Starlink Anomaly Sparks Debris Cloud in Low-Earth Orbit
TL;DR
Starlink-34343 suffered an in-orbit anomaly on March 29 at about 560 km altitude, losing communications. LeoLabs detected tens of debris fragments nearby and warned more could exist, though SpaceX and LeoLabs downplayed risk to the ISS and Artemis 2, noting the debris should deorbit within weeks due to the low altitude. SpaceX followed the event with a Falcon 9 Transporter-16 launch carrying 29 Starlink satellites roughly six hours later, while the company works to determine the root cause and implement corrective actions.
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