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This photo depicts the satellite-filled sky that is now a reality and getting more crowded every week. The image consists of exposures taken over a 30-minute stretch in June 2024 from a latitude of 51 degrees north, when satellites even in low Earth orbit are lit all night by sunlight. Many of the parallel streaks heading generally horizontal west to east (right to left) may be from groups of SpaceX Starlinks. Others traveling vertically north-south are more likely from Earth-observation satellites. There is at least one natural streak in the image — a meteor at center, caught by chance in one frame.

'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites

By Tereza Pultarova published

Proposed constellations of orbiting mirrors and data centers would completely destroy the night sky as humanity has known it for millions of years, experts say.

Satellites
The Starship V3 Super Heavy vehicle known as Booster 19 stands on Pad 2 at SpaceX's Starbase site.

SpaceX fires up next-gen 'V3' Starship for 1st time ahead of April launch (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX conducted a static fire test with the first stage of its V3 Starship on Monday (March 16), a milestone moment for this bigger, more powerful megarocket variant.

Launches & Spacecraft
Satellites are pictured leaving long 'trails' in the night sky in a composite image featuring the Milky Way hanging over a stone monument.

SpaceX plan for 1 million orbiting AI data centers could ruin astronomy, scientists say

By Tereza Pultarova published

SpaceX's plan to launch one million orbiting data centers to space worries astronomers, who say the satellite streaks caused by the proposed constellation would severely impair observations.

Satellites
SpaceX's Starship is tested at night as the spacecraft vents into the spotlights.

SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says

By Josh Dinner published

It's often "about 4 weeks."

Launches & Spacecraft
Artist's illustration of an electromagnetic mass driver launching a payload from the surface of the moon.

Elon Musk wants to put a satellite catapult on the moon. It's not a new idea

By Leonard David published

Elon Musk isn't the first person to propose the use of mass drivers on the moon. He's following in the footsteps of space visionary Gerard O'Neill, who floated the idea back in 1974.

The moon
Artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starship vehicle on the moon during an Artemis astronaut mission for NASA.

A city on the moon: Why SpaceX shifted its focus away from Mars

By Mike Wall published

Just 13 months after declaring the moon "a distraction," Elon Musk has announced that Earth's nearest neighbor is now the focus of SpaceX's settlement plans. What changed?

The moon
SpaceX's Starship launches on its 11th test flight from Starbase, Texas on Oct. 13, 2025.

SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation mission for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence from California on Jan. 2, 2026.

SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026 (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), sending an Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
A close up of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from space, showing its glowing tail floating above Earth

SpaceX shatters its rocket launch record yet again — 165 orbital flights in 2025

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX just set a new annual-launch record for the sixth year in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly.

Private Spaceflight
rows of starlink satellites in the lower left portion of the image with Earth in the background and a slither of black space in the lower right side of the image.

Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy

By Tereza Pultarova last updated

Reference Starlink satellites have been developed by SpaceX to provide internet to remote locations. Here we explore the controversial megaconstellation in more detail.

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