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SpaceX plans to launch 24 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, which may be visible above Southern California.
The issue concerns sunlight reflecting off the satellites’ surfaces. SpaceX has attempted to reduce the brightness of the reflected light by coating the satellites in a dark material, and also by adding reflective film to redirect the sunlight away from Earth.
Virginians who spotted a glowing light streaking across the early morning sky Saturday weren’t seeing a UFO — it was a SpaceX rocket.
The streak was from a SpaceX launch out of Florida. SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 with 29 Starlink satellites that will be put into orbit. Starlink is a type of internet engineered by SpaceX.
SpaceX Starlink has been on a satellite launch spree lately. Last week, the Elon Musk-owned company successfully sent 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenbueg Space Force base, and now it is planning to add 28 more satellites to its constellation.
SpaceX’s satellite internet service is experiencing a ‘network outage’ cutting off internet for users around the world. Since just after 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connec t to SpaceX’s satellite internet service.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation that works as an international telecommunication provider, part of the American aerospace company SpaceX, founded by controversial billionaire Musk. The network provides coverage to around 130 countries and territories, aiming to provide global mobile broadband.