So, seems like SpaceX had a "catastrophic failure" (aka explosion) yesterday leaving 20 of it's little monster Starlink satellites in too low an orbit, and destined to fall back into the atmosphere and (hopefully) burn up. For, now the FAA has grounded SpaceX, but they will probably fly again soon. Next month billionaire spaceman Jared Isaacman is expected to fly the rocket up for the first private "spacewalk" in history.
https://interestingengineering.com/space/spacex-falcon9-fail-satellite-wrong-orbit
#Starlink #SpaceX
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