SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign of slowing down

Posted by LorenDB on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @06:59AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

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Re:SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign... by aa_is_op on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:37AM (#45654625)

Does it operate 10k satellites? or is this just a launch tally and many of those have now been decommissioned

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Re:SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign... by southwindcg on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @08:07AM (#45654822)

"Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day."

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Re:SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign... by yesbut on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:43AM (#45654676)

cool, more airplane space junk collisions in our future. thanks.

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Re:SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign... by spacedoutman on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:46AM (#45654695)

The airplane collision is most likely a weather balloon from windborne systems

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