the local internet service provided by Bell was not fast enough as it was painfully slow. "We've lived in town for 30 years, and when we moved to Whitbourne, my...
SpaceX's Starlink team has successfully sent and received the first text messages through T-Mobile's network spectrum using a newly launched Direct to Cell satellite, reports Tesla North. This milestone was achieved on Monday, with SpaceX sharing the news today on January 10, 2024. It’s worth pointing out this historic test occurred just six days after...
Last month, Costco Canada started selling SpaceX Starlink satellite internet kits at warehouses out in Ontario, and now we’re seeing them out in western Canada. According to info obtained by iPhone in Canada, Costco Canada locations in B.C. are now selling Starlink kits, priced at $599.99, with the same item number 3030630. This includes a...
Last night, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket made a significant stride in global communication technology by launching 21 Starlink satellites, including its first six with innovative Direct to Cell capabilities, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, reports Tesla North. The Direct to Cell feature allows mobile network operators globally to provide seamless access to texting,...
Costco warehouses in Toronto, Canada, have started selling SpaceX's Starlink hardware, expanding the retail availability of the high-speed internet service. Priced at $499.99 CAD (product #3030630), the Starlink kit at Costco includes a two-month service credit, effectively a $280 CAD value, given Starlink's monthly residential cost of $140 CAD (it recently dropped from $170/month). This...
The Alberta government has launched a pilot program to deploy SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Intenet for remote and underserved communities, aiming to achieve universal high-speed internet access across the province by 2027. This move comes as federal projects and funding allocation face delays. The Starlink pilot targets specific regions, including County of Forty Mile, County of...
SpaceX’s Starlink has introduced refurbished hardware kits available for $250 in the Canadian market, according to the company's recently updated website reports Tesla North. This offer presents a 50% discount compared to the standard hardware kit, which is priced at $499 CAD as part of promo pricing right now (normally $759). The refurbished kits are...
Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched a new website to provide details on its forthcoming "Starlink Direct to Cell" service, with plans for a comprehensive launch by 2025, reports Tesla North. The website states that the service will offer "ubiquitous access to texting, calling, and browsing" across a variety of terrains, including land, lakes, and coastal...
Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation announced on September 28, 2023, that it has successfully connected every home in its community to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation, reports Tesla North. The initiative to bring widespread high speed internet on the reservation began in December 2022, and aimed to bridge the digital divide in the Indigenous community located in...
SpaceX is offering a final opportunity for rural Canadians (loosely defined according to their address checker) to jump on a significant discount on Starlink hardware, reports Tesla North. The promotion, which cuts the hardware price to $199 CAD—a 74% reduction—expires tomorrow, September 30, 2023. Initially launched with a 54% discount in March, the offer has...
