posted by
martyb
on Wednesday March 18 2020, @12:16PM
[20200318_124615 UTC Update: Booster recovery unsuccessful. I have seen no report, yet, on fairing recovery. Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites. Also, I apologize for the very late original posting of this story. --martyb]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday March 18 2020, @12:39PM (2 children)
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database [ucsusa.org]
Total number of US satellites: 1,007
Civil: 35
Commercial: 620
Government: 163
Military: 189
SpaceX now has 5 more satellites in orbit (357) than the U.S. government + military (352).
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday March 18 2020, @02:53PM
And they're just getting warmed up. 7000+ planned in the not-too-distant future, more than 3x the total number of satellites currently in operation.
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Wednesday March 18 2020, @08:56PM
Stay good Elon!
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