The company deorbited about 2.6 satellites per day between December and May, causing them to burn up in the atmosphere. It's unclear how or if this might impact the environment.

Starlink already accounts for 40% of all the satellites ever launched, and each one releases harmful aluminum oxides when deorbited.

There are currently over 12,000 active satellites in orbit, 7,751 of which belong to Starlink. But we're likely just at the ...

Without conducting studies, Ryan says, the FCC can't confirm that projects like Starlink have no significant environmental impact. That means it could be violating NEPA when it applies the ...

FCC defends Starlink approval as Viasat, ... astronomers and other scientists concerned about light pollution and other environmental impacts of satellite constellations.") ...

Behind Starlink's promise to ... Launching thousands of satellites into space is not a trivial matter and will inevitably one day have a significant impact on the environment. Indeed, each ...

In an unprecedented cadence, Cape Canaveral launches are racking up a full month and a half — or 47 days — ahead of last year's record-breaking pace.

TAMPA, Fla. — Evidence is mounting of a need to perform an environmental review before approving SpaceX’s plans to add nearly 30,000 satellites to its Starlink constellation, satellite ...

Live updates from SpaceX's Starlink 10-28 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday, July 8, from Cape Canaveral Space ...

In the new petition, filed December 22, Viasat asked the FCC to study the potential impacts of Starlink through processes established by the National Environmental Policy Act.

Following stage separation, the rocket's first-stage booster landed atop the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX is planning a mega-constellation of thousands of internet satellites called Starlink. But the FCC didn't perform an environmental review.