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SpaceX launches the Starlink 6-88 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 4, 2026. This was the company’s first Starlink mission of the year and the first Falcon 9 launch from the Eastern Range of 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 4,…

A stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites before being deployed into Earth orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX) We'll see a mass migration of SpaceX Starlink satellites this year. All Starlink broadband spacecraft currently orbiting 342 miles (550 kilometers) or so above Earth — about 4,400 satellites — will descend to an altitude…

The year 2025 ended with more than 14,000 active satellites from all nations zooming around the Earth. One-third of them will soon move to lower altitudes. The maneuvers will be undertaken by SpaceX, the owner of the largest satellite fleet in orbit. About 4,400 of the company’s Starlink Internet satellites…

WASHINGTON — SpaceX plans to lower the orbits of some of its Starlink satellites, a move the company says is intended to improve space safety following two recent incidents. In a Jan. 1 social media post, Michael Nicolls, vice president of Starlink engineering at SpaceX, announced a “significant reconfiguration” of…

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SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, has crossed a major global milestone, reaching about nine million users worldwide.  The company shared the update on X, noting that Starlink is now active in one hundred and fifty-five countries and territories, a sign of how fast demand for satellite internet is growing across…

Sunday 28 December 2025 4:26 pm  |   Updated:  Monday 29 December 2025 7:22 am Musk’s Starlink broadband service is also moving to strengthen UK connectivity For more than a decade, Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies have stayed private for longer than ever before, buoyed by deep pools of capital and…

Update Dec. 28, 8 p.m. EST (0100 UTC): SpaceX has announced a further delay. No new launch date set. Update Dec. 27, 8:56 p.m. EST (0156 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch Saturday due to a ground issue, targeting Sunday, Dec. 28. A Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be on the cusp of going public: The company, which almost went bankrupt in the 2000s, is mulling an initial public offering (IPO) that would value it at as much as $1.5 trillion. The move could raise tens of billions of dollars for SpaceX, but there’s…

The opening of space to human commercial activity is a prospect to be welcomed eagerly...Read More