Letting AST launch its proposed spacecraft without addressing the collision risk 'would be irresponsible' and potentially ...

Low-orbiting satellites, including Starlink, can reflect sunlight in the night sky during ... conditions — not when the satellites have been recently launched, are being de-orbited or going through a ...

Six percent of Starlink’s LEO constellation burns in upper atmosphere, releasing irreversible heavy metal pollution ...

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

A Starlink satellite has a lifespan of approximately five years before de-orbiting, according to the company. When the technology is no longer serviceable, it is destroyed while reentering the ...

As Elon Musk's Starlink continues to launch an internet network of thousands of satellites into the atmosphere, the environmental implications are unknown without a formal review, experts warn.

SpaceX announced it will deorbit 100 of its first-generation Starlink satellites in order to lower the number of spacecraft that might fail and become non-maneuverable.

SpaceX is to de-orbit 100 of its early Starlink satellites after finding a “common error” that could potentially cause failures. In a recent update posted to the company site, the company said it will ...

Image: SpaceX An unspecified defect in early model Starlink satellites has prompted SpaceX to preemptively deorbit the units before they potentially fail and become hazards in low Earth orbit.

SpaceX recently launched its first group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites, touting improved capabilities, with four times the data capacity of the previous generation. Soon, astronomers noticed that ...

LEO satellites can be taken out of orbit faster than ones in higher altitudes. Starlink, which has launched over 3,000 LEO satellites, uses a de-orbiting process that can be completed in months.

Will Starlink Satellites Become Space Junk One Day? SpaceX Has an (Imperfect) Plan. SpaceX said those satellites will naturally de-orbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere.