A second Starlink satellite malfunction in just over three months has generated on-orbit debris, raising fresh questions about SpaceX's 10,151-strong working constellation.
Second Starlink satellite malfunctioned on orbit and generated debris within three months of prior event. Falcon 9 booster completed record 34th mission from Cape Canaveral.
STARLINK-34343 broke apart at 560 kilometers. SpaceX's response - launch more satellites the next morning - tells you everything about the confidence gap between fleet statistics and individual failure modes.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches 119 payloads on Transporter-16, the 21st smallsat rideshare mission, from Vandenberg SFB at 1102 UTC.
SpaceX's Transporter 16 rideshare mission targets Sun-synchronous orbit with 119 payloads aboard, launching from Vandenberg SFB in California.
Wall Street analyst Dan Ives predicts a Tesla-SpaceX merger by 2027, while a quantum magnetometer launches March 30 on Falcon 9 rideshare.
