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SpaceX Tests Lower Starlink Orbit to Reduce Astronomy Photobombs

It used to be rare for an orbiting satellite to spoil astronomical observations, but the skies are much more crowded ever since SpaceX began launching its Starlink megaconstellation. The internet satellites regularly pop up in images,

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SpaceX: Lowering Starlink Satellite Orbits Reduces Impact on Astronomy

The company has been working with an observatory and the US National Science Foundation to study the effects of lowering its satellites to 350km (217 miles) versus 550km.

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SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, keeping pace with 2024

Coming off a record-setting 2024, SpaceX continued an aggressive launching schedule with the liftoff Wednesday morning of a Falcon 9 rocket that carried 21 Starlink satellites into lower-Earth orbit.

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SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites from Florida

SpaceX launched more of its internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 8). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 10:27 a.

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SpaceX: Starship to launch fake satellites on seventh test flight

SpaceX’s most ambitious Starship flight yet will see reused hardware, the deployment of 10 fake satellites and another attempt to catch the booster with “chopsticks”

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AST SpaceMobile's Large Satellites to Roll and Tilt to Prevent Astronomy Interference

The company will also look at making design additions to its BlueBird satellites to prevent them from reflecting too much ...

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Starmus comes to America

A “mini” Starmus will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington this April, just weeks before 2025’s mainline Starmus in ...

11 must-see astronomy events in 2025

The new year will be a busy one in the night sky with celestial sights of all types for everyone to enjoy, many of which can ...

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Jan. 3, 2025 — Scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also ... Scientists Pin Down the ...

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Astrophotography: Taking amateur astronomy to the next level in CT

In addition to livestacking, there are now “smart telescopes” available that will take and process images of the night sky as ...

Carter's UFO hounded him for years. Few knew his expertise in astronomy.

Though Carter never claimed to have spotted aliens or a flying saucer — to him this was literally an unknown object in the air — people snickered and mistook his UFO sighting as such. Skeptics, who ...

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