This dramatic render shows Starship, which was known as BFR at the time this image was released, in September 2018, blasting away from a cloudy Earth. SpaceX says the ship and rocket are designed to be fully reusable and will be able to service Earth orbit as well as the moon and Mars.
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The latest prototype of Elon Musk's Starship prototype has only flown about 500 feet (150 meters) in the air, but the SpaceX CEO said Monday his rocket company may begin construction of a booster prototype to pair with Starship as soon as this week.
"That's gonna be pretty cool," Musk said in a keynote interview at the virtual Humans To Mars summit.
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Starship is SpaceX's platform for taking humans to the moon, Mars and beyond, but to reach those deep-space destinations, the plan is to pair Starship with a powerful first-stage booster called Super Heavy. So far we've only seen early prototypes of Starship make short test flights or "hops."
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Musk added that Super Heavy may have fewer engines than originally planned -- possibly 28 Raptor engines rather than 31.
"That's still a lot of engines. we'll up cranking up the thrust on those engines."
He mused that it might be possible for Raptor to eventually be able to lift 200 times its own weight.
As for when we might see a Starship prototype fly higher than just a hop, Musk said "probably next year" and aimed to reduce expectations a bit.
"The first ones might not work," he said. "This is uncharted territory. Nobody's ever made a fully reusable orbital rocket ... and then having something twice the size of a Saturn V (the rocket that astronauts to the moon) that's also fully reusable... that's really something else, that's profound. That's the gateway to the galaxy or at least the solar system."
Two counts of money laundering and a second count of grand theft will not be prosecuted in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Gordon was referred to the county probation department for a pre-sentence investigation and report. An additional count of grand theft was dismissed without prejudice.
The grand jury indictment charged Gordon with taking $14,462.64 from the Arcs Baseball fund and $2,963 from the 4Alec scholarship, created to honor Kornet, a junior who died during hockey practice on Feb. 14, 2017, due to complications from an enlarged heart.
In addition to playing hockey for the Arcs, Kornet was the starting second baseman on the baseball team and the team played its 2017 season in memory of him, with most of the money raised in the fund intended to go toward a March 25, 2017, trip for the team to Tampa, Fla., for a tournament. Gordon was one of the organizers of the trip.
NASA will soon be testing the booster section of its brand-new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is designed to carry astronauts first to the moon and then potentially to Mars as part of the Artemis program.
The agency will be televising the test, and we have the details of how you can watch this event as it happens.
Teams have installed the flight support booster (FSB) for later versions of the solid rocket boosters on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket into the test stand in Promontory, Utah. NASA and Northrop Grumman, the SLS booster lead contractor, will conduct a two-minute, full-duration test with the booster on Sept. 2. Engineers will use data from the test to evaluate new materials and developments for SLS rockets that will power NASA’s Artemis lunar missions beyond Artemis III.Northrop Grumman
How to watch the booster test
The test will be shown live on NASA TV, which can be streamed via NASA’s website or using the video at the top of this page. Coverage begins at 11:40 a.m. PT.
Approximately 90 minutes after the test has taken place there will be a teleconference about the event, featuring Bruce Tiller, manager of the SLS boosters office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Charlie Precourt, vice president of propulsion systems at Northrop Grumman, in Promontory.
What to expect from the booster test
Some testing of the booster has already been completed. NASA says that it has already been through three full-scale development test firings and two qualification test firings, performed by the agency at its contractor Northrop Grumman. So hopefully the groundwork has been laid for a smooth test on Wednesday.
The booster test itself will consist of a two-minute period of action to check the motor performance, manufacturing quality, and materials and processes of the booster. The booster is made up of five segments, each weighing 300,000 pounds, which work together to create 3.6 million pounds of thrust at their maximum capacity. The solid boosters, of which there will be two in the final system, are what will provide most of the thrust to launch the SLS rocket when it is completed. They are joined by four RS-25 engines.
The first flight of SLS will be an uncrewed test flight called Artemis 1 which is scheduled for November 2021.
Elon Musk-owned SpaceX launched three satellites this morning and successfully recovered Falcon 9’s booster.
The booster used for the SAOCOM 1B launch has now successfully been used for four missions but is yet to break the current record — six successful launches.
The booster’s successful return also marks SpaceX's first polar orbit mission from Florida.
In the wee hours of the morning in India, on the other side of the world, SpaceX was busy getting its signature Falcon 9 rocket back in action.
Not only did it place Argentina’s SAOCOM 1B satellite and two smaller piggyback satellites into Earth’s orbit, Elon Musk’s space company also completed its first polar orbit mission from Florida.
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Instead of making use of the Earth’s gravitation spin to reach low orbits like usual, the rocket flew south along the US’ eastern coast instead along a flight path that’s known as the polar corridor. Advertisement
Falcon 9’s reusable booster also made headway with a rare off-shore landing. The booster, which is normally caught somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, was successfully made to touch down in Cape Canaveral.
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Falcon 9‘s SAOCOM 1B mission — from launch to landing SpaceX launched Argentina’s Earth-observation satellite SAOCOM 1B along with two smaller piggyback satellites off the coast for Florida in the US at around 4:48 am Indian Standard Time (IST).
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Nine minutes into its journey towards outer reaches of Earth’s atmosphere, the booster’s first stage created its usual sonic booms as it made its way back to the landing zone back on the planet.
Falcon 9's booster flies back to Earth after separating from the main rocketSpaceX
The sonic booms aren’t just for show. It’s the sounds of the booster dancing through an orbital ballet as it gets into position for landing. Once it was in the right place, the booster conducted a series of three engine burns in order to slow itself down to gently touchdown.
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Usually, SpaceX has two ships that it uses for booster recovery, Of Course I Still Love You and Just Ready the Instructions. These uniquely named floating platforms are usually found drifting out in the Atlantic Ocean enabling SpaceX to launch rockets more frequently.
This time, Falcon 9’s booster made its way to Landing Zone-1 on solid ground of sea.
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The California-based company's two-stage Electron rocket aced its return-to-flight mission tonight (Aug. 30), delivering an Earth-observation satellite to orbit.
The launch, which took place at 11:05 p.m. EDT (0305 GMT on Aug. 31) from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site, was the first for the company since July 4, when an Electron failed shortly after liftoff. An investigation soon traced the cause of that anomaly to a single faulty electric connection in the booster's upper stage, an issue that Rocket Lab representatives said would be relatively straightforward to avoid on future flights.
The Electron booster successfully lofted a roughly 220-lb. (100 kilograms) satellite called Sequoia for the San Francisco company Capella Space, on a mission that Rocket Lab dubbed "I Can't Believe It's Not Optical."
Sequoia "will be the first publicly available satellite in the company's commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) constellation," Rocket Lab representatives wrote in a mission description.
"The mission name is a nod to Capella's SAR technology that provides high-quality images of the Earth day or night, and in any weather conditions," they added. "Capella's space-based radar can detect sub-0.5 meter changes on the surface of the Earth, providing insights and data that can be used for security, agricultural and infrastructure monitoring, as well as disaster response and recovery."
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The 57-foot-tall (17 m) Electron provides dedicated rides to orbit for small satellites such as Sequoia, which are becoming more and more capable as electronic components continue to shrink.
"I Can't Believe It's Not Optical" was the 14th orbital launch for Electron, which debuted with a test flight in May 2017. The rocket had strung together 11 consecutive successful missions until the July 4 failure, which resulted in the loss of seven satellites.
Rocket Lab aims to greatly increase its launch cadence in the near future, an ambition that will be advanced by making Electron partly reusable. The company plans to recover Electron first stages shortly after launch, plucking the falling boosters out of the sky with a helicopter. (Electron is too small to make powered vertical landings, such as those performed by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket; the Rocket Lab booster cannot carry enough fuel to have the requisite amount left over for landing, company representatives have said.)
Rocket Lab has already taken steps toward this reusability vision. For example, the company demonstrated a helicopter catch during a dummy-booster drop test in March of this year. And it successfully guided Electron first stages back to Earth on missions 10 and 11, which launched in December 2019 and January 2020.
The returning boosters hit the ocean hard on those flights. But on Electron's 17th launch, which is scheduled to take place later this year, Rocket Lab plans to combine a guided re-entry with parachute deployment, ocean recovery and detailed inspection. (A helicopter won't be involved on that mission.)
"We'll fish it out of the ocean, bring it back, put it in the factory and then we'll really see what we've got. That will determine how much work we've got ahead of us," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said on Aug. 5, during a company update and Q&A session that was livestreamed on YouTube.
"To date, the telemetry would say that we've got a pretty healthy stage, but that's where the rubber meets the road," Beck said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched an Earth-observation satellite for Argentina along with two small piggyback satellites today (Aug. 30).
The trio blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:18 p.m. EDT (2318 GMT).
A used two-stage Falcon 9 rocket carried the SAOCOM-1B satellite aloft, marking the company’s 15th launch of 2020. Approximately nine minutes after liftoff, the booster's first stage produced some dramatic sonic booms as it made its way back to terra firma, touching down at SpaceX’s Landing Zone-1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral.
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Today’s flight was the fourth launch for this particular Falcon 9 first stage. The booster, designated B1059, previously lofted two commercial cargo missions to the International Space Station for NASA and delivered a batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites into orbit earlier this year.
The Falcon 9 appeared to launch straight up as it climbed to orbit. The skies above the space coast were cloudy but you could hear the Falcon 9 long after it was out of sight.
Thick clouds made it hard to track the first stage on its downward trek. Suddenly it appeared in the sky, with the iconic sonic booms you expect cracking overhead as the booster descended to the landing site.
SAOCOM-1B deployed from the Falcon 9's upper stage as planned 14 minutes after liftoff. The two rideshare satellites, GNOMES-1 and Tyvak-0172, were scheduled to deploy about an hour after launch.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SAOCOM 1B Earth-observation satellite and two rideshare payloads stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for an Aug. 30, 2020 launch.(Image credit: SpaceX)
SpaceX had planned for a launch doubleheader today, intending to launch two different Falcon 9 rockets just hours apart.
Up first was a big batch of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites. That mission was supposed to blast off this morning from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, next door to Cape Canaveral, but poor weather conditions prevented the company from finishing its launch preparations, and the team was forced to stand down. That launch has been rescheduled for Tuesday (Sept. 1) at 9:29 a.m. (1329 GMT), pending approval of the Eastern Range, the entity that oversees all launches along the East Coast.
But Mother Nature cooperated for the SAOCOM-1B mission. The main payload on board the veteran Falcon 9 is the SAOCOM-1B radar Earth-observing satellite, launching for Argentina's space agency, the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).
SAOCOM, short for Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas (Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite), is a two-satellite program with a total price tag of about $600 million, including launches. SpaceX lofted the first SAOCOM spacecraft, SAOCOM-1A, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in October 2018.
Both SAOCOM satellites launched into a polar-orbiting trajectory that allows them to fly over the planet’s poles. This type of mission typically flies from the West Coast. In fact, the SAOCOM-1B mission was the first satellite launched into a polar-orbiting trajectory from Cape Canaveral since 1969. That’s because of an incident that happened in late 1960, when debris from a Thor rocket reportedly fell on Cuba and killed a cow.
Officials were able to greenlight this type of mission from Florida, but only if the rocket had an automated flight termination system, which the Falcon 9 does. For the SAOCOM-1B mission, the Air Force secured a trajectory that flies south, over Cuba, while the rocket’s first stage returned to land at Cape Canaveral.
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The first stage of the Falcon 9 featured in today's mission is now a four-time flier, as it previously launched two SpaceX cargo missions — CRS 19 in December of 2019 and then CRS-20 in March of this year. These two missions launched the final Dragon 1 resupply capsules. From this point forward, cargo will travel to the space station in the same model spacecraft that SpaceX uses to transport astronauts.
B1059 is only the second booster to land on terra firma this year. In fact, it’s the second trip to LZ-1 for this booster, as the veteran Falcon 9 first stage also returned to land after delivering the CRS-20 mission into orbit.
This is SpaceX’s 42nd reflight of a Falcon 9 since the company recovered its first booster in 2015. It also marks the 59th landing of a Falcon 9. To ace the touchdown, the booster separated from its upper stage and conducted a series of orbital ballet moves, reorienting itself for landing. Then it conducted a series of three engine burns to slow itself enough to gently touch down on terra firma.
SpaceX has two massive drone ships it uses to recover the majority of its rocket boosters. Named "Of Course I Still Love You" and "Just Read the Instructions," the floating platforms are typically stationed out in the Atlantic Ocean and have enabled SpaceX to launch and subsequently land more rockets.
Once they're back in Florida's Port Canaveral, the landed boosters are transported back to SpaceX facilities, where they're carefully inspected and repurposed to fly again.
The current iteration of the Falcon 9 was finalized in 2018. Known as the Block 5, it features 1.7 million pounds of thrust as well as some other upgrades that make it capable of rapid reuse. SpaceX says that each of these boosters can fly as many as 10 times with minor refurbishments in between, and potentially as many as 100 times before retirement.
To date, SpaceX has launched and landed the same booster a maximum of six times.
Ahead of today's launch, SpaceX deployed its twin fairing catchers, GO Ms. Tree and GO Miss Chief. These two boats act as giant, mobile catcher's mitts, snagging payload fairings — the protective nose cones that surrounds satellites during launch — in their attached nets as they fall back down to Earth.
Whether or not the boats are able to make a catch depends on many factors, including the weather. Today, one ship was deployed to recover the SAOCOM-1B fairings and the other was sent out for the Starlink mission.
SpaceX has installed parachutes and special software in its payload fairings, which consist of two joined pieces. The fairings therefore can guide themselves to a designated recovery zone where Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief can wait to snag them as they fall back to Earth. If the boats miss or the weather is too poor to attempt a catch, the duo has on board equipment to scoop the fairing pieces up out of the water and carry them back to port for refurbishment.
Today was a scoop day; there would be no attempt to snag the falling SAOCOM-1B fairing halves before they hit the water, SpaceX launch commentators said shortly before liftoff.
Next up for SpaceX will be the Starlink mission it hoped to launch today. That flight, which is the 12th Starlink launch, will deliver 60 of the internet satellites to orbit.
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Spotty WiFi at home is a major bummer. We've rounded up the best WiFi boosters for indoor/outdoor use, basements and brick walls, as well as households with multiple streamers, gamers, and/or Zoomers.
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Poor WiFi is such a bummer. Whether you’re sick of your binge watching sessions being interrupted with infinite buffering, or your colleagues keep calling you out for your poor Zoom connection (nobody wants screenshots of your face frozen on screen, least of all you), a WiFi booster is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to improve your internet connection without forking over a ton of cash on more premium priced solutions.
What makes investing in a WiFi booster a great solution for most people is just how easy they are to install and immediately put to work. All you need is an existing router and an available wall outlet and you’re in business. The best part? Many people have great success with a WiFi booster alone, even when paired with an older router that doesn’t have the best signal or coverage.
What is the difference between WiFi booster and WiFi extender?
A WiFi extender works by pulling signals from your router before relaying it to your devices — thus allowing you to use your WiFi more effectively from every corner of your home. In doing so, your home will be split into two different networks — the original router and the extension. This can be an issue for most folks who are looking to make connecting to the internet as seamless as possible.
WiFi boosters, on the other hand, take a weak or poor reception and amplify the signals in order to experience a stronger overall connection. While doing so, they also extend the coverage without splicing the networks, which makes for a much easier overall user experience.
Think about it like this: if you have a WiFi booster, you can easily add on a WiFi extender if you still need the extra coverage, but a WiFi extender likely won’t work very well without a booster (unless you already have an incredibly strong WiFi signal as it is).
Do WiFi boosters really work?
WiFi boosters really do work—if you have the right booster for your specific lifestyle or household needs. Essentially, a WiFi booster extends your existing network coverage by boosting your signals. It actually pulls your existing WiFi from your transmitter or router, amplifies the signals and broadcasts the WiFi throughout your home, extending its reach and strength to multiple floors and even outdoors.
What is the best WiFi booster?
While there are a lot of great WiFi boosters on the market at a variety of affordable prices, if you’re looking for a real workhorse that will ensure you never run into endless buffering or video chat issues again, look no further than the TP-Link AC2600. This premium piece of tech checks off all the right boxes when it comes to a great WiFi booster: it’s compact, easy to install, and promises to boost your signal up to 2600 Megabits per second (Mbps).
That said, depending on your budget and lifestyle, we’ve pulled together some of the absolute best WiFi boosters to accommodate all types of internet users. Whether you’re looking for something compact that will boost the signal in your apartment for streaming your shows, or you need a serious workhorse that will ensure you and your roommates or family members can take your respective Zoom meetings without worrying about having an adequate connection, these are the most reliable boosters on the market.
Easy to install • Includes great tech support • Includes a smart indicator light to help with placement
Quite large, bulky design
Sick of your signal cutting in and out? The TP-Link RE650 may not be the cheapest booster on the market but it promises high speed internet in every nook and cranny of your household.
It may not be the cheapest booster on the market, but it promises high-speed internet in every nook and cranny of your household.
Range: 1,200 square feet
WiFi Spec: 2,600 Mbps
Size: 6.42 x 3.40 x 2.63 inches
Well-loved for its impressive speed of 2,600 Mbps, the TP-Link RE650 booster was designed for multi-person households that require a reliable connection for streaming content or regular video conference meetings.
With nearly 9,000 positive reviews on Amazon, the TP-Link RE650 booster is a safe bet. While it does look quite bulky for a plug-in device, the impressive WiFi booster is equipped with all the bells and whistles to offer the best WiFi signal achievable by way of a booster—including a quad antenna design, smart placement indicators, and a Gigabit Ethernet port that can connect directly to devices for an extremely fast connection.
Amazon reviewer Anthony Pauley was pleasantly surprised by the range of the TP-Link RE650, which was more than enough to supply his entire home.
“I bought this wifi extender with low expectations. I have a 3200 square foot house and thought I may need one for each floor,” he explained. “However, I am super happy I decided to try one at a time. Despite what I have read on some reviews, setting this thing up was a breeze and took maybe 10 minutes. I set it up for both bands. Then, I plugged it in on the same floor as my router and the range covers my entire house. No more dead spots and the speeds are much faster too. I couldn't be happier. As an added benefit, my wifi now extends far into my yard as well. Very happy.”
Impressive range for the price • Very affordable • Easy to install
Randomly disconnects • Slower speed than other devices
If you’re looking for a no-frills solution to extend your WiFi or give it a little boost, you’ll love this budget-friendly alternative.
If you’re looking for a no-frills solution to extend your WiFi or give it a little boost, you’ll love this budget-friendly choice.
Range: 2,500 square feet
WiFi Spec: 300 Mbps
Size: 8.2 x 5 x 2.2 inches
If you’re still on the fence when it comes to upgrading your at-home WiFi set up, or you’re already content with your WiFi speed but need a little extension into your home office, consider this budget-friendly option by SETEK.
While the price tag may suggest this WiFi booster might not reach as far as you’d like, in reality it will go beyond your expectations for the price. The Superboost boasts a fast, strong, and stable signal that extends up to 2,500 square feet, allowing multiple people in your household to enjoy a stable, reliable connection at the same time—whether that means streaming Netflix or getting some work done.
Amazon reviewer StParsonsDay tested out the Superboost with the intention of no longer having to divide up WiFi time between other members of the household—and it worked.
“Absolutely fantastic device. Very easy to use. I required no technical support in order to operate it. I merely hit the “WPS” button on my router then touched the small button on the bottom of my repeater and they paired in less than 30 seconds. I relocated the device to a low coverage area of my home and things are moving much more quickly now. I no longer yell through the house for people to disconnect devices so I can watch TV.”
Above average range • Clean design • Easy set up
Gets quite warm
If you’re sick of dealing with the dead zones that often come with a larger home, you’ll love the impressive range that this Linksys booster offers.
If you’re sick of dealing with the dead zones that often come with a larger home, you’ll love the impressive range this booster offers.
Range: 6,500 square feet
WiFi Spec: 750 Mbps
Size: 4.4 x 1.5 x 2.6 inches
This WiFi booster scores high marks because of its clean, compact design and impressive WiFi range that will easily service larger homes or duplexes.
The most talked about feature of this WiFi booster is just how far it will extend and amplify your connection—despite its surprisingly compact size and affordable price tag. The 6,500 square foot range and 750 Mbps speed makes it an ideal option for homeowners who spend a lot of time entertaining in the backyard or anyone trying to get usable reception in a basement apartment or attic space.
Accommodates up to twenty devices • Simple to install
Randomly reboots without notice • Takes a while to turn on
Looking for a decent mid-range device to help power your workdays and binge sessions? This powerful WiFi booster fits the bill perfectly thanks to its unbeatable price-to-quality ratio.
Looking for a decent mid-range device to help power your workdays and binge sessions? This powerful WiFi booster fits the bill thanks to its unbeatable price-to-quality ratio.
Range: 1,200 square feet
WiFi Spec: 1,200 mbps
Size: 7.09 x 5.71 x 3.98 inches
This multi-story WiFi booster was made for anyone looking to level up their overall connection and internet speed—whether in a basement home office or a third floor guest bedroom.
While you may already have great WiFi connection for HD streaming or online gaming, if you’re part of a multi-person household trying to set up a usable home office, you’ve probably run into connection issues as you navigate working alongside family members or roommates full time. This mid-level WiFi booster will solve all of those WiFi sharing woes thanks to its 1,200 square foot range and 1,200 mbps connection.
Amazon reviewer JimmyJoeBob had tried multiple WiFi boosters in the past, but had no luck getting a strong enough single to use in their house extension—until now.
“I didn't expect much as I had tried different ways to extend wifi range to a detached building about 150-200 ft away. All have proved not effective as advertised and not worth using. The Netgear AC1200 was a breeze to set up. I took it to the building, changed my network to the AC1200 and bam 100% signal strength.”
Very good range • Fair price point • Nice design
Can be difficult to install
Small but mighty, this sharp looking WiFi booster ensures coverage up to 10,000 feet—meaning you can enjoy solid internet connection inside, outside, and even into guest houses.
This sharp looking option offers coverage up to 10,000 feet, so you can enjoy solid internet connection inside, outside, and even into guest houses.
Range: 10,000 square feet
WiFi Spec: 1,900 mbps
Size: 1.81 x 3.18 x 4.96 inches
You can expect most WiFi boosters to cover an average sized apartment but the Linksys RE7000 takes range and WiFi speed to the next level.
While Linksys is already a trusted name in tech, the RE7000 WiFi booster is particularly well-loved—with over 1,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. Featuring an impressive 10,000 square foot range, this WiFi boosting heavy hitter ensures your entire household will have ample connection to stream HD content, online game, and sign into Zoom meetings all at once, without worrying about a broken connection or slowed down speeds.
Amazon reviewer Kyle had no luck with previous WiFi boosters but particularly appreciated this one for its impressive speeds and seamless range,
“I was skeptical of how well this extender would work, but not only can I move from room to room with my tablet and laptop, but my speeds are also better than i had anticipated. I can access a full strength signal on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.”
High router compatibility • Very easy to set up • Includes intelligent signal indicators to ensure proper positioning
Very bulky design
If you’re looking for a good WiFi booster that can penetrate thick walls, this brick wall-friendly booster is a safe bet.
If you’re looking for a good WiFi booster that can penetrate thick walls, this brick wall-friendly booster is a safe bet.
Range: 1,200 square feet
WiFi Spec: 1,200 mbps
Size: 7.6 x 3.7 x 2.4 inches
This convenient wall plug-in design is very easy to install and features four adjustable antennas for added function and reliability.
You’d be hard pressed to find a WiFi booster with such an impressive price-to-quality ratio. This budget-friendly booster features a laundry list of great assets that make it a fantastic option for anyone looking for an extra connection boost, including four adjustable antennas, dual band technology, and an intelligent signal indicator LED ring that ensures you find the best spot to set up for better WiFi.
Amazon reviewer Sharon O’Sullivan particularly loved how well the GALAWAY booster worked in her backyard, making it easy to enjoy her shows without having to tap into her wireless network.
“This has exceeded my expectations for range. I have a firepit outdoors about 80 feet from the house and get 2/3 signal strength all around the fire. I can now set up a tv and watch hockey while having a whiskey by the fire. The setup and instructions are very clear and easy. I am not a big computer guy, and found it very simple. I would recommend this to anyone I know.”
Easy to set up • Outstanding speed • Works with any router
Quite bulky in size
If subpar internet speed is your biggest pet peeve, you’ll love the lightning fast WiFi that the Netgear Nighthawk affords.
This super-fast WiFi booster is a great option for anyone looking for next level speed and universal compatibility.
Whether you’re looking for something to reach the corners of your basement or attic or you’re simply fed up with your slow internet speed, this impressive booster by Netgear works with any type of router to ensure outstanding internet speed across 2,500 square feet—which is more than enough for most apartment units or townhouses.
“I had the new Spectrum modem and separate router installed yesterday to replace my Ubee after almost 3 years. However WiFi was always hit and miss because my equipment is in my basement where my office is,” explains BestBuy reviewer Irbrenda. “I was sure nothing would ever bring the signal up to par on my main and upper floors and my apartment over the garage! Well my signal has never been better!!! So far outstanding speeds."
