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• [ June 15, 2023 ] Watch live: Astronauts working to install solar array outside International Space Station Mission Reports • [ June 12, 2023 ] SpaceX’s Transporter 8 rideshare mission lifts off from California Falcon 9 • [ June 12, 2023 ] SpaceX launches another 52 Starlink internet satellites Falcon 9 • [ June 9, 2023 ] Astronauts install new roll-out solar array outside International Space Station Mission Reports • [ June 8, 2023 ] Virgin Orbit ceases operations News SpaceX’s 40th launch of the year sent another batch of 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral early Monday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC) Monday. The mission followed a familiar track and timeline, with the Falcon 9 heading southeast from Florida’s Space Coast to place the 52 Starlink payloads into an orbit inclined 43 degrees to the equator. It took about 65 minutes from liftoff through separation of the Starlink satellites, which occurred over the Western Pacific Ocean. Two braking burns slowed the rocket for landing on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions” around 400 miles (640 kilometers) downrange approximately eight-and-a-half minutes after liftoff. The reusable booster, designated B1073 in SpaceX’s inventory, made its ninth trip to space. The launch was the first of two Falcon 9 rockets scheduled to take off Monday, with SpaceX teams at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California pr...

This is one example of seeing SpaceX’s Starlink in your sky. This artist’s concept shows a trail of Starlink satellites, each an individual dot reflecting sunlight. They would move across the sky in a line like a train.. Image via Star Walk: A plume or line of lights in the sky Starlink launches have people looking up and wondering what in the world they’re seeing. Depending on clear skies and the launch’s trajectory, the ascending SpaceX rocket with Starlink satellites can create a huge glowing plume in the sky. Then, after the satellites are released, people spot a strange line of lights like a train moving across their sky. Images flood social media as observers try to get an answer, often wondering if we’re being invaded by aliens. But the answer is no, it’s just another Starlink launch. People who live on the coasts are more likely to see the launch plume as the rocket leaves either the Kennedy Space Force Base in Florida or the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Then, after the satellites are released from the rocket and head upward into their orbits, people see them as a line of lights that looks like a train. You can spot this line of lights for up to a day or two after launch. Each dot is a Starlink satellite, and generally there are 46 or more separate satellites heading upward from Earth, moving into their future orbits. When they reach their final orbit, they are often too high for people to see without optical aid. Astronomers, however, still must If y...

What is If you live in a city or a big suburb, you probably enjoy fast internet speeds, maybe at 1Gbps or beyond. But imagine enduring internet speeds at 20Mbps, or even as low as 0.8Mbps, every day. What’s worse, your home only has one or two internet service providers to choose from, leaving you stranded with crummy service. Unfortunately, people across the US and the globe, are stuck in this very situation. Installing fiber in a city, and bringing Gigabit broadband to millions of customers is potentially lucrative, but not so much in a rural area home to only a few hundred people. Enter Starlink. The satellite internet system from SpaceX is capable of delivering 150Mbps internet speeds to theoretically any place on the planet. All the customer needs is a clear view of the sky. In fall 2020, the system Below, we’ll cover basic questions about Starlink, including ones we’ve heard from our readers. Let us know in the comments what other questions you have, and we’ll update the story. How Do I Sign Up for Starlink? (Credit: SpaceX) Go to (Opens in a new window). The site will take your address, and it’ll let you know if the satellite internet service is available in your area. If not, the company will tell you the approximate date when Starlink will arrive.Most users will probably have to wait months, if not longer; wait times have pushed into Starlink is currently serving over 400,000 users across the globe, but “hundreds of thousands” of people across the US have signed u...