Additionally, Musk revealed that 72 orbital planes would activate by August on a wider scale, but global coverage, including the polar regions, would take time. Elon Musk Achieves 69,420 with Starlink ...

Experts believe the nascent satellite market will be shaped by a variety of forces as it develops and expands.

Spectacular Video Shows Starlink Satellite Disintegrating Over Puerto Rico After Geomagnetic Storm SpaceX lost 40 satellites after a geomagnetic storm prevented them from rising to their ...

Animation showing the deployment of Starlink satellites into their orbital planes since January 1, 2020. Graphic created by Ben Craddock for NASASpaceflight.

In a filing to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, SpaceX said it wants to triple the number of orbital planes at 550 kilometers, the altitude where its lowest layer of Ku- and Ka-band ...

Operating in multiple orbital planes, the Starlink satellite system is designed to eventually bring relatively high-speed internet to any point on the planet, routing data to and from small user ...

SpaceX launched 49 satellites to low Earth orbit on Feb. 3 to further beef up the company's huge and growing Starlink internet megaconstellation. But most of those newly lofted spacecraft will ...

SpaceX seeks FCC’s OK to extend Starlink satellite service to vehicles, ships, planes by Alan Boyle on March 8, 2021 at 5:18 pm March 8, 2021 at 5:28 pm Share 3.3k Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

SpaceX has regulatory approval to launch more than 12,000 Starlink satellites, in multiple orbital planes, to provide uninterrupted high-speed internet access from any point on Earth using small ...

As SpaceX continues launching more Starlink satellites into space, astronomers and others ponder if their visibility will be a growing constant in the night sky.

An Increasingly Crowded Orbital Neighborhood. This event, although singular, highlights a broader issue emerging in satellite imaging. As the number of active satellites in low Earth orbit ...