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SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign of slowing down
- aa_is_op 1y agoDoes it operate 10k satellites? or is this just a launch tally and many of those have now been decommissioned
- southwindcg 1y agohttps://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a68967712/starlink-satellites-falling-from-the-sky/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a68967712/... "Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day."
- yesbut 1y agocool, more airplane space junk collisions in our future. thanks.
- spacedoutman 1y agoThe airplane collision is most likely a weather balloon from windborne systems https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-mystery-object-that-struck-a-plane-in-flight-it-was-probably-a-weather-balloon/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-mystery-object-tha...