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A SpaceX launch today from Vandenberg Space Force Base successfully deployed 28 Starlink satellites on Sunday evening at 7:04 p.m. PDT. The launch was visible across Las Vegas and surrounding areas as a bright streak in the sky. Right now, you cannot buy SpaceX stock on public exchanges because the company remains privately held and doesn’t have a ticker symbol. Also Read: Tesla (TSLA) Stock Rallies, Wedbush Raises Forecast to $600 ATH SpaceX Launch Schedule, Stock Access & Vandenberg Falcon 9 News Source: IdeaStream Sunday’s Vandenberg Launch Details The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East. It was carrying the Starlink 11-20 mission into low Earth orbit. Booster B1063 completed its 28th flight, having previously supported missions like NASA’s DART, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, Transporter-7, along with 18 other Starlink missions. The booster was successfully landed on the drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” approximately 8.5 min...

The addition to the satellite constellation was part of efforts to make space a “new battleground in the quest for bulletproof cryptography” by expanding computational power. The company behind a crypto-satellite module launched in May has announced an additional piece of its blockchain-related infrastructure went into Earth orbit. According to a Jan. 3 announcement, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicles carried a “cryptographically-equipped” Cryptosat satellite — called Crypto2 — into orbit on Jan. 3. The addition of Crypto2 to the firm’s satellite constellation was part of efforts to make space a “new battleground in the quest for bulletproof cryptography” by expanding its computational power. “The launch of Crypto2 gives us more availability and more powerful spec to support the growing portfolio of use cases in our development pipeline,” said Cryptosat co-founder Yonatan Winetraub. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Winetraub said some of the use cases the firm was exploring with thes...