Letting AST launch its proposed spacecraft without addressing the collision risk 'would be irresponsible' and potentially subject other satellite providers to 'unnecessary risk,' SpaceX says.

SpaceX’s efforts to dim its Starlink satellites will likely be effective, at least for one major observatory. But the ...

Six percent of Starlink’s LEO constellation burns in upper atmosphere, releasing irreversible heavy metal pollution ...

SpaceX said those satellites will naturally de-orbit ... SpaceX has launched a total of 775 Starlink satellites. ... a 3 percent failure rate would mean more than 1,200 dead satellites orbiting in ...

The deorbiting of Starlink satellites is a commonplace task for SpaceX; the Elon Musk-led company has already initiated the disposal of 406 units from the nearly 6,000 satellites launched to date.

According to SpaceNews, the oldest Starlink satellites still in orbit are from 2019/2020. The company has said the de-orbiting won’t impact its broadband services. KSAT's new ground station in ...

SpaceX’s Starlink unit is seeing some issues with its new generation of satellites and will be de-orbiting some recently launched machines. At the same time, the company is requesting the FCC to ...

Experts believe the nascent satellite market will be shaped by a variety of forces as it develops and expands.

The claim: Starlink is 'fake' and not in space. Starlink is a novel network of satellites launched in 2019 that deliver broadband internet access around the globe from a low Earth orbit.. Some ...

Starlink, which has launched over 3,000 LEO satellites, uses a de-orbiting process that can be completed in months. But there is controversy over the FCC's authority to implement the rule and a ...

A recent FCC authorization approved the launch of 7,500 more satellites and a nodding sentiment in the company’s plan to launch 30,000 orbiting internet boxes. A feat, that at this rate, they ...

Starlink satellites generally operate below 600 km. SpaceX said that of the almost 6,000 satellites launched by SpaceX, it has to-date initiated controlled de-orbits on 406. Seventeen of those are ...