TECH & INNOVATIONA new analysis reveals that no place on Earth is spared from experiencing satellite light pollution that disrupts naked-eye and astronomical observations.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch on March 4 has failed to do a deorbit burn. It re-entered the Earth's orbit on March 25 and created a light show over the Pacific Northwest sky.
British counterpart of SpaceX, OneWeb, has recently sent another 36 satellite broadbands into space aboard the Soyuz rocket from Russia to bring internet coverage to the UK.
SpaceX Falcon 9 took off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 40 to launch 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit. The starship also nailed the landing.
Elon Musk said SpaceX is “highly confident” that it will land humans on Mars before 2030. Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, said that his organization would land Starships on Mars before 2030.
SpaceX and NASA agreed to exchange data and avoid space collisions. SpaceX also agreed to move its satellites to avoid crashes and near misses with NASA assets.
On Thursday, SpaceX successfully launched Falcon 9 booster rockets carrying Starlink satellites, adding to the largest artificial constellation of satellites. Additionally, SpaceX was awarded two national security launches beating out Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin.
The upcoming launch will be the third manned flight to the ISS by SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. NASA earlier said that the Crew-2 launch would be no earlier than April 20.
Boeing Starliner test flight is delayed again due to the production losses caused by the Texas weather last month. SpaceX Crew 2 flight remains on time.