Starlink satellites orbit approximately 342 miles ... According to SpaceX's social media posts, the upgrades include argon Hall thrusters for a 2.4x and 1.5x boost in thrust and impulse ...

Space junk has no propulsion. This depends on altitude (affecting atmospheric density), mass, and cross-sectional area. I used an exponential atmospheric density model with a scale height of 50 km, ...

Sara Spangelo, the Senior Director of Satellite Engineering at SpaceX, announced she is leaving and will be focusing on the energy sector next.

But the Starliner was sent back to Earth uncrewed over issues with the spacecraft -- including the malfunction of five of its thrusters ... SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites 12 hours ...

Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, ...

The rocket that will launch NASA's Crew-10 is on the pad. This comes after a spacecraft swap and Falcon 9 incidents required ...

Once Starliner launched from Cape Canaveral on that June day, helium leaks, and then thruster trouble upon ... The rocket carried 23 Starlink satellites to orbit as it rumbled into the afternoon ...

"These thrusters had a higher life than we have ... the upper-stage of a Falcon 9 experienced an oxygen leak. While the Starlink satellites were deployed without issue, the upper-stage was unable ...