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Title: SpaceX Launches 10,000th Starlink Satellite

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/0002...

SpaceX surpassed the 10,000-satellite milestone for its Starlink
constellation after two Falcon 9 launches on Oct. 19 added 56 more satellites
to orbit. The company now operates about two-thirds of all active satellites
worldwide and continues to break reuse records. Space.com reports: A Falcon 9
rocket carrying 28 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from California's
Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 3:24 p.m. EDT (1924 GMT; 12:24 p.m.
local California time). Those 28 included the 10,000th Starlink spacecraft
ever to reach orbit, which a SpaceX employee noted on the company's launch
webcast: "From Tintin to 10,000! Go Starlink, go Falcon, go SpaceX!" It was
also the 132nd Falcon 9 liftoff of the year, equaling the mark set by the
rocket last year -- and there are still nearly 2.5 months to go in 2025.
[...] This launch was the second of the day for SpaceX; less than two hours
earlier, another Falcon 9 sent 28 more Starlink satellites up from Florida's
Space Coast. That earlier liftoff was the 31st for that Falcon 9's first
stage, setting a new reuse record.

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