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Starlink Tops 10,000 Satellites, Extending SpaceX’s Dominance of Low Earth Orbit

Experts say governance is lagging far behind the scale of commercial constellations.

Europe Flags Russian Luch Satellites for GEO Signal Intercepts and Risky Close Passes

Mexico’s Student-Built Gxiba-1 CubeSat Enters Orbit After ISS Deployment

FCC Authorizes 7,500 More Starlink Gen2 Satellites, Bringing Total to 15,000

SpaceX to Lower Orbits of 4,400 Starlink Satellites in 2026 for Safety

SpaceX to Lower Starlink Orbits to 480 Kilometers in 2026 to Cut Collision Risk

Iran Puts Three Homegrown Satellites Into Orbit on Russian Soyuz

Starlink Says Chinese Payload Passed 200 Meters From Its Satellite, Spurring Calls for Data Sharing

Starlink Reports 200-Meter Near Miss With Newly Launched Chinese Satellite

ESA Launches Sentinel-1D to Renew Copernicus Radar Fleet

SpaceX Crosses 10,000 Starlink Satellites After Weekend Launches

China Launches Pakistan’s PRSS-2 With Two Chinese Satellites on Lijian-1 Y8

Starlink Reentries Now Daily, Projected to Reach About Five a Day

Starlink Satellites Are Reentering Daily, Raising Safety and Environmental Questions

NASA Astronaut’s ISS Video Shows Starlink ‘Train’ Crossing Earth’s Night Side

Ariane 6 Places First MetOp-SG A1 Weather Satellite into Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Europe’s Metop-SGA1 Weather Satellite Reaches Polar Orbit After Ariane-6 Launch

MethaneSAT Likely Unrecoverable After Power Loss Over Svalbard

Unexplained Orbit Shift of UK's Oldest Satellite Skynet-1A Raises Concerns

Boeing-Made Satellite Disintegrates in Orbit, Creating Space Debris