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SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites

SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake

"As solar mininum approaches, atmospheric density decreases, which means the ballistic decay time at any given altitude increases — lowering will mean a >80% reduction in ballistic decay time in solar...

SpaceNews · 9h

SpaceX to lower orbits of some Starlink satellites

The Register on MSN · 13h

Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns

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SpaceX will lower Starlink satellites to reduce collision risk

After one of its Starlink satellites exploded and another narrowly avoided colliding with a Chinese satellite, SpaceX says it will lower the orbit of thousands of Starlink satellites to increase safet...

CNET · 7h

Starlink Will Be Moving Thousands of Its Satellites for 'Space Safety' Reasons

newsbytesapp.com · 18h

Why Starlink is lowering thousands of its internet satellites

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It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA report

Left unchecked, the space around our planet could get so cluttered with debris that we might not be able to use some orbits anymore, according to the latest European Space Agency (ESA) report on the space environment. The report, published April 1, states ...

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Space Force looking to build new radar sites to track objects in high orbits

The 46-meter antenna at Algonquin Radio Observatory will be used as the first commercial deep space radar tracking system to observe satellites into the GEO belt and beyond. Credit: Thoth Technology WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force next month will ...