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SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites

An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole

The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and designed to host several instruments for different customers. The source of the hole from a chickpea-sized object is uncertain, but the event underscores the growing risk to spacecraft in orbit around our planet.

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SpaceX launches another 23 satellites into low-Earth orbit

SpaceX launched another batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday at 3:19 p.m. EST.

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SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California just after 10:00pm Pacific.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Mission Finally Launches After Failed Attempts

The launch, originally scheduled for Sunday, finally took to the skies on Thursday, delivering a payload of Starlink satellites into orbit.

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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites into orbit from California

Of the 20 satellites, 13 have direct-to-cell capabilities. The Starlink constellation provides internet service to remote areas of the planet. Two other SpaceX launches are schedu

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SpaceX prepares to launch Koreasat-6A satellite with workhorse first-stage booster

SpaceX is expected to send a French-made satellite into space on Monday but the focus will be on the first stage usable ...

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Marslink? SpaceX Wants to Develop a Version of Starlink Around the Red Planet

Overall, the company wants to build a massive constellation of 42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk also has his eyes on Mars, with ambitious plans to not only ...

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Axiom Space looks to India and Europe for rockets to help build its private space station

Axiom Space is in talks with India and European nations to explore "the best fit for its missions" and to diversify its ...

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New Space Force Program Boosts America's Smallest NewSpace Companies

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SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time

Today (Nov. 8), for the first time, Dragon performed an orbit-raising maneuver to stabilize the ISS's trajectory in ...

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What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...