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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Chinese scientists simulate ‘hunting’ Starlink satellites in orbit

The Starlink System By Stephen Chen, Published by South China Morning Post, 12 January 2025 Taking inspiration from whales, Chinese researchers have created their own method for targeting satellite constellations Starlink is not as invulnerable as previously thought, according to a team of award-winning scientists in China who recently simulated

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Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US

European Space Agency simulation shows the number of spacecraft orbiting the Earth By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 11 November 2024 The bright object was likely a Starlink satellite burning up in Earth's atmosphere as it fell back toward our planet. A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over

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Australia abandons $7 billion geostationary satellite program to explore ‘multi-orbit’ options

Artist rendering of Australia’s JP9102 communications satellites. Credit: Lockheed Martin By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 November 2024 The Australian Department of Defence pulls the plug on the JP9102 geostationary satellite program awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2023 WASHINGTON — The Australian Department of Defence announced the cancellation

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More than 100 researchers call for pause in Musk Starlink launches

By Sarah Fortinsky, Published by The Hill, 30 October, 2024 Researchers are urging the federal government to pause further low-orbit internet satellite launches until a comprehensive review is conducted to determine the potential environmental damage that could result. In a letter to Julie Kearney, chief of the Federal Communications Commission

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