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A Starlink by SpaceX promotion is displayed during the Everything Electric London 2024 at ExCel on March 28, 2024 in London. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

SpaceX differentiates between Starlink and Starshield, but the services are intertwined

Some hardware can connect to both of the satellite internet services, and a recent Starlink outage took out access to Starshield.

Aug 13, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 20 Starlink internet satellites into space soars across the sky after sunset above the Pacific Ocean after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 18, 2024, as seen from San Diego. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Starlink outage impacted Starshield, its defense communications service

Several civilian federal agencies said they weren’t aware of any effect on operations.

Jul 25, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks remotely during the Mobile World Congress on June 29, 2021, in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros/Corbis via Getty Images)

As Trump and Elon feud, government demand for Starlink grows

Through direct sales and a constellation of resellers, the U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink.

Jul 21, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil Keely Quinlan

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 85 commercial and government spacecraft and 3 Starlink satellites launches from Cape Canaveral on June 30, 2021. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dakota Raub)

FBI and Drug Enforcement Agency are interested in Elon Musk’s Starlink

Two recent requests for information show the Justice Department components’ interest in the SpaceX-provided satellite internet service.

Apr 17, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

The exterior of the White House from the North Lawn on Aug. 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

House Oversight Democrats demand details on White House Starlink installation

Reps. Gerry Connolly and Shontel Brown say there are “considerable red flags” with the use of the Elon Musk-owned internet service.

Apr 7, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

A view of Department of Energy headquarters on Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Dawn Zimmer returns to acting Energy CIO after SpaceX engineer’s short tenure

Zimmer is filling the CIO position for the second time since Inauguration Day after Ryan Riedel briefly took on the role overseeing the department's $4.3 billion IT…

Mar 10, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

A Starlink device connects the 155th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine brigade to the internet on Feb. 9, 2025 in Pokrovsk, Ukraine. The 155th Brigade has been trained by the French Armed Forces. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Customs and Border Protection is exploring use of Elon Musk’s Starlink

The agency’s interest in the Musk-owned satellite internet service comes as he continues to earn more government business and exert more control in the Trump administration.

Feb 27, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

Energy CIO replaced with SpaceX engineer as DOGE probes department’s systems

Dawn Zimmer, who joined Energy in November as deputy CIO and has been acting CIO since January, has been replaced by a network engineer from SpaceX, the…

Feb 7, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity returns to earth after the mothership separated at Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Virgin Galactic and others become operational with FAA’s space-age air traffic tool

The tool has run into challenges, as documents obtained by FedScoop helped elucidate last year.

Jun 26, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

Satellite dish sky sunset communication technology network — The growth of satellites and cloud-enabled ground stations is unleashing a new era of space industrialization.

How Azure Orbital and the cloud are expanding our worldview

A new report highlights how the convergence of space and cloud technologies contributes to a ‘supernova’ of new space-based Earth-observation capabilities — and benefits for federal and…

Feb 6, 2024 By FedScoop Staff