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SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2026 on new Falcon 9 rocket (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026.

Launches & Spacecraft
illustration of debris in orbit around Earth

The next frontier in space is closer than you think – welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites

By Sven Bilén published

But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO...the region's getting a bit crowded.

Satellites
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 stack of satellites are deployed into Earth orbit with the full sun visible

SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX will soon lower the orbits of about 4,400 Starlink satellites, to decrease the threat they pose to other spacecraft and reduce space traffic overall.

Satellites
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
streaks of fire in the evening sky

12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned in 2025

By Mike Wall published

We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.

Launches & Spacecraft
closeup photo taken from space of a boxy satellite with long, rectangular solar arrays extending on either side of its body

Doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite photographed from orbit

By Mike Wall published

We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite that recently suffered an anomaly in orbit, thanks to Vantor's WorldView-3 spacecraft.

Satellites
SpaceX's Starship megarocket launches on the vehicle's 10th flight test, on Aug. 26, 2025.

Starship success, a private moon landing and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2025

By Mike Wall published

Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.

Space Exploration
a small rocket carrying six people in a capsule lifts off, set against the rising sun

Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Blue Origin launched wheelchair user Michi Benthaus and her NS-37 five crewmates aboard a New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

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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