SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink mission
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SpaceX just flew its 50th Starlink mission of 2026 — a Falcon 9 putting 24 more satellites into orbit from Vandenberg on Saturday morning
A Falcon 9 rocket climbed away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday morning carrying 24 Starlink satellites. According to SpaceX’s own mission numbering, the flight marked the company’s 50th dedicated Starlink mission of 2026.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off carrying Starlink satellites into orbit.Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images SpaceX is adjusting the orbits of thousands of Starlink satellites weeks after a near-miss with several Chinese satellites.
The launch raised the total count of active Starlink satellites to over 10,400, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell. The network provides access to the internet to th
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Starlink satellites just logged 144,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in six months — every 1.8 minutes a SpaceX spacecraft has to dodge something else in orbit
Somewhere in low Earth orbit, a Starlink satellite fires its krypton thrusters and nudges itself a few hundred meters sideways. Less than two minutes later, another one does the same thing. Then another.
Starcloud has ordered more than 50 mini laser terminals from SpaceX, suitable for transmitting information optically between satellites via intersatellite link (ISL), including the Starlink network, in support of its orbital data center ambitions.
Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on social platform X, announcing the company’s plan to change the orbit of the satellites in order to reduce the chances of collision with others or space debris. Earth’s orbit ...
While SpaceX is best known for its work with NASA, the company's Starlink satellite internet unit is a key part of the overall business. Starlink provides global, high-speed internet coverage using a constellation of more than 10,
SpaceX continues to secure its position as the premier low Earth orbit constellation satellite broadband provider, with the latest Falcon 9 launch sending 28 new satellites into orbit. This brings the total number of Starlink satellites launched to more ...
It would be ideal if satellites in a massive communications constellation didn't just spontaneously explode, but here we are. SpaceX announced that one of its Starlink satellites "experienced an anomaly on-orbit" on Sunday, which is a gentle way of saying ...