An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX)

Doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite photographed from orbit

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 23 December 2025 Vantor's WorldView-3 satellite snapped the stunning photo on Dec. 18. We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor's WorldView-3

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The next frontier in space is closer than you think – welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites

Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) could be the next target for the future of satellites. (Image credit: Getty Images) By Sven Bilé, Published by The Conversation, 16 December 2025 But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO…the region's getting a bit crowded. There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting

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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate

An artist's illustration of a satellite crashing back to Earth. (Image credit: Getty Images) By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 9 October 2025 An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025 Up to four satellites from Elon Musk’s massive Starlink constellation are falling

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Space junk cleanup tech that could ‘shepherd’ debris into Earth’s atmosphere gets US patent

Artist's illustration of Astroscale's space debris removal system in action. (Image credit: Astroscale) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 5 August 2025 "Our distributed architecture solves a key challenge in orbital debris removal by enabling the deorbit and reentry of multiple large debris objects sustainably and economically." The Japanese space-sustainability

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