SpaceX rocket accident leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit

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The internet satellites will reenter the atmosphere and burn up, the company said. It did not say when.

This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the upper stage engine of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which blasted off from California on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The rocket, carrying 20 Starlink satellites, malfunctioned during the blast, leaving the company’s internet satellites in a precariously low orbit. | APhas failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they’re doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the problem must be fixed before Falcon rockets can fly again.

 

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