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Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded

TechnologyMarch 31, 2026
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Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded
SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an "anomaly." SpaceX isn't saying exactly what happened, but space-tracking company Leo Labs says it "immediately detected tens of
Starlink satellites being deployed. | Image: SpaceX

SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an "anomaly." SpaceX isn't saying exactly what happened, but space-tracking company Leo Labs says it "immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity" of Starlink 34343 after the event.

"Latest analysis shows the event poses no new risk to the @Space_Station, its crew, or to the upcoming launch of NASA's Artemis II mission," says SpaceX in a message posted to X. "We will continue to monitor the satellite along with any trackable debris and coordinate with @NASA and the @USSpaceForce."

The satellite and fragments are expected to burn up in the atmosphere within a f …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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