31 July 2020
Amazon's Kuiper mega constellation gets FCC approval
... to dominate the skies in the next few years is staggering. So far, SpaceX has launched more than 500 Starlink satellites and UK-based OneWeb, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year but was bailed out...
07 October 2020
Chinese company seeks approval to launch nearly 13,000 satellites
... to implemented by relevant satellite operators, says the report, which criticised a recent announcement made by Elon Musk. “Starlink won’t be seen by anyone unless looking very carefully and will have ~0 percent impact on advancements in astronomy...
19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
... had “just” 10 satellites on the flight, Elon Musk’s firm is planning on launching thousands of satellites as part of its Starlink off-world broadband enterprise. SpaceX, however, are not alone in their endeavours. Many companies, including Amazon...
31 March 2021
A new skyglow effect produced by space objects is brightening our night skies, new study says.
... globe. Although companies such as SpaceX have recently tried to limit the amount of light reflected off their Starlink satellites with various measures such as lofting them to high orbits or adding visors to block sunlight, the sheer...
10 February 2022
SpaceX Starlink satellites fall out of sky after storm
...was one of these minor storms that caught the Starlink satellites the day after their launch. Geomagnetic storms heat...of warming air literally reached up and ‘grabbed’ the Starlink satellites. SpaceX says onboard GPS devices detected atmospheric drag ...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... not generating revenue, and that repeated switching of components can lead to reliability issues on satellites, but the Starlink engineers will presumably have factored these considerations into their designs. In the case of the Kuiper constellation...
