That number will likely continue growing far into the future; SpaceX has permission to deploy 12,000 Starlink satellites in LEO and has applied for approval for another 30,000 on top of that. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if...
During the northern summer, when the nights are the shortest, the time that a satellite in a low-Earth-orbit (like the ISS) can remain illuminated by the sun can extend throughout the night - a situation that can never be attained during other times of the year. Because the ISS circles...
Did you miss the part where the full Starlink constellation would be covering the entire sky with satellites in a grid approximately 400 miles apart? There would be no place on earth, no time of day or night, when you wouldn’t get satellites streaking past your telescope – except on the...
Today's launch came 13 years to the day of SpaceX's first-ever Falcon 9 launch in 2010. Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and track it in the night sky A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 V2 mini Starlink satellites launches into the blue Florida sky from Space Launch ...
Related: Starlink satellite train: How to see and track it in the night sky View of Earth from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, shortly after it launched from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 7, 2023 with 48 Starlink satellites on board. (Image credit: SpaceX) It was the 12th...