Starlink Screenshot SpaceX has launched nearly 500 additional Starlink satellites so far this year. Credit: SpaceX

Roughly 4 to 5 Starlink LEO Broadband Satellites Now Burning Up Per Day

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Mark Jackson, Published by ISPreview, 3 February 2025 Data released by an independent researcher has revealed that SpaceX appears to now be “retiring and incinerating” about 4 or 5 Starlink broadband satellites from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) every

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Sweden launches its first military satellite

Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video Published by Militarnyi, 2 February 2025 The Swedish Armed Forces have announced the launch of their first military satellite, a communications satellite called Gna-3. Swedish television company SVT reported on this. The satellite was launched on

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The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout

Starship on launch pad By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 1 February 2025 It was a typical balmy afternoon across the tropical islands that lie southeast of Florida, where tens of thousands of tourists flock this time of year for winter break. But on January 16, just after sundown, a

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Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan directs space-based missile shield

Image credit: Space Development Agency By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January, 2025 The order sets a bold agenda to address emerging threats, including hypersonic missiles, through advanced technological solutions, including space-based interceptors. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 27 that calls for the

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Closing the Arctic High North communications gap

Illustration of the Arctic Broadband Satellite Mission (Image credit: Northrop Grumman) Presented by Northrup Grumman, Published by Breaking Defence, 28 January 2025 A groundbreaking partnership between Space Norway, the U.S. Space Force (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC), Northrop Grumman, Viasat, and the Norwegian Armed Forces is redefining satellite communications in the Arctic,

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