The world's first "crypto satellite" is now in orbit. SpaceX launched its fifth smallsat rideshare mission, Transporter-5 , from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida yesterday, May 25, at 2:35 p.m. ET (1953 GMT). Shortly after sending the payload on its way to low Eart orbit (LEO), the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage came back to land at Cape Canaveral. Meet Crypto-1 Notably, the rideshare mission launched the world's first "crypto satellite", an interesting milestone for a company whose CEO Elon Musk is firmly rooted in crypto culture — only this week, news emerged that a deepfake of Musk is being used to scam crypto holders. The satellite, called 'Crypto-1', was designed by U.S. satellite startup Cryptosat to lay the foundations for secure cryptography related to the blockchain in space, according to a report from Forbes India . The small satellite is roughly the size of a coffee mug and it was bui...