space Class. SpaceX says the satellite, which the company says is not close enough to the International Space Station (ISS) to pose a threat to astronauts, will re-enter the atmosphere and reach its “destroyed” state over the next week.
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“As the world’s largest satellite constellation operator, we are deeply committed to space safety. We take these incidents seriously. Our engineers are rapidly working on the root cause and narrowing down the source of the anomaly and are already in the process of deploying software in our vehicles that increases protection against this type of incident,” SpaceX wrote.
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Earth’s orbit is filled with such debris, causing concern among experts, who have warned that the accumulation of space junk will hamper our space efforts, lead to more dangerous collisions and, more importantly, increase the danger to humans on the ground. Last week, a SpaceX satellite and a satellite of Chinese company CAS Space almost collided with each other.
The anomaly comes a week after the aerospace and telecommunications company launched 27 new Starlink satellites into Earth orbit in what was the 580th flight of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket since its first successful deployment in 2015 — its 162nd flight in 2025 alone, Space reported. Of the more than 10,000 Starlink satellites sent into space, about 9,300 are still active.
The Elon Musk-owned company is continuing a major effort to become a leading supplier of rural broadband internet and emergency satellite communications services, including ongoing deals with the US government. SpaceX has railed against federal funding allocations for fiber Internet access projects and sided with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an effort to gain priority for satellite Internet over other broadband efforts.
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