SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites

An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole
The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and designed to host several instruments for different customers. The source of the hole from a chickpea-sized object is uncertain, but the event underscores the growing risk to spacecraft in orbit around our planet.
SpaceX launches another 23 satellites into low-Earth orbit
SpaceX launched another batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday at 3:19 p.m. EST.
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)
SpaceX will launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).
SpaceX launches new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California just after 10:00pm Pacific.
UPDATE: SpaceX Ready to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket Thursday Carrying Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, November 6 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA, SpaceX launch: Watch live as Falcon 9 rocket lifts off to ISS from Florida
The launch is scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida no later than 8:28 p.m. ET on Thursday.
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites into orbit from California
Of the 20 satellites, 13 have direct-to-cell capabilities. The Starlink constellation provides internet service to remote areas of the planet. Two other SpaceX launches are schedu
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