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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Sunday sunrise Falcon 9 flight – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Sunday sunrise Falcon 9 flight  Spaceflight Now SpaceX launches 28 Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast (video)  Space SpaceX launches Starlink 10-27 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida  Florida Today No, it wasn’t UFOs: Here’s what you saw in the sky this morning  WINK News – Southwest Florida SpaceX sunrise launch the 80th on …

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Starlink Satellite Captured in Surprise Photobomb of Chinese Military Air Base – extremetech.com

Starlink Satellite Captured in Surprise Photobomb of Chinese Military Air Base  extremetech.com SpaceX Starlink satellite photobombs orbital view of secret Chinese air base (photo)  Space Starlink Photobombs New Satellite Image, This Time Over a Chinese Military Base  PCMag Starlink Just Photobombed Spy Satellite In Stunning Shot Over China [PHOTO]  Orbital Today Starlink satellite interfered with capture of China’s Area 51  Universe Space Tech Source link

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Starlink outage knocks tens of thousands offline worldwide • The Register

Starlink outage knocks tens of thousands offline worldwide • The Register

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband network went dark today as thousands of users around the globe reported connectivity issues. The outage was brief. According to Downdetector.com, approximately 40,000 users reported problems early this morning before service was restored for the majority of affected customers. SpaceX, which operates Starlink, has not responded to a request for comment. Starlink’s website reportedly acknowledged …

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Starlink ‘down across the entire front line’ in Ukraine as internet service suffers global outage

Starlink ‘down across the entire front line’ in Ukraine as internet service suffers global outage

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk, suffered a global outage on Sept. 15, the company announced on its official website. The service has become vital for hospitals, schools, and front-line military units across Ukraine. “Starlink is once again down across the entire front line,” Ukraine’s top …

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Chinese satellite breaks all records and becomes direct threat to Starlink due to its secret technology

Chinese satellite breaks all records and becomes direct threat to Starlink due to its secret technology

Allegedly, a Chinese satellite has been built that breaks all records and becomes a direct threat to Starlink due to its secret technology. Scientists from Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences were observed testing a satellite in geostationary orbit, approximately 36,000km above Earth. The threat to Starlink comes from the fact that the satellite is allegedly very high-tech, …

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SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission (video)

SpaceX launches 300th Starlink satellite-internet mission (video)

SpaceX just lofted yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Sept. 13) at 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT; 10:55 a.m. local California time). It was the 300th Starlink mission that SpaceX has launched to date, according to the …

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SpaceX Starlink satellite photobombs orbital view of secret Chinese air base (photo)

SpaceX Starlink satellite photobombs orbital view of secret Chinese air base (photo)

One of SpaceX’s broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was photographed by a private American Earth-observation satellite. The unexpected satellite alignment above the Dingxin Airbase in the Gobi Desert of western China took place on Aug. 21 and created a range of unusual effects in the high-resolution image. The visible-light photo, taken by …

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Elon Musk Says Starlink Could Replace Your Cellphone Carrier

Elon Musk Says Starlink Could Replace Your Cellphone Carrier

On Wednesday, just one day after SpaceX acquired $17 billion of wireless spectrum from telecommunications company EchoStar, Elon Musk made some typically bold claims for how he would put it to use. The second-richest person in the world described a vision where Starlink could be your one-stop-shop for connectivity, whether at home or when you’re away from your Wi-Fi.  On …

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SpaceX buys $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum to beef up Starlink broadband service

SpaceX buys  billion worth of satellite spectrum to beef up Starlink broadband service

SpaceX has bought $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum from debt-ridden operator EchoStar to enhance Starlink direct-to-cell phone performance. The sale ends EchoStar’s plans to build its own constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) that would beam 5G connectivity directly to smartphone users in under-connected areas on Earth. The company, founded in 1980, operates a fleet of 10 geostationary satellites, …

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