Dozens of witnesses reported brilliant displays as the Starlink-4682 spacecraft broke up during atmospheric reentry.
Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer and orbital debris expert, said on social media site X that the "widely observed" sight was in fact a retired SpaceX Starlink satellite launched into orbit in 2022.
A train of Starlink satellites were seen in orbit by Musselburgh residents who took to social media to share images and ...
Nov. 11 (UPI) --SpaceX successful launched a South Korean communication satellite from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday afternoon. The payload saw liftoff shortly after 12:20 EST.
The first space satellite made mostly of wood arrived at ... to space after more than four years of research and testing. A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center launchpad ...
In the second launch, a Falcon 9 rocket sent 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It was the rocket’s 12th flight.
Nov. 6 (UPI) --The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of wood in space. Japanese researchers built a small ...
But what appeared to be an exploding fireball may have in fact been a decommissioned SpaceX satellite creating a fiery spectacle as it broke up above Earth's atmosphere. The company's Starlink ...