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SpaceX, Starlink and low Earth orbit

UPI on MSN · 18h

SpaceX hoping to send more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

SpaceX is slated to launch a new group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Tuesday night. The 28 devices will ride a Falcon 9 that is scheduled to blast off at 8:22 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County,

Space.com on MSN · 13h

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX 's Starlink 6-93 mission Tuesday night (May 6) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 9:17 p.m. EDT (0117 GMT on May 7) from CCSFS's Launch Complex-40 (LC-40) — one of two launch sites the company operates on the Space Coast.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites go into orbit, boosting rivalry with SpaceX’s Starlink network

A powerful rocket sent the first batch of 27 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet network into low Earth orbit,

Soviet spacecraft Cosmos 482 expected to crash back to Earth

El Paso Times on MSN · 4h

Cosmos 482, a 1972 Soviet spacecraft, is set to return to Earth this week

On Monday, NASA said that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth sometime between Wednesday, May 7, and May 13. The spacecraft is expected to start descending on Saturday, May 10. The space agency said that since the probe was designed to withstand entry into Venus' atmosphere, it is possible that parts of it will survive reentry.

Science News · 1d

A Soviet spacecraft will crash to Earth this month

Kosmos 482 launched for Venus in 1972 but never left Earth orbit. The spacecraft has now lost enough energy that it can’t fight gravity anymore.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 7d

A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years

In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the planet’s harsh environment before succumbing to the intense heat. But this intrepid lander once had a sister probe named Cosmos 482. It launched four days after Venera 8 but was unable to escape low-Earth orbit and broke apart.

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Soviet spaceship could crash back to Earth at 17,000mph in HOURS as map reveals impact zone for doomed 500kg Venus probe

A SOVIET spacecraft once destined for Venus is expected to crash land on Earth this week after more than 50 years stuck in ...

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A spacecraft orbiting for 53 years is projected to fall to Earth soon

The latest projections peg the 1,000-pound spacecraft’s reentry between May 8 and May 11. A complicating factor is that ...

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Driven: 2025 Cadillac Celestiq Raises the Bar into Low-Earth Orbit

With an 111-kWh battery under the body, Cadillac estimates a full charge will provide 303 miles of driving, topping the ...

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