Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded


SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly.” SpaceX isn’t saying exactly what happened, but space-tracking company Leo Labs says it “immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity” of Starlink 34343 after the event.

“Latest analysis shows the event poses no new risk to the @Space_Station, its crew, or to the upcoming launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission,” says SpaceX in a message posted to X. The satellite and fragments are expected to burn up in the atmosphere within a few weeks. SpaceX says it is working to determine the root cause.

The latest mishap occurred at about 560km above the Earth, an increasingly crowded area known as low Earth orbit where over 24,000 objects, including debris and about 10,000 Starlink satellites, are currently being tracked.

In January, SpaceX requested approval from the FCC for “up to one million satellites” to create orbital data centers. “We just recently gave a request for FCC licensing of up to a million AI satellites,” said SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell in a recent Time profile. “I’m surprised that didn’t get more news. I thought for sure that would get a lot of news.”



Source link

  • Related Posts

    This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

    Before OpenAI’s GPT-3 ushered in the era of foundation models, companies built specialized natural language processing models from scratch, training each on large amounts of task-specific data. Today, most organizations…

    The BBC And Channel 4 Are In Talks To Merge Streaming Services… Yet Again

    Early talks have already taken place between the BBC and Channel 4. BBC In 1852, Marx wrote that historical events play out twice, the first time as tragedy,…

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    You Missed

    ‘Preventable’ death of 9-year-old P.E.I. girl a result of ‘systemic failures,’ child advocate says

    ‘Preventable’ death of 9-year-old P.E.I. girl a result of ‘systemic failures,’ child advocate says

    This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

    This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

    A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision

    A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision

    A democratic socialist in Wisconsin tests how far left voters want to go in a battleground state

    A democratic socialist in Wisconsin tests how far left voters want to go in a battleground state

    How Jeff Bezos fueled Lyft's comeback: CEO

    How Jeff Bezos fueled Lyft's comeback: CEO

    Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected province

    Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected province