A scary milestone was reached on Tuesday when for the first time more than 10,000 #Starlink satellites were in LEO simultaneously: https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california/ - see https://www.planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html for the hard numbers, namely 10,049 satelltes in orbit (with 10,039 of them working of which 7903 are in operational orbits) out of 11,558 launched in total since 2018.

A scary milestone was reached on Tuesday when for the first time more than 10,000 #Starlink satellites were in LEO simultaneously: https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california/ - see https://www.planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html for the hard numbers, namely 10,049 satelltes in orbit (with 10,039 of them working of which 7903 are in operational orbits) out of 11,558 launched in total since 2018.

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The good thing about Starlink satellites is that they don't stay up there long.

The bad thing about Starlink satellites is that they don't stay up there long.

#Starlink #environment #ElonMusk

What do you do when your internet is restricted to government-controlled portals? Adapt or accept, according to Russians today. "Silicon Valley is pulling the plug. The Kremlin is locking the doors. Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet — and what comes after," writes Ekaterina Bodyagina for @politico

https://flip.it/h8zPre

#Internet #Russia #Telegram #Starlink #Ukraine

🛰️ NetBlocks says Iran blackout enters day 16 as arrests target Starlink users

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603157402

#iran #starlink #censorship

🛰️ NetBlocks says Iran blackout enters day 16 as arrests target Starlink users

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603157402

#iran #starlink #censorship

Why Starlink satellites are a serious problem (and one million of them would be ruinous): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-growth-of-satellite-mega-constellations-could-ruin-the-night-sky/

#Starlink #SpaceX #NightSky #space #astronomy #environment