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Musk's Starlink May Bring Iran Internet Service During Government ... (Forbes)

Musk also expanded Starlink, the satellite broadband service that SpaceX first launched in 2019, to Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country in ...

[Iran Blocks Nearly All Internet Access As Anti-Government Protests Intensify](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/09/22/iran-blocks-nearly-all-internet-access-as-anti-government-protests-intensify/?sh=8cc14bd34966) (Forbes) [U.S. Iran has cracked down on internet service for years, recently after [protests in May](https://twitter.com/CloudflareRadar/status/1523051860265148418), as well as protests last [February](https://www.accessnow.org/iran-blackout-2021-internet-shutdowns-sistan-baluchistan/) and during the [2019 protests](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/18/why-irans-internet-shutdown-is-a-stark-warning-for-russia/?sh=9accc046afb4) over gas price hikes, in an apparent move to suppress anti-government information from spreading online. The expansion could also serve as a test for Musk’s satellite service as the company [hopes](https://www.satelliteinternet.com/resources/starlink-beta-sign-up/) to be available worldwide by the end of the year. [blocked](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/09/22/iran-blocks-nearly-all-internet-access-as-anti-government-protests-intensify/?sh=8cc14bd34966) nearly all internet access on Thursday following the national protests over the death of Amini, who is believed to have been killed while in police custody for improperly wearing a headscarf, violating the country’s strictly-enforced dress code for women. In recent months, President Joe Biden and Western European leaders have announced plans to [revive](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-22/biden-discusses-nuclear-talks-with-europeans-iran-snapshot) the Obama-era nuclear agreement that provides Iran sanctions relief in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program—which former President Donald Trump [ditched](https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2018/05/08/trump-iran-nuclear-accord-oil/?sh=4047990a8116) in 2018. Biden [said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwqrmV0JOg) at a United Nations summit earlier this week the U.S. adjusts sanctions to help Iranians evade online surveillance, censorship](https://www.reuters.com/world/us-expands-sanctions-exceptions-help-provide-internet-iranians-2022-09-23/) (Reuters) [Elon Musk greenlit to activate Starlink internet for Iranians](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/24/musk-says-activating-starlink-in-response-to-blinken-on-internet) (Al Jazeera) [blocked](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2022/09/22/iran-shuts-down-whatsapp-and-instagram-as-protests-spread/?sh=76a447d75154) the use of WhatsApp and Instagram. [expanded](https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-ukraine-starlink/) Starlink, the satellite broadband service that SpaceX first launched in 2019, to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country in February, and after Russian forces [destroyed](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-leans-on-elon-musks-starlink-in-fight-against-russia-11657963804) cell phone towers in an attempt to silence Ukrainian communications in the early months of the war. [comments given](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/musk-says-activating-starlink-response-blinken-internet-freedom-iran-2022-09-23/) to Reuters. [announced](https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1573327474951438337) the policy change Friday in a tweet, saying it would help provide “access to digital communications to counter the Iranian government’s censorship.” Nearly a week after Iran’s internet went dark amid widespread—and deadly—anti-government protests in the wake of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service may be able to begin providing internet access after U.S.

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SpaceX prepares for Starlink launch ahead of Tropical Storm Ian (News 13 Orlando)

The company's Falcon 9 rocket is sitting at Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ready to send 52 Starlink satellites into low- ...

On Saturday, the storm If something postpones the launch, like the bad weather that prevented the The instantaneous launch window opens at 7:32 p.m. [forced NASA to scrub its uncrewed Artemis I launch](https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/artemis/2022/09/24/tropical-storm-ian-forces-nasa-to-prepare-rollback-of-artemis-moon-rocket) on Tuesday. [last Starlink launch five times](https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/space/2022/09/13/spacex-more-than-50-starlink), the next chance will be Sunday, Sept. [days ahead of Tropical Storm Ian](https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/09/23/tracking-tropical-depression-nine-news-13) that forced NASA to scrub its Artemis I launch.

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Watch SpaceX launch another 52 Starlink satellites, land rocket ... (Space.com)

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 52 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Saturday at 7:32 p.m. EDT (2332 ...

Follow us on Twitter [@Spacedotcom](https://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom) (opens in new tab) or on Follow him on Twitter [@michaeldwall](https://twitter.com/michaeldwall) (opens in new tab). Starship's first orbital test flight is "highly likely" [to occur in November](https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-orbital-test-flight-november), Musk said recently. Saturday's launch will be SpaceX's 43rd orbital mission of 2022, adding to the company's single-year liftoff record. [Falcon 9](https://www.space.com/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html) rocket topped with 52 [Starlink](https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html) spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday at 7:32 p.m. The company has already lofted more than 3,300 Starlink satellites and plans to launch thousands more.

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Starlink Group 4-35 to loft 52 Starlink satellites to orbit ... (NASASpaceflight.com)

SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on its Starlink Group 4-35 mission. Launching from Space Launch Complex ...

Also at this time, the first stage will perform a flip, preparing for reentry. The second stage will then perform a deorbit burn. The first stage will then burn for approximately two and a half minutes before shutting down. Assuming all systems are ready to support the launch, the launch director will give his go, allowing for fueling to start at T-35 minutes. The vehicle will then check the health of all nine engines and systems; if the vehicle is healthy, it will command for the ground hold-down clamps to be released at T0. The satellites will then spend the coming months raising their orbits to their operational 540 km circular orbit at 53.2 degrees, which is the fourth shell of Starlink v1. This cools the engines down ahead of full propellant flow at engine ignition – a process that is extremely important, as a warm engine could flash liquid oxygen into a gas at ignition, which would lead to cavitation of the turbine, significantly weakening, if not breaking, the metal. Falcon 9’s now-routine launch sequence starts at T-38 minutes when the launch director will verify that all teams are “go” for propellant loading. The satellites will be deployed from the second stage just over 15 minutes after launch at 23:47:43.500 into a 337 x 232 km low-Earth orbit at 53.22 degrees. Of the current satellites in orbit, 3,029 are working and 2,497 are operational (via Once the ASDS is in position, Bob will head to the fairing recovery site and recover both fairing halves ~45 minutes after launch. Launching from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, the Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off at 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC) on Sept.

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Report: Iran blocks SpaceX Starlink website after Elon Musk ... (Teslarati)

The government of Iran has blocked SpaceX's website for Starlink following Elon Musk's response of activating Starlink for Iranians.

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Treasury’s issuance of a General License to support internet freedom in Iran was an effort to “violate Iran’s sovereignty” and that it will not remain unanswered. The news site noted that signal jamming has extremely harmful effects on people’s health. Yesterday, Elon Musk [announced that he was activating](https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-starlink-iran-us-sec-of-state/) Starlink as a response to U.S. [ said on Twitter](https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1573587821239083008). According to the morality police, she died of heart failure.

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