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.
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,
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.
SpaceX to launch more Starlink satellites from Florida today. Watch live!
SpaceX is set to launch 21 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday (Jan. 8).
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”
SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Florida's coast
The launch will take place at 10:27 a.m. at the  Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, where a Falcon 9 rocket will carry the satellites into space.
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