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Starlink

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commercialFounded 1989
Austin, California, United States
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SpaceX expanded its Starlink beta test program to people in Austria and France in the week before 2021-05-09.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2021SpaceX sets booster reuse milestone on Starlink launch

The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed 60 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit nearly 65 minutes after liftoff.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2021SpaceX sets booster reuse milestone on Starlink launch

The tenth-flight booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM, and six Starlink missions prior to the 2021-05-09 launch, most recently on 2021-03-14.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2021SpaceX sets booster reuse milestone on Starlink launch

SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites on 2021-05-09 using a Falcon 9 whose first stage was making its tenth flight.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 9, 2021SpaceX sets booster reuse milestone on Starlink launch

SpaceX intends to launch another 60 Starlink satellites on or about 2021-05-09.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2021The Next Flurry Of Starlink Satellites Being Readied For Launch

The 2021-05-09 Starlink launch is scheduled for 06:42 GMT (02:42 Florida time).

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 7, 2021The Next Flurry Of Starlink Satellites Being Readied For Launch

A recent FCC ruling permits SpaceX to operate up to 2,814 Starlink satellites at altitudes of 540 to 570 km, compared with previous targeting of 1,100 to 1,300 km.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2021The Next Flurry Of Starlink Satellites Being Readied For Launch

SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on 2021-05-04.

Mentioned as: starlinkTechnical ProductMay 7, 2021The Next Flurry Of Starlink Satellites Being Readied For Launch

SpaceX has launched 1,620 Starlink satellites in total, with some having failed and been de-orbited.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 7, 2021The Next Flurry Of Starlink Satellites Being Readied For Launch

SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink low Earth orbit broadband satellites to polar orbit on 2021-01-24.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 5, 2021Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband

SpaceX secured a three-year, $28,000,000 DEUCSI contract in December 2018 to test military uses of Starlink.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 5, 2021Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband

SpaceX modified its license to operate 4,408 Starlink satellites at around 550 km altitude.

Mentioned as: starlinkTechnical ProductMay 5, 2021Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband

OneWeb moved one of its recently launched broadband spacecraft earlier 2021 following an alleged close approach with a Starlink satellite.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021Europe’s Galileo braces for more emergency in-orbit maneuvers

The European Space Agency’s Aeolus satellite executed collision-avoidance maneuvers in low Earth orbit in September 2019 due to a close pass by a SpaceX Starlink satellite.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021Europe’s Galileo braces for more emergency in-orbit maneuvers

SpaceX engineer Siva Bharadvaj, who hosted the webcast of the 2021-05-04 launch, indicated that over half a million people have placed an order or put down a deposit for Starlink.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch

SpaceX is using its internal Starlink missions to test the limits of Falcon 9 booster reusability.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch

The next Falcon 9 Starlink launch, scheduled no earlier than 2021-05-09, is expected to use the other Falcon 9 booster that has flown nine times, most recently in March.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2021SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch

Spaceflight managed a BlackSky payload on a SpaceX Starlink rideshare mission in 2020.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021Spaceflight Preps Four Rocket Lab Electron Launches For BlackSky

The booster that completed its ninth flight on 2021-05-04 previously launched the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite, a set of Iridium satellites, and six other Starlink missions.

Mentioned as: StarlinkOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2021SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch

A total of 610 Starlink satellites had been launched so far in 2021.

Mentioned as: StarlinkNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2021SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch
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